Sustainability.

Sustainability involves preserving balance within our environment, where resource usage, investment focus, technological progress, and institutional development synchronize to strengthen our ability to meet present and future human needs and aspirations. The foundation of this transformation lies in our commitment to sustainability, evident in our staff education, material resources, manufacturing processes, from individual elements to entire ecosystems, extending globally.

Social compliance and sustainability

At Elements, we are serious about our environment. We have taken steps to become FSC certificated (Forest Stewardship Council) etc., and employ design, materials and technologies that significantly reduce the environmental harm caused by traditional printing or process.

• 100 percent PCW (Post-Consumer Waste paper)
• FSC papers from FSC-certificated manufacturers
• Recycled paper or materials
• Recycled Plastic
• SOY based inks
• Reduce the use of harmful chemicals and toxins during the printing process
• Use of materials that can be easily reduced, reused and recycled
• Minimal use of PVC plastics
• co-friendly design

Recycle
Eco-friendly, Recyclable or Recycled​

• Paper Printing Products –Sticker, Hangtag, Header Card, Packaging Box and Shopping Bag
• Sustainable Option –Material for Paper Product:
  • FSC paper
  • Recyclable paper
  • Recycled paper
  • Post-consumer paper
  • Tree Free Paper option: Stone Paper, Cotton Paper, Sugar Cane Paper § non-illegal logging paper
  • Dead stock Paper

Sustainable Option Production Process for Paper Product
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• Soy Ink for offset Printing: A kind of ink made from soybeans. As opposed to traditional petroleum-based ink, it is presumed to be more eco-friendly
• Eco-friendly glue option: We use water-based glue only, less VOCs and creating healthier production environment, easier to be dispersible for recycling process.
• PE/PP film lamination on paper: Traditional film lamination is making the coated paper hard to be recycled, Depends on the recycling facility. Some plastic-coated papers are incinerated for heat or landfilled rather than recycled. With our NEWEST eco-friendly film option, our film biodegrades under a composting condition like humidity, temperature, microorganisms and time frame
• Non PP lamination Process: Choose strong paper and heavy matt coating to cover the PP lamination effect
• PET Window for Boxes: Biodegradable plastic
• Polyester string for hangtag and shopping bag: Paper String, Cotton String, Organic Cotton
• Non Blister Tray: Paper tray and Structure to hold the product

Trims Patch/Badge

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• Sustainable Option –Material for Patch/Badge:
  • Sustainable cow leather
  • Mushroom Fabric Patch
  • FSC Jarcon
  • Post-Consumer Recycled Leather
  • Dead Stock leather

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​Elements facility is certified by below International recognized authorization:

• ISO 9001
• Semi Audit BSCI
• ISO 14000
• Oeko-tex® Standard 100 by CONFIDENCE IN TEXTILES – Woven Label, Printed Label, Silicon Badge, Embroidery badge, Tape, Heat transfer Label
• FSC in paper industry
• Global Recycled Standard
• TUV – Home and Industrial Composable
• Higg Index
• Sustainable Packaging Coalition
• Business Environment Council

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