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 by Tony Masta, Executive Vice President -Sales, Cedar Graphics, Inc., A Division of EarthColor, Inc.

The printing of Tastybaby packaging is manufactured within strict environmental standards.  Cedar Graphics, Inc. located in Ronkonkoma, NY is a major division of EarthColor, Inc. one of our nations leaders in environmentally responsible printing.

Cedar Graphics, Inc. and all other divisions of EarthColor, Inc. derive 100% of their energy from wind power produced electricity.  The United States “Environmental Protection Agency” (EPA) has announced that EarthColor, Inc. is the new #1 purchaser of renewable energy in the printing sector.  EarthColor, Inc. purchases 25,002,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean, renewable energy each year. The estimated environmental benefit of this purchase is equivalent to planting over 2.2 million trees or not driving over 29 million miles* every year!

All manufacturing divisions of EarthColor, Inc. are actively pursuing (FSC) “Forest Stewardship Council” Chain-of Custody certification.  The FSCs mission is to ensure environmentally responsible use of our forests from “seed to end user” All links in the usage “Chain” are under close scrutiny and regular audit. They include land management, forestry, lumber and paper manufacturing, printing and bindery, recycling and all other related “links” in the use of our precious natural resource.  FSC procedures and protocols have been incorporated into every department of Cedar’s workflow.

Cedar Graphics Inc. prints with vegetable based inks and continues to be a well- recognized “Waterless” capable printer. The environmental benefits of printing waterless aside from the dramatic conservation of water resources is the elimination of dampening solutions with their inherent volatile organic compounds (VOCs), further decreasing their greenhouse gas emissions.

Cedar Graphics, Inc. will continue to embrace new initiatives that benefit our planet and all its inhabitants.

*Emissions factors are based on the national average emission rate based on 2004 data from eGrid2006 Version 1.0