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Canon USA To Now Colllect Empty Toner And Ink Cartridges From FeDex Office
Canon U.S.A. Introduces New Printer Cartridge Recycling Program
Collaborates with FedEx Office, Sims Recycling Solutions and Close the Loop to Offer Customers Ink Cartridge Recycling
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Sep , 2011 — Continuing its commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announces a new nationwide inkjet cartridge recycling program. Designed in collaboration with FedEx Office(R), Sims Recycling Solutions and Close the Loop, this program utilizes the best environmental practices in treatment of recyclable materials.Canon PIXMA printer users can now drop off empty genuine PIXMA inkjet cartridges at more than 1,600 FedEx Office Print and Ship Centers across the United States. From FedEx Office locations, cartridges will be consolidated by Sims Recycling Solutions, who specialize in the large-scale processing of electronic waste. After being consolidated by SIMS Recycling, the Genuine Canon ink cartridges go to Close the Loop, a "material recovery" company specializing in the recycling of inkjet cartridges. This program will be free of cost to all Canon consumers.
"With the rise in consumer environmental awareness, Canon is pleased to offer customers the opportunity to participate in this national recycling program," said Yuichi Ishizuka, executive vice president and general manager, Imaging Technologies and Communications, Canon U.S.A. "Environmental responsibility and awareness have always been a top priority for Canon, and recycling is one of the simplest yet most beneficial aspects of this."
The recycling program will tie into the Canon Generation Green initiative that focuses on helping to reduce the environmental burdens in all stages of a product’s lifecycle. Generation Green is designed to provide business partners, customers and consumers a way to identify and learn about the various eco-conscious features and solutions that Canon has to offer, including possible cost savings through energy efficiency.
In addition, components from the recycled cartridges can be turned into materials for other products. Close the Loop’s innovative products include felt-tip pens and markers made from inkjet plastics and inks; industrial colorants made from recycled ink; recovered metals that can be recycled into new steel and aluminum ingots; and scrap plastics that can be turned into the company’s synthetic "eLumber" and various eLumber products.
About Close the Loop Inc.
Close the Loop, Inc. is an innovative materials recovery company, specializing in the collection and recycling of toner and inkjet cartridges, toner bottles as well as other print consumables. Founded in early 2001 on the principles of resource recovery and zero waste, the company has developed many innovative production processes and reuse applications specific to the complex category of imaging consumables.About Sims Recycling Solutions
Sims Recycling Solutions ( http://www.us.simsrecycling.com ) is the world’s largest electrical and electronics recovery and recycling company with 49 sites across the globe. Sims Recycling Solutions recycles all types of electronic equipment and enables businesses to meet both their social and legal obligations in the treatment of surplus electronics. The company’s asset management and recovery service enables businesses and public sector organizations to sustain the value of IT and electronic equipment, in a legally compliant, data secure, fully traceable and environmentally sustainable manner. In North America, Sims Recycling Solutions operates 13 sites in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, Ontario, South Carolina and Tennessee.
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