THE VINDICATOR History of recycling

1960 -- Begins using returnable cores in its newsprint rolls.
1976 -- Begins internally reclaiming silver from its waste film.
1979 -- Starts sending its printed waste and "white" (not ink containing) waste to firm for recycling. The plain newsprint is shipped to a recycling plant, the printed waste is shredded, baled and sold to a different company that recycles it into boxboard and similar items.
1981 -- Purchases and begins using equipment to recycle the waste inks in the pressroom.
1984 -- Purchases and begins using equipment to recycle solvents used in the pressroom.
1990 -- Recycles printing press plates made of polymer and aluminum.
1990 -- Establishes a program to collect aluminum soda cans for recycling within their own buildings.
1990 -- Begins use of recycled paper for its stationery, envelopes and other paper products.
1991 -- Expands internal recycling program to include newspapers used in its buildings.
1991 -- Begins use of recycled newsprint to print its newspaper. One third of all newsprint purchased is recycled newsprint.
1994 -- Reports to the Ohio Newspaper Association that 76.8 percent of its newsprint contained recycled fiber and the aggregate recycled percentage was at 17.5 percent, exceeding the Ohio Voluntary Newsprint Agreement for the year. The state goal was 11 percent.
1995 -- Again exceeds state newsprint recycle goals with 84.4 percent of all newsprint used contained some recycled fiber and the 23.5 percent was our recycled fiber percentage. The state goal was set at 23 percent.
1996 -- Reports that 95.4 percent of newsprint used contained some recycled fiber and 39 percent was our aggregate recycled fiber percentage.
1997 -- Reports that 99.9 percent of newsprint used contains some recycled fiber and 41.4 was our aggregate recycled fiber percentage.
1998 -- Reports that 100 percent of all newsprint used contained some recycled fiber and 41.4 percent was our aggregate recycled fiber percentage. The state goal was 31 percent.
1999 -- Reports that 100 percent of newsprint used contained some recycled fibers and 47.6 percent was our aggregate recycled fiber percentage. The state goal was 36 percent.
2000 -- Reports that for the seventh consecutive year it has exceeded state voluntary recycling goals. It reports to the ONA that 100 percent of the newsprint used in the final year of the ONA agreement contained some recycled fiber and 47 percent was our aggregate recycled fiber percentage. The state goal was 40 percent.