Worldwide to plant 10,000 trees

Source:	ProPrint
Date:	1 August 2008

Worldwide Online Printing to plant 10,000 Trees

Worldwide Online Printing has committed to celebrating Planet Ark's National Tree Day by planting 10,000 native trees.

The first 500 will be planted by Worldwide franchise support staff on Tree Day itself, and then one new tree will be added to the Worldwide Forest whenever a customer of any of the group's 88 print and design centres places a print order on Worldwide Green paper.

CEO Mark Manderson said, "National Tree Day makes a huge contribution to reminding us how important it is to think about the environment, and this year we're delighted to throw our weight behind the project by encouraging our 15,000 business customers to think Green.

Called "Switch to Worldwide Green and Plant a Tree", the crusade is promoted by in-store posters and promotional badges, and by education packs which spell out the importance of printing on recycled paper made from 100 per cent post-consumer waste.

According to Worldwide, one tonne of its recycled paper or cardboard saves 17 trees, 1,700 litres of oil, 4,000 kilowatts of electricity, four cubic metres of landfill space and 31,780 litres of water.

Caption Text: Worldwide Online Printing CEO Mark Manderson.