Promoting eco packaging  (Ricoh/Japan)
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Resource-recirculating eco packaging |
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Ricoh has long been working to reduce the use of packaging materials. In 1994, we started "eco packaging" which uses less cardboard.
In 2001, we introduced further advanced "resource-recirculating eco-packaging" materials to the market. These resin-based packaging materials can be used repeatedly. As of fiscal 2008, about 70% of copiers shipped from Japanese factories were packaged in these resource-recirculating eco materials.
In addition, we are engaged in activities in which we deliver products simply wrapped in damage-protection film to the customers direct from the factory.
Through these efforts, we are reducing consumption of packaging materials by some 1,350 tons each year, equivalent to about 1,750 tons of CO2 emissions.
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