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Digital Dots is an independent graphic arts research group specialising in digital prepress, printing and publishing technologies. The company is a collection of like-minded consultants and professional journalists with decades of experience working in the graphic arts industry. We publish a range of articles and reports and we also manage The Verdigris Project.

Deinking Advances

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner At the latest ISO TC130 standards meeting, Working Group 11 (WG11) took a big step forward. WG11 is responsible for standards relating to the environmental impact of graphics technology and has been working on the development of a deinking standard. This is intended to encourage more people to … Read more

Prince Charles and Abating Climate Change

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner When you ask people if they think it’s important to tackle climate change, most agree that it is. If you then ask them who should be responsible for fixing our environmental mess, you can expect a general railing against big business in league with evil politicians who care … Read more

Boxing Clever

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner We recently had the privilege to speak at the Hong Kong Printers’ Federation Summit on the benefits of standards. One of the discussion points was the need for more environmental innovation within printing companies. A member of the audience gave us a great example of just the sorts … Read more

Danish Sanity Redux

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Happy New Year and Hooray because the Danish politicians who want to tax printed advertising are rethinking their position! In late December the Danish government’s press office notified us that the intended tax on printed ads is being reconsidered. The Danish parliament was due to vote this month … Read more

A French Connection

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner EcoFolio is a French state-accredited nonprofit organisation that is responsible for paper collection and recycling throughout France. How cool is that! This group is encouraging businesses and consumers to recycle more paper by making it easier and more efficient, and working with all parts of the supply chain … Read more

Show Me the $92 Trillion!

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner It’s amazing what money and motivation can do, especially when investors’ funds are at stake. The Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) helps 767 investment companies managing US$92 trillion in assets to assess the risks of climate change to their portfolios. The bottom line is understanding how environmental factors influence … Read more

Danes Pressing (or not) Ahead

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner We’ve heard back from the Danish government on why they think taxing print is a good idea. But their response raises more questions than it answers and exemplifies one of the fundamental problems facing environmental questions: ignorance. The Ministry of Taxation has told us that the “The purpose … Read more

The Green Climate Fund

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner In much of the developing world no one seems to care much about pollution. In Beijing recently the government hosted the Asia Pacific Economic Conference. It wanted to show Beijing, a fascinating and strangely beautiful city, at its best. To help international leaders to breathe, the government gave … Read more

Taxing Times

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The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner In January Danish Members of Parliament (MPs) will vote on draft legislation to tax commercial print. The tax will make print cost 25-50% more and is being imposed to discourage print’s use, on the basis that it is bad for the environment. If it goes through, this tax … Read more