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Xerox Diverts 2 Billion Pounds of Waste from Landfills Through Green Initiatives
ROCHESTER,
N.Y., Nov. 2007 – Equipment returned to Xerox Corporation can be
remanufactured — rebuilt — to new performance specifications, reusing
70 to 90 percent by weight of machine components. Because of smart
design, these sturdy frames can be used more than once, forming the
skeleton for successive generations of printers and copiers. ROCHESTER,
N.Y.–By recycling yet one more 5-pound toner cartridge from a Xerox
multifunction system, Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) announced today it
has surpassed a major sustainability milestone by diverting more than 2
billion pounds of electronic waste from landfills around the world
through waste-free initiatives that create sustainability benefits for
the company and its customers.Launched in 1991, long before
sustainability was on most companies’ radar screens Xerox’s
environmental program achieved the 2-billion-pound milestone by waste
avoidance in two areas: reuse and recycling in imaging supplies and
product take-back and recycling and parts reuse. In addition, Xerox
integrates innovative environmental priorities into manufacturing
operations to add to its recycling efforts.“Xerox’s experience with
reuse, recycling and remanufacturing has not only kept waste out of
landfills, but saved the company more than $2 billion as it did so,”
said Patricia Calkins, Xerox vice president, Environment, Health and
Safety. “If that amount of waste were loaded into garbage trucks, it
would fill more than 160,000 trucks, stretching more than 1,000 miles,
from Seattle to the Mexican border. We believe sustainability is an
integral part of developing products, serving customers and posting
profits.”Xerox Green World Alliance
Central to the company’s
commitment to waste-free products is the Xerox Green World Alliance, a
reuse and recycling program for printer cartridges and toner. The
program kept more than 2.7 million cartridges and toner containers and
nearly 11 million pounds of waste out of landfills last year alone.The
Alliance is composed of two components – the remanufacturing of
cartridges and the recovery and reuse of toner. When a cartridge is at
the end of its life, customers send it to Xerox, which then cleans,
inspects and remanufactures or recycles the cartridge. Remanufactured
cartridges contain an average of 90 percent reused/recycled parts and
are built and tested to the same performance specifications as new
products.Customers also send in waste toner, the dry ink that is used
to make prints, to Xerox. Xerox then recovers and reuses the old toner
by mixing it with new toner without compromising the product’s
functionality.Equipment remanufacturing and reuse of parts
More
than 15 years ago, Xerox pioneered the practice of converting
end-of-life equipment into new products and parts. That approach has
translated into significant environmental and financial benefits,
preventing millions of pounds of waste from entering landfills – 111
million pounds in 2006 alone – while reducing the amount of raw
material needed to manufacture new parts.For these machines, Xerox
equipment recovery/recycle operations disassemble parts that can be
reused, adhering to stringent standards for quality and performance.
The remaining components are disposed of or recycled. Of the 43,000
metric tons designated as equipment waste in 2006, Xerox reused or
recycled 96 percent.Environmentally-sensitive manufacturing processes
Recognizing
that eliminating waste is not only good for the environment but also a
smart manufacturing practice, Xerox’s waste-free factory initiative has
focused efforts on reducing the amount of non-hazardous waste generated
by Xerox operations and on responsibly managing waste that cannot be
eliminated. In 2006, Xerox recycled 91 percent of its non-hazardous
waste, up from 80 percent in 2000.The company is part of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s voluntary WasteWise program which
targets the reduction of municipal solid waste and select industrial
wastes. In addition, all its major manufacturing locations in the U.S.
have earned membership in the EPA’s National Environmental Performance
Track. Only facilities with a record of sustained regulatory compliance
and a history of environmental achievements are eligible to participate
in the program.
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