GREENING BOOKS
Improving the environmental performance of publications from design to lecture
Greening books’ objective is to improve the environmental performance of the publishing sector, minimizing the environmental impacts of books and magazines.
The project aims to integrate in a dynamic scheme, already existing tools such as Ecolabel, EMAS, Ecodesign, LCA and new technologies such as multi-calculating software, and at the same time, it will involved different actors such as designers, raw material producers (paper and inks industry), printers, marketing agents, retailers/distributors and procurers.
Greening books will develop an innovative instrument to provide procurers with information on the instrument on the environmental performance and carbon footprint of books and therefore desires to raise their awareness and increase their proactive role.
News: Greening books has been ranked as one of the 22 Best LIFE Environment projects out of the 102 that finished and were evaluated in 2014.
Project Budget: 723’837 €
LEITAT Budget: 312’152 €
Financial Framework: LIFE+
Contract number: LIFE09 ENV/ES/000457
Start Date: 01/11/2010
End Date: 31/10/2013
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Contact Manager: L. Valentin
