Company Overview

Parker Pad & Printing is a 41 person full service commercial lithographic printing company. The company consists of pre-press, lithographic printing, print on demand (digital printing) and finishing departments – with production operations running 18 hours per day 5 days per week.

Environmental Compliance

Parker Pad & Printing is committed to comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations.

Environmental Improvements

Parker Pad & Printing has made significant environmental improvements, which represent a part of the on-going environmental plan for the company.

Recycling Process

A formal recycling program has been implemented to ensure that all waste paper and metal plates from the plant are gathered and recycled by an environmental processor.

Litho Pressroom

One of the major areas of environmental concern was based in the lithographic pressroom. Waste fountain solution evolved into contaminated water with metals such as cobalt, chromium, copper, molybdenum, zinc with other elements from ink and the solvents used on the presses. Approximately 6,000 litres/yr of the spent fountain solution is generated annually from this process.

The development of a waste hazardous material handling system ensures that all waste fountain solution and other solvents are captured and processed by a certified environmental waste processor and transfer of hazardous waste materials.

Summary

The environmental measures implemented to date by Parker Pad & Printing are part of an on-going environmental plan to demonstrate environmental due diligence and ensure compliance with all relevant jurisdictional environmental laws and regulations.