Responsible tourism: eco-guides

Reduction of unsold inventory
We have improved our sales forecasts to ensure that, at the end of life of a particular edition, not that a few copies remain in stock. In this way, we can contain the number of volumes to be sent to pulping.

Graphic structure adequate
For travel guides Lonely Planet is used a graphic structure standard, and this allows to reduce the waste of paper for the production of "drafts".

For printing, EDT employs card format adapted to that of the guides, in order to limit the processing residues.

We use thin paper, to reduce the weight of the books and, consequently, the cost of transport. Our goal, also from the point of view of drafting, is that each page contains the maximum amount of information possible, to reduce the number of total pages.

Choosing environmentally friendly paper
In collaboration with our suppliers, we work to improve the eco-friendliness of the paper used for printing the guides EDT / Lonely Planet. As pointed out by Greenpeace we aim to ensure that:

1 virgin paper comes from forests certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC; Council for Sustainable Forest Management). The FSC is the only certification standards in place to ensure that the wood (or a product such as paper) comes from forests conducted according to the principles of good forest management. The FSC standard is supported by major international environmental organizations: Greenpeace, WWF and Friends of the Earth (FoE), as well as wood industries, professionals, organizations of indigenous peoples and forest communities. The presence of the FSC logo on volumes indicates that, by applying to the paper mill, it is possible to trace the origin of the consignment of timber, forest until the unit from which the fiber;

2 the process of paper production while protecting the environment, without damaging the surrounding territory and populations.

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