Materials
Inks and Coatings
Diamond carefully evaluates all inks and coatings suppliers in an effort to make the best recommendation for our customers’ products.
Flint (inks)
- Conventional inks are vegetable-based
- UV ink curing involves 100% solids
- No solvents or VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) are released into the atmosphere during the curing process
- UV cured materials are fully repulpable*
- UV cured materials are fully recyclable*
Kelstar, Flint (coatings)
- Ultra violet (UV) and water-based (aqueous) coatings
- UV curing involves 100% solids
- No solvents or VOC’s (volatile organic compounds) are released into the atmosphere during the curing process
- UV cured materials are fully repulpable*
- UV cured materials are fully recyclable*
- UV printed and coated paper waste can be completely broken down and recycled into low-grade or fine paper grades using common, commercially available recycling equipment*
- As a solid waste class, printed materials, with or without UV coating, are considered by the EPA to be in the non-hazardous materials class for landfill purposes. They pose no unsafe conditions to the environment as a solid waste.
* Source: Beloit Study, 1992