45 www.signlink.co.uk June / July 2025 - Issue 259 if you are not able to provide print that matches their own environmental goals. “One of the most effective ways of delivering this to your clients is to take a step back and look at the types of material you are working with. Are there any areas in which you can switch to a different media that helps shine a more sustainable light not only on your own business but also that of your customer?” Looking first at PVC-free options, these include various wide-format print solutions. One example is Solar Frontlit Banner, suited to applications such as retail and exhibition graphics, as well as both indoor and outdoor banners, along with frontlit displays. Also in the PVC-free collection is Premium Greyback Frontlit Banner, which can be used for frontlit displays, along with portable displays, exhibition work, outdoor and indoor banners. It is also compatible with solvent, eco-solvent, UV, and latex machines. As for Soayng’s recycled range, this includes the SoTex range of printable textiles for direct dye sublimation and dye sublimation transfer printing, as well as coated textiles for solvent, eco-solvent, UV, and latex printers. In addition to all this, Soyang works with Reconomy and FESPA UK to support customers in their recycling efforts. Reconomy provides customers with a baler to prepare textile waste. Soyang then collects the bales when delivering new products to customers, with the waste taken to its facility in Lancashire ready for bulk collection and transportation to a recycling facility for processing. “The process promotes a circular economy within the printing industry,” Mashiter says. Sustainability is certainly a challenge, not only for print companies, but businesses across all industries. Recycling offers a simple yet impactful, and often cost effective, way of boosting your environmental credentials. It’s clear to see from all the schemes and businesses we’ve highlighted, in order to really be serious about your business operations, researching effective recycling schemes and reuse schemes can be the best way for you to be efficient and successful. RECYCLING SCHEMES Official government data shows a 73.4% recycling rate for paper and cardboard in the UK during 2023 73.4% ▲ FESPA UK’s accreditation covers working solutions for materials common in the printing process ▲ Soyang Europe offers both PVCfree media and solutions made from recycled materials
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