Close The Loop Company Profile


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Close the Loop® was founded in late 2000 by our current CEO, Steve Morriss, with the specific goals of recycling toner and inkjet cartridges with zero waste to landfill, and returning the raw materials back to the original manufacturer for reuse in new printers and cartridges. The name Close the Loop® was chosen because the original idea was, and still is, to create a service that closes the loop on print consumables.

Innovation

Close the Loop® has achieved zero waste to landfill through technological innovation. A team of Australian engineering companies, and Australian recycling experts like Dr John Scheirs was formed with the goal of achieving zero waste to landfill from this complex and potentially hazardous waste stream, and ultimately returning the raw material output streams back to the manufacturer for reuse in new printers and cartridges, effectively closing the loop.

Close the Loop® designed and built the now famous 'Green Machine' to process all-in-one toner cartridges, toner bottles, drum units, fuser assemblies, and more. Close the Loop® have continuously improved the machine based on hands on experience, and will continue to learn and upgrade their processes through R&D and continuous improvement. The inkjet cartridge processing line, built with the same philosophy, was completely rebuilt with consideration given to fast up-scaling capacity again in the near future.

Product takeback programs
Close the Loop® co-created ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark’, Australia’s leading multi vendor, extended producer responsibility (EPR), electronics take-back program, the only program in the world today that has the technical capability to recycle all imaging consumables with zero waste to landfill. Close the Loop® supplies the recycling backend, and also the customer service and logistics essential to the successful operation of any takeback program.

Product takeback programs (global)
Close the Loop® co-created ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark’, Australia’s leading multi vendor, extended producer responsibility (EPR), electronics take-back program. It is the only program in the world today that has the technical capability to recycle all imaging consumables with zero waste to landfill. Close the Loop® supplies the recycling backend, and also the customer service and logistics essential to the successful operation of any takeback program.

Recycling manufacturing scrap (global)
As legislation for extended producer responsibility of electronics waste matures, the demand for takeback and recycling of imaging consumables is increasing globally. Close the Loop® provides these services to Original Equipment Manufacturers, co-ordinating takeback from countries right around the world for state of the art recycling and resource recovery at our facility in Melbourne, Australia.