Publisher creates ‘green’ books
Publisher Dorling Kindersley claims to have printed the most environmentally conscious series of books in the world
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It has done so, it declares, by using vegetable inks, 100% recycled card and “environmentally friendly” glues.
Chief executive Gary June said its Made with Care series represented “a best practice example of how green and clean books can be produced in the future”.
The first four titles include a guide to organic gardening and a children’s encyclopaedia on the environment.
The company, a division of Penguin Books, has called their launch “a global publishing first”. (more…)
