Dollco Printing and Canadian Geographic magazine make history.

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PRINTING ON WHEAT SHEETS
Dollco Printing, in partnership with Markets Initiative, NewPage and the Alberta Research Council, tested and printed the new Wheat Sheet - paper produced with 20-percent wheat straw, a waste product of agricultural harvest. Dollco printed the June issue of Canadian Geographic (right) on the glossy stock, the only North American magazine to be printed on paper made with wheat straw waste. Wayne Hesse, production manager at Dollco, said the print run finished ahead of schedule; the paper caused no web breaks or extra dust, and the Rotoman press ran at its 65,000-sph maximum...."

For more information on Dolloc Printing visit: http://www.dollco.ca

Canadian Geographic Travel June 2008
"This year's annual environment issue will be printed on wheat straw. It's our message to magazine publishers and pulp-producers alike, that adding agricultural waste to pulp mix can offer farmers a new source of revenue and cut down on the demand of pulp from our boreal forests."

For more information on the Canadian Geographic Magazine June Issue visit: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/magazine/jun08/