Beyond Recycling: Waste Prevention in Manufacturing and Distribution

Section 4: Reducing Toxic Materials

John Maher-Maher Fine Art

In terms of toxic reduction…this spray adhesive is what I used to use to mount my prints. It's very nasty stuff. Bad for the lungs. Bad for the ozone. And I really wanted to find some way to replace it. What I found was a roll on adhesive. Non toxic, archival—won't get brittle—lasts forever and no fumes from it. You just pour liquid in the back here. Rolls on to the print… and it's ready to go. No fumes as I said and no cans either when we're finished with it.

Derek Smith-Norm Thompson

We also are working with our vendors to phase out certain toxic materials out of our products. For example PVC and we're phasing in organic cotton to reduce toxic impacts of our products.

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