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Environmentally Aware Printing – Disposing of inks – 2nd February 2010
No ink products, including water-based, are suitable for sewage disposal without special treatment.

Landfill is often the best practical solution for ink products on the basis of both cost and environmental protection. Scientific studies we commissioned indicate that, in practice, conventional lithographic inks and aqueous products have a natural effect on a landfill. As landfill involves the widespread dispersal of small quantities of ink waste at low concentration, printing inks should not cause any problems.

At the moment, low flash products cannot be land filled; for these, solvent reclamation or incinerations are options. The flash point combustibility threshold will vary with locality but is normally 21-40 ºC. However, there is a move to reduce the disposal of all liquids waste in landfills.

Many of our inks have a calorific value greater than traditional fuels such as coal and wood. When incinerated, they represent a valuable source of energy which can be exploited. Incineration specialist assures us that there would be no problems in burning our waste inks, and that their incineration will not produce toxic emissions such as dioxins or PCBs.

At the moment, there is no harmonised legislation on waste disposal. Therefore, whatever option is chosen, it must comply with the relevant local regulations.

Peter Harrison is Joint Managing Director of The Printing House Ltd,
and Print Buying Direct of Crewe, Cheshire, UK.

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For more information on printing and graphic design please see some of our recent blog articles;

• Environmentally Aware Printing – Water-based inks and coatings
• Environmentally Aware Printing – Ultraviolet (UV) inks
• Environmentally Aware Printing – Re-use and recycling of printing inks
• Environmentally Aware Printing – Bio-degradability of inks
• Environmentally Aware Printing – Solvents

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