01732 759725 40 VOX POP reuse and recyclability, and improving environmental performance across the product lifecycle. Matthew Hayman, Head of Governance & Standards, Kyocera Document Solutions UK: Our commitment to free, zero-landfill recycling is an essential initiative to ensure our customers can continue to use their devices, safe in the knowledge that they can be reused and not left to degrade in landfill. The sustainable design and composition of our cartridges, which are 100% recyclable, also minimises the need for alternative disposal methods such as combustion waste disposal. This is in addition to our 100% carbon mitigation model, whereby all emissions from the production and transportation processes of hardware and consumables come ready offset. This means that our customers’ Scope 3 emissions for the purchase and use of Kyocera devices are zero. Tatsuo Murakami, Managing Director, RISO UK: We actively combat e-waste by prioritising the reuse of critical electrical components. We reclaim and reuse high-value electrical boards from retired units. Each board undergoes rigorous testing to ensure it meets original factory specifications before being reintegrated into our supply chain. Because RISO’s cold printing technology does not use heat, internal components are not subjected to the thermal stress found in laser printers, allowing them to remain viable for multiple lifecycles. A major part of our circular strategy involves reducing the number of parts that ever need to enter a landfill. RISO machines have significantly fewer moving parts than toner-based alternatives. We are therefore able to optimise our use of resources by increasing the duration of a product’s useful life and reclaiming materials and parts at the end of its life that can be reused to create further value. Consequently, the value of these parts and products remains in the systems for as long as possible, reducing waste. This approach is intrinsic to our product design process. Sustainability goals are not just about disposal; they are about daily operation. By eliminating the warm-up phase, we drastically reduce the total carbon footprint over the machine’s lifespan. In addition, our hardware materials to re-enter the supply chain. We also support customers with print fleet rationalisation, sustainable consumables strategies and structured end-of-life recycling schemes, supported by reporting on waste volumes and carbon savings. Together, these initiatives help organisations reduce waste, lower emissions associated with new device production and disposal and align their print and IT infrastructure with broader ESG objectives. Nick Taylor, Head of Office Print, Epson UK: Epson is prioritising circular economy initiatives that directly reduce lifecycle impact, guided by our Design for Environment (DfE) process. This includes designing products to use fewer materials, consume less energy, minimise waste and achieve a recyclability rate of 75% or more wherever possible. We also set concrete size, weight and energy-efficiency targets at the planning stage to reduce environmental impact throughout the product lifecycle. Epson follows a closed loop approach across manufacturing and end-of‑life, collecting and recycling products in multiple regions and investing in refurbishment programmes to extend product life and reduce resource use. Solutions such as PaperLab, our dry-process paper recycling system, also help customers reduce waste and reuse materials onsite. Together, these initiatives support customers’ sustainability goals by reducing material consumption, increasing Warren Colby, Managing Director Print Division, Agilico: Our priority is a circular-first remanufacturing model that keeps devices in use for longer and avoids unnecessary new manufacture. As a business we have aligned our operations with the United Nations’ 17 SDGs. This move comes as part of the company’s broader commitment to becoming net zero by 2030. Most devices still have up to 80% of their usable life remaining when they reach us, so remanufacturing delivers significant environmental benefit. Agilico Zero devices avoid up to 97.5% of CO2e emissions compared to new machines by bypassing the most carbon-intensive stages of the lifecycle, including raw material extraction, manufacturing and delivery. Anything that cannot be reused is responsibly recycled through accredited partners to keep waste out of landfill. We also reduce impact beyond the device itself through local UK remanufacturing centres, local logistics, and oxo-biodegradable packaging to reduce plastics and transport emissions. Michael Field, Managing Director, Workflo Solutions: Our priority is extending device lifecycles wherever possible through refurbishment, redeployment and responsible asset recovery programmes. Alongside this, our zero waste recycling service ensures that empty toner cartridges and print consumables are collected, remanufactured or responsibly recycled, preventing print-related waste from entering landfill while enabling …continued continued... Warren Colby Nick Taylor
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