Virginia Universities Go Green with PrintReleaf

Denver-based PrintReleaf, a software company that connects commercial printers with global reforestation projects, announces that two universities in Virginia-Virginia Military Institute and Radford University-has selected the company to further extend their commitment to environmental sustainability.

Under the agreement, which was put in place by their managed print services vendor, Virginia Business Systems, the paper used in the universities’ copiers will be measured and trees equivalent to the paper used will be planted in a reforestation effort.

Organizations and companies that partner with PrintReleaf can choose from among seven reforestation projects going on around the globe: in Brazil, the Dominican Republic, India, Ireland, Madagascar, Mexico, and the United States.

“PrintReleaf has become a major factor in our offerings to managed print services clients,” says Rick Lingon, VP of sales for Virginia Business Systems. “The availability of PrintReleaf     convinced these leading Virginia schools that their faculty and students could sustainably use the paper in copiers on campus. PrintReleaf plants trees well in excess of those required for mere paper use equivalency, to fully account for tree mortality. We are impressed with the ease of PrintReleaf implementation and the fact that our clients may select, from seven sites around the world, a precise area to be reforested.”

Jordan Darragh, PrintReleaf CEO and founder, says he welcomes the two new partners and notes that the University of Virginia was an early adopter of the company’s reforestation efforts.

“All around North America, schools and in-plant print operations are finding their use of PrintReleaf to be an effective response to the desire for sustainability and resource replenishment,” Darragh says.

PrintReleaf’s patented technology not only tracks paper consumption, but also monitors its reforestation partners to ensure fulfillment.