A printing business built on recycled paper since 1990

Greg Barber, founder of Eco Friendly Printer.

How the business started

In 1990 I decided to run my printing business on recycled paper and soy-based inks. I wanted the work we produced to be better for the environment, and that standard has applied to every job since.

Demand for eco-friendly printing has grown a great deal since then. We continue to look for recycled papers and inks that lower the environmental impact of each job.

Where the work happens

Eco Friendly Printer started in Northport, New York and is now based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. We print for small businesses, event and trade show companies, restaurants, authors and publishers, and jobs ship from New York, New Jersey, Florida, Colorado and the United Kingdom. Greg Barber handles client calls himself.

The first recycled sheets

Recycled paper was hard to buy in 1990. The first 100% post-consumer sheet we printed on was Domtar Recycled Bond, in gray and oat, followed by Sandpiper. For about ten years Cascades Enviro was our house sheet. Today we print mostly on recycled papers from Sustana, Monadnock, Neenah and Mohawk, listed on our paper stocks page.

Government and nonprofit work

In the early 2000s we supplied recycled printing to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through GSA Advantage contract GS15F0016J with Graphic Paper NY, on papers certified by the Chlorine Free Products Association. Nonprofit clients have included Hazon, whose Food for Thought sourcebook we printed, Green America, GrowNYC, Urban Green Council, Earth Pledge, FEED, Rainforest Relief and the Carl Schurz Park Conservancy.

Clients and projects

We printed the Climate Week NYC program for The Climate Group and Tony Blair in 48 hours on 100% post-consumer paper. We have also produced a TerraSkin stone paper folder for Mayor Bloomberg's office, seed paper invitations for the NFL, hang tags for the organic line at Diesel Jeans, a school calendar for Forest Hills Middle School, and print for the United Nations, Coca-Cola, CALMAC and FiberStone.

Closer to home in Northeast Florida, our work includes Stroll magazine, print for Marriott and TPC Sawgrass, and a songbook for the Chapel at Sawgrass. Read what recent clients say on our testimonials page.

Looking ahead

Our goal is to make recycled paper and soy-based inks the standard choice for printing, not a premium option. Every job we print uses the same eco-friendly materials.