{"id":1647,"date":"2010-10-19T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T10:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2024-01-26T10:45:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T10:45:19","slug":"lifetime-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"109\" class=\"wp-image-1648\" style=\"width: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/digitaldots.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/21-Amstetten.jpg\" alt=\"\"> Printers are feeling the pressure from their customers to reduce the carbon footprint of their own production, but how can they account for the environmental impact in manufacturing their printing presses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discipline of Life Cycle Assessment is coming to the printing industry, albeit slowly. 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