Environmental Commitment

Our Environmental Policy
Malloy Incorporated is committed to preserving our natural resources and protecting the air, water, and land. We support and encourage recycling and all actions to reduce the solid waste produced in our plant from both direct manufacturing operations and indirectly from materials contained in purchased supplies. Malloy also supports efforts to make its finished products and their packaging recyclable, recoverable and / or reusable. Further, we are committed to reducing and, where possible, eliminating the use and release of any toxic and hazardous materials from our operations.

We recycle over 98 percent of the material we discard
We recycle over 30 categories of items, including: all paper types, chip board, tissue, coated stock, corrugated cardboard, drill dots, scrap wood, paper cores, electronic parts, aluminum, copper, ink, batteries, stretch wrap, and film. The result of our recycling efforts is that we landfill less than 150,000 pounds of the more than 10.5 million pounds of material we discard each year.

Computer-to-plate (CTP)
We shifted to a CTP workflow in 1994. Today we produce all new titles and 90% of all reprints CTP. The elimination of film has drastically reduced our consumption of hazardous chemicals.

House papers - recycled choices
We carry recycled alternatives for numerous grades of paper including white offset, off-white trade book, coated free text, and groundwood. This coming year we expect that over 85% of the paper we use will contain generous amounts of recycled fiber including PCW, with over 90% of our paper coming from sources certified by either SFI or FSC. Our pledge is to continue to work hard at improving on these numbers.

Michigan Great Printer
Malloy is designated a Michigan Great Printer in recognition of our commitment to environmental stewardship and the principles of pollution prevention in the printing industry. We're working to minimize the printing industry's impact on health and the environment while maintaining a high standard of quality.

Waste Knot Partner
Washtenaw County has certified Malloy as a Waste Knot Partner. This program recognizes companies with a proven track record in three categories of waste management: waste-reducing business practices, operation of a strong recycling program, and the use of products with recycled-content.

Active VOC reduction
The reduction of VOC's (volatile organic compounds) is a big priority in our pressroom. A recent example is our newest Timson press. It has an automatic blanket washer that reduces the amount of solvent and thus, VOC's, used to wash the blankets by up to fifty percent.