Recycling & Reuse

Hemlock has continually expanded its recycling programs since the early 1970s. Today, Hemlock works with recycling and print suppliers around Metro Vancouver as well as with the wider community to expand material recapture possibilities and to make certain materials available to art schools and programs.

From supplier stewardship programs to paper towel composting, Hemlock constantly searches for ways to further reduce our company’s environmental impact by prolonging material life spans and reducing emissions of pollution to the environment. Makeready paper is reused several times and then overprinted with waste ink for use as Hemlock box liners. Process waters are reused multiple times before on-press evaporation or in-developer treatment. Ink leftovers are re-blended, rags and solvents are reused, and even office carpet tiles are rearranged until evenly worn before shipment to the supplier for recycling.

Because of the strong understanding of the recycling industry, Hemlock offers clients advice on making projects as recyclable and low-impact as possible as well as accepting customer leftovers from Hemlock print jobs for recycling no matter the substrate.

All paper, cardboard, plates and other metal, and over 90% of hard and soft plastics, wood waste, paper towel, rags, solvents, electronics wastewater, inks, light bulbs, batteries, and compostables are recycled.