Date: Monday December 1, 2008 11:59:20 am
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http://www.sustainableisgood.com/blog/2007/07/epson-gradually.htmlEpson Reduces Ink Cartridge PackagingEpson
printers have long been the printer of choice for graphic and imaging
professionals. Mike over at Vestal Design put together an interesting
post on his observations of reduced print cartridge packaging by
Epson. Over time he has noticed significant downsizing of the
packaging for print cartridges for his Epson 2200. Thanks to some
excellent photography and saving the packaging his piece is quite
interesting. The packaging began at 77g, (11cm x 15cm x 3.5cm), in a
package much larger than the cartridge itself. Having owned several
Epson 2200’s myself I can attest to the excessive nature of the
cartridge packaging.
Mike notes about two years ago, Epson
slimmed down this packaging by eliminating corrugated cardboard filler
and shrink wrap inside the box and narrowed the width to 2cm to drop
the packaging to 63g.The cartridge itself is only about 7cm tall, so a
third generation of packaging shrank the box down another 3.5cm to
57g.Epson’s packaging reduction had environmental and cost benefits for
the company. By making the packaging smaller and lighter, Epson is
able to pack more cartridges onto a pallet, maximizing shipping
efficiency and resources.
Earlier this year HP announced it was
redesigning the packaging for of all of its North America home printer
cartridges. HP estimates its redesigned print cartridge packaging will
eliminate the use of nearly 15 million pounds of materials, including 3
million pounds of corrugated cardboard in 2007. The packaging also
will eliminate the use of more than 6.8 million pounds of polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) plastic through material reduction and substitution of
recycled content plastic and paperboard.
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