01732 759725 44 VOX POP mind, and our Design for Sustainability requirement is intended to ensure that 100% of our products are assessed against these criteria during product development. Equipment returns are evaluated for potential reuse. Based on the condition and market demands, equipment may undergo an extended maintenance and verification process to return it to a high standard before redeploying it. In 2022, approximately 44% of machines returned in the US were sold as used or sent for remanufacturing. This approach requires the least reprocessing, transportation, and energy usage. Product families are designed with a high level of commonality to maximise reuse. This allows us to remanufacture parts to ‘like new’ performance specifications while reusing up to 95% of the machine components by weight without compromising quality or performance. Globally, in 2022, we remanufactured approximately 13,830 office devices, which resulted in the diversion of 5,900 metric tons of electronic devices and components from landfills or other forms of uncontrolled disposal. Starting over 30 years ago with the 5090-product family of Xerox products, we have kept toner cartridges out of landfills thanks to our remanufacturing process, which recovers cartridges and waste toner for reuse. In 2022, more than 1.65 million Xerox toner Cartridges were manufactured using recovered cartridges, representing as much as 60% of toner cartridge production, depending on the cartridge family. Spent toner cartridges are unboxed, assessed for damage, disassembled, cleaned, inspected, and packaged for shipment to our offices. The toner collected from spent cartridges is used for colour additives or returned to us for reprocessing. If items are unsuitable for remanufacturing, they are recycled or recovered through energy from waste. Recycled waste toner and toner reclaimed from manufacturing that qualifies for reuse may account for 25% of the new toner’s weight without compromising toner functionality. Andrew Ellis, Director, PCL Direct: We have established partnerships with 140 UK dealers, who supply us with machines they cannot refurbish themselves and would otherwise dispose of. We offer a fuel-efficient collection service, to avoid dealers travelling from all over the country to deliver their old machines to us directly. Our re-manufacturing takes place in Nuneaton, so it is centrally placed. We provide dealers with a range of re-engineered mid to high volume MFPs, under our Eco Direct brand, which In terms of consumables, Canon’s ink cartridge recycling programme provides customers with a free, easy and environmentally responsible way to recycle empty Canon cartridges. Each element of every returned cartridge is reused or recycled – be it as a component in a new cartridge, as a base material in other industries, or as a substitute for fossil fuels. Another consumable that will drive innovation when it comes to sustainability in the printing industry is paper. Canon is the first manufacturer to offer carbon neutral wide-format papers, having launched the Red Label Zero and Recycled White Zero last year. These papers, designed to be a gamechanger for the AECM industry, are EU Ecolabel certified, meaning they have guaranteed, independently verified, low environmental impact throughout their entire lifecycle. Will Armington: Xerox dedicates an entire section of our annual CSR report to our circular economy culture and current activities. Since 1959 - long before the term ‘circular economy’ became popular – remanufacturing has been embedded in our products’ DNA. At Xerox, we have long believed manufacturing, operations, offices, and facilities can become waste-free workplaces. Our products are designed to enable environmental responsibility by selectively choosing parts. They are designed for efficiency in operation and to extend the life of parts through reuse in manufacturing. Our products are designed with reuse and recycling in Andrew Ellis Equipment returns are evaluated for potential reuse. Based on the condition and market demands, equipment may undergo an extended maintenance and verification process to return it to a high standard before redeploying it. In 2022, approximately 44% of machines returned in the US were sold as used or sent for remanufacturing Will Armington
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