The Truth About Soy-Based Inks
Sunday, June 28th, 2009The Truth About Soy-Based Inks
By: Peter Warrior
Theoretically, soy-based inks are supposed to be the solution to the environmental problems associated with petroleum-based inks on millions of tons of paper deposited in landfills. Here are a few things you should know about soy-based inks.
They’re environmentally friendly-but not biodegradable. Soy-based inks are environmentally friendly to the extent that they don’t release volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) into the air, as the usual commercial inks do. However, they also use heavy metals to create some colours-and these can be harmful to the environment as well.
