Our Eco Statement

At Vital Signs we are a small manufacturer of a broad range of signage products which means it is necessary for us to use vinyl products for decals and digital printing and paints, amongst other products. We are concerned about our impact on the environment and are committed to the principles of REDUCE REUSE RECYCLE.

The things we currently do are:

• Purchase vinyl products where the backing waste can be recycled
• Re-use sign panels and banners where possible
• Collect scrap vinyl and offer it to artists and students for projects ands also collect it (and other suitable waste products) for EXCHANGE Guardian Early Learning Group 
• Re-use packaging such as vinyl cores, boxes and soft plastics for the distribution and transport of our signs
• Purchase Momentum Smile Power
• Use LED fluorescent tubes - over 78 of them to light our workshop and benches
• Use low energy evaporative cooling when necessary
• Only turn on the hot water heater when needed
• Purchase 2nd hand equipment and machinery where possible and buy "built to last" equipment - our Festool Sander is over 20 years old. 
• Purchase carbon neutral office paper products where possible and recycle used paper into message pads or shred and compost
• Dispose of e-waste at authorised recycling centres
• Compost kitchen waste and keep a small veggie patch out the front for work lunches

We are always on the look out for more ways to improve our efforts so please let us know if you come across any products or clever ideas.

The Union Club Hotel - Digital Print

Finished "Wallpaper" Digital Print applied to brick wall view from LHS

Finished "Wallpaper" Digital Print applied to brick wall

Work In Progress

Recently one of our long time customers, designers & illustrators Tin & Ed, approached us about a project at The Union Club Hotel in Fitzroy which involved the treatment of a 9m brick wall in their beer garden. Their brief was to supply a digital photographic print to cover this area. We printed this on super high tack print vinyl designed specifically for use on brick and hard to stick surfaces and over-laminated it with a matte clear. It took our intrepid installers a day to install after which we hand touched around the gas piping & any other little protrusions to really complete the job.

We think this has been a really successful collaboration with Glenn from The Union (happy), Tin & Ed (happy) and of course, we’re happy!