• All conference rooms and rest rooms have motion sensor lights which turn on when someone enters the room and turns the lights off 5 minutes after they leave.
• Blue recycling baskets are in place for waste paper.
• All office equipment is Energy Star rated and go to energy saving mode after 5 minutes of inactivity.
• Air conditioning (summer) and heat (winter) are turned off on weekends to save electricity and fuel consumption.
• Our employees are encouraged to carpool and conserve wherever possible.
• 86.3% of all employees are paid via direct deposit— no checks, no trips to the bank.
• Converted all fluorescent lights to High Performance Low Wattage T-8 fixtures as defined by CEE (Consortium of Energy Efficiency).
• Design Distributors, Inc. is an active participant in PowerPay! The New York Energy Saving Program.Through careful planning and recycling we are doing our part to help.

• By supplying our customers with Virtual proofing (PDFs), we save trees, ink and fuel to deliver them.
• By reconditioning and reusing printing blankets, we help save energy by not needing to buy newly manufactured blankets.
• Refiltering and blending of any leftover inks from press fountains helps to reduce waste going to landfills.
• Using only vegetable based inks on our sheet-fed and jet presses reduces our dependence on petroleum based products for printing.
• Our continuous form presses use vegetable based inks on 65% of their runs.
• By mixing our own ink we reduce waste and the fuel to have them delivered.
• Our Solvent recovery system limits the disposal of spent pressroom chemicals and the need to ship them to a recycling plant, thus reducing fuel and electric usage.
• Our re-use of waste paper for setup of next print job, saves trees and manufacturing costs.
• We recycle all wood pallets, plastics and scrap paper.
• All cleaning solvents are biodegradable.
• Registered member of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership.

Design Distributors is always looking to the future, presently we are looking into the following GREEN TECHNOLOGIES:

• Roof mounted Solar Panels
• Wind Turbine Power
• More energy efficient electric motors
• Energy Star heating and air conditioning systems
• Looking to purchase a clean emissions natural gas fuel truck for our local pick-ups and deliveries.
• Quarterly meetings of Continuous Improvement Team keep us
  moving toward a lower impact on the environment.

• Don’t Buy Aerosols
  Look for alternatives like powders, spray bottles and liquids.
  The propellant in aerosols is harmful to the environment.
• Plant a Tree
  Call your town and see if they have a tree planting program you can contribute to.
• Support Green Companies
  Check their websites to see if they have a Green Initiative and support them by purchasing those products.
• Turn off the lights
  When you leave a room turn off the light switch, TV, radio, even your computer.
• Chargers
  Don’t forget that when you are not charging something unplug the charger from the wall, it still uses electricity when not charging.

Helping to Save our Forests.

DDI is a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Accredited company.

The mark of responsible forestry.