Epson is reducing its environmental impact by introducing a recycling program that meets the expectations of its large format printing customers.

“Like Epson, our professional customers are concerned about the environment and are looking for ways to reduce their impact on the environment, so by introducing a simple way to recycle their ink cartridges we can collectively reduce waste to landfill,” Epson’s Business Solutions Manager, Craig Heckenberg, said.

“Encouraging recycling and providing services to enable our professional customers to recycle is just one way that Epson is demonstrating its commitment to the environment,” Heckenberg said.

In June, Epson Australia’s parent company, Seiko Epson Corporation, announced an ambitious multi-part programme to address some of the most pressing environmental concerns facing the global community and how Epson intends to tackle them over the next 10 years.

The programme commits Epson to a 10 year plan aimed at:

1) Reduction of CO2 emissions by 90% across the entire product life cycle.

2) Inclusion of all products in the resource reuse and recycling loop.

3) Reduction of direct CO2 emissions by 90 per cent, and elimination of global warming gas emissions other than CO2.

4) Restoration and preservation of biodiversity as a member of the ecosystem, together with local communities.

Close the Loop is the recycling company working with Epson, Planet Ark, and other printer vendors on the Cartridges 4 Planet Ark programme to recover consumer and business laser and inkjet cartridges for recycling.

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