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The Castle Press has a plant-wide commitment to reduce waste, reuse material where possible, and recycle the rest. We recycle paper, cardboard, ink, solvents and blanket wash that are byproducts of printing projects in our production process. We mix our own ink so as to eliminate waste as much as possible and reduce the amount of ink that is recycled even further. We have eliminated the need for film and film processing materials in our plant with the introduction of direct-to-plate technologies. This also allowed us to dispense with the use of silver in our plant entirely; previously, we had only been able to recycle it. These changes in our basic production techniques allow us to further reduce the landfill burden of our business practices in our area. Our continuing commitment to use lower VOC chemicals in our plant, along with reduction in such chemicals' use, has reduced our workers' exposure and our environmental release of such chemicals by a further 20% over previous levels. The solvent we use exclusively has been certified as a Clean Air Solvent, meaning that it has exceptionally low VOC emissions that fall below required reporting levels. In our offices, we recycle used printer and copier cartridges, batteries, florescent tubes and electronic waste that are being replaced. In addition, we do not use any Styrofoam products in our break room, and provide reusable Castle Press mugs for use by our employees and customers. We provide recycling containers for bottles, cans, and newspaper in the plant. Also, we implement state of the art printing technology for our customers, which comes with a wide variety of benefits. Online uploading and proofing of their projects adds to their efficiency, cutting down paper use, travel time and resources. Fully personalized digital mailings reduce the common strategy of wasteful volume mailing in favor of a smaller quantity of more effective pieces. We offer our customers improved efficiency at every level of their printing project. We print on FSC certified papers, such as Mohawk, Neenah, and Wausau's recycled lines, as well as offering the option of vegetable or soy based inks.