ENVIROSERVE COLLECTS EMPTY TONER CTGS FOR XEROX IN U.A.E.

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Xerox Goes Green – Signs Agreement with EnviroServe for a Recycling Initiative
Xerox
Emirates, the market leader in Document Management, Technology and
Consulting Services today announced its strategic ‘green’ agreement
with EnviroServe, a company established under a professional license
with the activity of “Pollution and Environment Protection Services”,
for the removal and recycling of old printing equipments, machines and
imaging supplies such as print cartridges and toner bottles from its
customers premises.
To promote this program Xerox Emirates has
commenced an aggressive marketing campaign which aims at educating and
communicating its customers with the details and benefits of this
recycling initiative which is based on programs available to Xerox
customers in other parts of the world. More than 2.7 million cartridges
and toner containers have been returned by Xerox customers for
recycling in 2006 itself. Xerox has recycled 1.3 million pounds of post
consumer waste toner and nearly 100,000 plastic bottles as part of this
global program.
“The main objective of this program is to help our
customers who are initiating ‘green practices’ in their workplaces to
reduce environmental waste by recycling their used machines, print
cartridges and toner bottles. Xerox has a long heritage of supporting
and promoting eco-friendly products and solutions and since1991 Xerox
globally has successfully diverted more than 2 billion pounds of waste
from landfills — the equivalent of the weight carried by more than
166,000 trucks to various recycling programs worldwide”, said Andrew
Hurt, General Manager Xerox Emirates. “We are delighted to offer this
service to our customers supporting them in their own green
initiatives.  As a result of this, we have signed a three year
agreement with EnviroServe for the recycling of used equipment imaging
supplies such as print cartridges and toner bottles.”

The entire
pick-up logistics will be handled by Xerox Emirates. For this purpose
Xerox have already set-up warehouses to store the waste before it is
handed over to EnviroServe who will then recycle the waste parts such
as plastic, metal, glass or electronic components in accordance with
international standards and requirements. Xerox also plans to launch a
dedicated web link on its existing local website where customers can
log in their request for a pick-up service as well as find additional
information and logistic details of the entire program.
“We are glad
to have partnered with Xerox Emirates for this green initiative. We
have been providing a wide range of green services to several global
corporate clients. I am happy to see the awareness and inclination of
local as well as regional companies towards recycling and this is
definitely a positive step ahead towards preserving our environment.”
said Stuart Fleming, CEO, EnviroServe, The Green Company.“In a world of
finite resources, sustainable development means meeting the needs of
the present without compromising on the needs of the future. At Xerox,
we are ready to build on our heritage of eco-friendly firsts to help
our customers discover ways to reduce the impact of their document
management processes.” Andrew added.

 Xerox currently has one of
the widest range of environmental friendly products including the solid
ink imaging technology which has reduced the use of plastic cartridges
by almost 90 percent. Xerox Emirates also recently signed a contract
with Al Jowder for the distribution of chlorine free paper within all
governmental and public sector establishments in the UAE.

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May 19, 2009 at 12:32 PM