Resource
Conservation and Recycling
From the design stage, Epson builds environmental considerations into its products. One of the focus areas is conservation of resources through minimizing the size of the products and ensuring easy recyclability.
1998: E
pson involves its employees in its environmental activities by giving them the opportunity to file patent applications for inventions that effectively reduce environmental impacts. Example: in 2006 the number of applications filed increased by 37.7% over the previous year.
1999: E
pson became the first company in Japan to voluntarily collect and recycle used information equipment (printers, scanners, projectors,
POS systems, etc.) from business users.
2005: Epson implemented the WEEE directive in Europe.
2006: E
pson collected 95.3 tons of end-of-life equipment and our usage rate of recycled resources was 69.4%.
2006: B
y standardising packaging, the number of different boxes made for
LFP ink cartridges was drastically reduced from 154 to 3.
LFP packaging is of 100% recycled material.
2007: Epson collects and recycles cartridges in 19 countries in Europe.
2007: W
ith the support of WWF, Epson established a paper procurement policy that takes into consideration the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of the forests where the wood for our paper production is sourced.
2007: E
pson is awarded with the Worldstar packaging award for its LFP ink cartridge packaging design.
2007: T
he Epson Stylus Pro 3800 is awarded with the Italian Ecohitech
Award. The Stylus Pro 3800 has a reduced impact on the environment as it is an A2 printer but has the same size as a traditional A3 printer.
