KONICA MINOLTA WANTS EMPTIES , LAUNCHES RECYCLING PROGRAM

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KONICA MINOLTA WANTS EMPTIES , LAUNCHES RECYCLING PROGRAM
The company’s print component recycling program can be scaled to businesses of all sizes.
Konica
Minolta Business Solutions, a provider of imaging and networking
technologies, announced the launch of the Clean Planet Recycling Program
that will provide consumables recycling to customers. Whether relying
on a single desktop printer, a fleet of Bizhub MFPs or professional
Bizhub Pro or Bizhub Press production print systems, all Konica Minolta
customers can reduce their ecological footprint with the Clean Planet
Recycling Program’s return and recycle process.

With the Clean
Planet Recycling Program, customers will now be able to return and
recycle all major consumables – including toner cartridges, imaging
units, waste toner bottles, developer/developer units and drums – for
all Konica Minolta models without any shipping or processing costs. The
program also ensures that received recyclables are processed in an
environmentally safe and responsible manner – no recyclable items are
permitted to go into landfills.

Small and home office customers
can send in single consumable items for recycling by printing a postpaid
UPS label from the Website, while a recycling box designed to hold
10-15 consumables can be ordered from the Clean Planet Website for
collection in midsize offices. When the box is full, a UPS label can be
printed from the Website for shipping. For high-volume customers, Konica
Minolta can arrange for the delivery and pickup of recycling pallets
that hold a larger quantity of consumable items.

To minimize
energy and fuel costs associated with shipping, Konica Minolta has
partnered with facilities located across the country, with collection
points that are automatically selected based on the customer’s location.
When labels are printed, the closest facility is automatically selected
to minimize the energy and fuel costs associated with shipping.
Shipping is further reduced by the Clean Planet box, which can hold
multiple consumables.

“Konica Minolta invested heavily in
developing this program to ensure it would bring only the highest value
to our customers, and we are excited to launch it as a critical part of
our corporate environmental initiatives,” said Kevin Kern, senior vice
president of marketing for Konica Minolta Business Solutions. “The Clean
Planet Recycling Program seeks to ensure that we are not only
addressing the environmental concerns of our customers, but also meeting
Konica Minolta’s responsibilities for global sustainability. While
delivering market-leading products and solutions is an ongoing
commitment to customers, this new initiative ensures that customers can
now count on Konica Minolta for much more than just their digital
imaging needs.”

The company also announced the release of the
Magicolor 3730DN A4 color printer, which features integrated auto-duplex
printing, 2400 (equivalent) x 600 high resolution image quality, and
Konica Minolta’s smart calibration system – enhanced Automatic Image
Density Control (eAIDC). Printing at 25 ppm in color and black and white
with a 120,000-page monthly duty cycle, the 3730DN has a height of only
13.6 inches and is Energy Star compliant. 

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November 24, 2010 at 9:22 AM