An environmental sustainability analysis in the printing sector

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Figure 1 Main process stages in the printing supply chain.

Table 1 Synthesis of the proposed classification of environmental eco-labelling schemes in the printing sector.

	Supply chain		Production process
Environmental scheme	One level	Multi-level	Mono-criteria	Multi-criteria
The European Ecolabel		X		X
The Nordic Ecolabel – the Swan		X		X
Singapore Green Label	X			X
Der Blaue Engel	X			X
NAPM recycled	X			X
FSC	X			X
Long Life label (ISO 9706)		X		X
ECF/TCF	X		X
OBA free	X			X

Figure 2 The general framework of the proposed decision support systems.

Figure 3 The model workflow.

Figure 4 The structure of environmental data analyser.

Table 2 Estimated values for CO₂ and water emissions in each scenario.

	Contribution due to ink type		Contribution due to paper type
	Estimated CO2 level (kg)	Estimated water emission level (m^3)	Estimated CO2 level (kg)	Estimated water emission level (m^3)	Total CO2 level (kg)	Total water emission level (m^3)
Ink 1-Paper 1 (case 11)	68.38	191.84	24.11	19.63	92.48	211.47
Ink 1-Paper 2 (case 12)	68.38	191.84	45.29	140.00	113.66	331.83
Ink 2-Paper 1 (case 21)	98.97	209.52	24.11	19.63	123.08	229.15
Ink 2-Paper 2 (case 22)	98.97	209.52	45.29	140.00	144.26	349.52