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Project Ecopublishing, sustainable management of publications in the public administration

BACKGROUND

The environmental impacts of publications cover their entire lifecycle, from pre- to post-production. From the first moment when raw materials are extracted to when product waste is managed and removed, a product passes through different stages: design, production, packaging and distribution. At each stage resources are consumed (water, energy, materials), and there are discharges, emissions and waste contaminants that can enter water, air and soil.

 

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CONTACT DETAILS:

Project Manager : Esperanza Reyes PEREA ACOSTA
Tel: +34 955 003430
Email: maria.briones@juntadeandalucia.es

Project number LIFE08 ENV/E/000124
Subject(s) ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Acronym Ecoedición
Geographical coverage Spain
Budget (in €) 1405808
Programme EU-LIFE
Web site http://www.ecoedicion.eu/
Objectives

The project will promote sustainable management in the Junta de Andalucia's public administration editorial services. It will also promote the inclusion of sustainability requirements in the publishing market; increase efficiency in the management of financial and material resources by adjusting the number of publications to actual needs; and play an exemplary role for citizens to increase demand for publications that are produced sustainably.

Other objectives are:

  • Diagnosis and assessment of the Junta de Andalucia's editorial production and distribution;
  • Definition of environmental requirements applicable to publications, and drafting of an ecopublishing manual; and
  • Creation of an on-line, interactive, educational, and informative ecopublishing tool for management of accessions to this project and environmental certificates.

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    Expected results:

  • Reduction in the consumption of raw material by reusing or using recycled materials;
  • Promotion of the use of raw materials with environmental or sustainable forestry certification;
  • Reduction in waste volumes, and increased recycling;
  • Extension of publications' useful lives, thus reducing raw material and energy consumption, while maximising return on investment;
  • Reduction in water and energy consumption;
  • Reduction in stocks without affecting profitability;
  • Promotion of the use of new media, where possible, to reduce paper consumption;
  • Establishment of an ecodesign standard for publications;
  • Promotion of sustainable environmental management in the publishing industry, and by printing and publishing services within public adminstrations;
  • Creation of a sustainability model transferable to other public administrations.
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    Period [01/01/2010 - 30/06/2014]

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