Typical Bio/Renewable Content Limits

Type	Ink	Typ Prods	Typ. BRC	Chemistry	Drying Method	Volatiles	Typ. VOCs Range	Potential BRC Range
Liquid Ink	Energy Curable	Various	Chemically treated vegetable oils	Acryl’d mon/olig	Polymerzn	Unknown	0-5	0-30
	Flexo-Gravure Solvent	Packaging	Plant or animal based resins	Var. resin-solv combos	Evap	Various solvents	40-70	0-30
	Flexo-Gravure Water	Packaging	Water	Various resin types	Evap	Alcohol (if present)	0-2	45-60
	Gravure Publication	Magazines, catalogs	Plant based resins	Resin-toluene	Evap	Toluene	40-70	0-20
	Inkjet Solvent	Desk top printing, wide format printing	Plant or animal based resins	Various res-solv combos	Evap	Various solvents	40-80	0-20
	Inkjet Water	Desk top printing, wide format printing	Water	Various res types	Evap	Water	0-5	45-80
Paste Ink	Energy Curable	Various	Chemically treated vegetable oils	Acryl’d mon/olig	Polymerzn	Unknown	0-5	0-30
	Offset Coldset	Newspapers, directories	Vegetable oils	Oleo resinous	Substrate absorp.	Aliphatic hydrocarbons	2-20	30-80
	Offset Heatset	Magazines, catalogues	Vegetable oils, Wood-based Resins	Oleo resinous	Evap.	Aliphatic hydrocarbons	35-45	0-35
	Offset Sheetfed	Brochures, labels annual reports	Vegetable oils, Wood-based Resins	Oleo resinous	Oxidation	Aliphatic hydrocarbons	0-20	30-80