PrintSTEP is the first industry-based program for ensuring meaningful community participation in environmental management of the community.
Designed specifically for the printing industry, PrintSTEP offers these features:
- Addresses opportunity for community input
- Describes the environmental permitting process
- Describes ways to build relationships with local businesses
- Educates the community on environmental issues
- Establishes local information repositories
- Explains the printing industry and its processes
- Provides resource listings for technical support
- Uses plain language easily understood by community members
PrintSTEP offers the community the following benefits (in so far as it involves the printing industry):
- Balance between the desire for economic growth (jobs) and community health (healthcare)
- Meaningful participation in ensuring community environmental health and well-being