FAQs

What is the packaging procedure?

All the packaging used are a mixture of sustainably sourced, recyclable or biodegradable.

1. Firstly, we carefully cover your work with tissue paper, eliminating the danger of any scratches or folds.2. Wrapped up and ready to go - your order is placed into a robust cardboard tube, secured and sealed at both ends. Fully carbon neutral art & photo printing made possible by The Print Space

What paper and print materials are used?

Giclée PRINT ILLUSTRATIONS

Our Giclée paper manufactures only use resources from sustainable forest management areas. This programme ensures the preservation and protection of biodiversity, the renewal of the forests habitats and decreasing of the impacts of exploitation of forest areas for future generations. The paper made at their mills is certified for the traceability of the wood fibres from an origin of non-threatened forests. 

C-Type PRINT. PHOTOGRAPHY

Our c-type prints are printed on Fuji crystal archive paper and processed with Fuji chemistry. Fuji’s production processes operates on exclusively on wind energy and they also generate their own energy with five wind turbines and a large afterburner. They have also pioneered a water purification plant with adjoining companies. Fujifilm adheres to regulation using the S class system that places restrictions on those substances that can and potentially do pose threats to the environment and public health.

CRITICAL ISSUES AND SOLUTION

We are aware that the c-type process uses a precious metal, silver as it’s fundamental component to achieve high quality photographic prints. Silver is the raw material used to make the light sensitive emulsion that is suspended on the paper to generate our photographic prints. The silver residue and by-products of the photographic process are valuable raw materials so we extract them and recycle them after the prints have been made

What do we mean by
carbon neutral art printing?

We us a fine art and photographic printing service that is 100% end-to-end carbon neutral. End-to-end carbon neutral. This means where we can we minimize energy usage and use suppliers of renewable energy. Where unavoidable, we offset all of our carbon emissions.

How did we achieve carbon neutrality?

1. Minimizing carbon emissions

The first step to achieve carbon neutrality was reducing emissions. The Print Space have done this by using green couriers such as DHL GoGreen and Green Courier where available, only using renewable energy suppliers including Ecotricity and Stadtwerke Düsseldorf and electric bikes for transport. They have print facilities globally, this means we can reduce air travel when shipping your orders.

2. Calculating unavoidable emissions

Once we have reduced our emissions as much as possible we are audited by carbonfootprint.com to calculate our carbon impact. This report includes our performance, a breakdown of our footprint and further recommendations to minimize our footprint. We make this report publicly available.

Download the report: Carbon Footprint Appraisal report

3. Carbon emission offsetting

We then offset our carbon emissions via The Gold Standard, and help fund projects for a safer climate and more sustainable world. It is our policy to not use forestry-based carbon offsetting projects, instead we invest in renewable energy projects. This is in line with WWF guidance.