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Close the Loop® works closely with 10 of Australia's
leading cartridge manufacturers who cover the cost of collecting and
recycling the cartridges, enabling us to provide this service to our
customers.
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Brother has a long term strong commitment to the
environment as a citizen of this planet. The company is consistently
reviewing the material used for its products, the manufacturing processes
and recycling is an integral part.
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Canon is a leader in environmental preservation
and supports a wide range of environmental programs including a global
cartridge recycling scheme which is currently the largest of its kind.
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Harmony with the global environment has been a
management priority within EPSON since its establishment, under the
theme of "Co-existence". Across its global operations EPSON
aims to transform all processes to reduce their environmental impact,
design products to minimise resource consumption, and promote the recovery
and recycling of used products.
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Over the past decade HP has kept around 59,000
tonnes of used cartridges out of landfill and recycled more than 47
million cartridges worldwide. The aim is to deliver environmentally
sustainable solutions with efficient products and creative recycling
systems to reduce landfill and protect our environment.
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IBM is committed to environmental leadership in
all of its business activities, from its operations to the design of
its product and use of its technology. IBM's corporate policy on environmental
affairs, first issued in 1971, is supported by the company's environmental
management system, which is the key element of the company's efforts
to achieve results consistent with environmental leadership and ensures
the company is vigilant in protecting the environment across all of
its operations worldwide. To complement our existing environmental
initiatives, IBM is proud to introduce its Printer Supplies Return
Program in Australia. Through this program IBM will sponsor the collection
and proper disposal of our clients' printing supplies.
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Konica Minolta's environmental programs include
zero waste targets in manufacturing, extensive component recycling,
reductions in greenhouse gas emission, water usage and packaging, and
decreased usage of hazardous chemicals.
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Lanier Australia recognises the importance of environmental
conservation and regards environmental conservation and sustainability
as an integral part of our business activities. This is demonstrated
through the implementation and monitoring of Environmental management
practices, and the principles of Reduce, Re-use and Recycle throughout all our
business processes.
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Lexmark is a leading global developer, manufacturer
and supplier of printing solutions. Lexmark places extreme importance
on its environmental standards having several programs in place to
ensure empty cartridges are collected from users for recycling.
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Panasonic Australia is part of the global Matsushita
Group of electronics manufacturing & sales companies. Matsushita’s
philosophy is 'Contribution to Society' & 'Aiming for Coexistence
with the Global Environment' where we seek to take responsibility for
the end-of-life recycling and reuse of these products.
All manufacturing facilities of the Matsushita Group are certified
to ISO 14001. Matsushita compile and issue an Environmental Sustainability
Report annually.
Panasonic Australia's two NSW locations have now achieved certification
to ISO14001 with other branches to follow.
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Environmental Management is one of Ricoh Australia's
highest corporate priorities. As a company we will continually adapt
processes
and practices to reduce, reuse and recycle all Ricoh trade waste.
Our short-term goal is to have zero Ricoh Trade Waste to landfill by
2005.
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Recognising that this Earth must be handed to the
next generation in a complete and manageable state, Toshiba EID management
regard environmental sustainability as its most important task. Launched
recently, the Australian e-CYCLE campaign takes a holistic approach
applying green practices locally, promoting:
- Cartridge recycling
- Lead free PCBs
- Recycled plastics
- Zero landfill target
- Machine lifecycle disposal
- Chromium free manufacture
- ISO 14001 standards
- Energy star compliance
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