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Expansion of the Number of Recycled Copier Models
Available 
(Ricoh/Japan)
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| Imagio MF7070RC, a
recycled digital copier |
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Since December 2001 when Ricoh marketed the imagio
MF6550RC recycled digital copiers, it has expanded the number of models
available. It completed the lineup of recycled machines by marketing the
imagio MF3570RC/4570RC in fiscal 2002 and imagio MF5570RC/7070RC in fiscal
2003. These machines with copying productivity ranging from 35 pages/min.
to 70 pages/min. can satisfy various customer requirements. Because recycled
machines contain more than 87% (mass ratio) reused parts, it can be calculated
that about 1,800 tons of resources have been saved.
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A comparison is made by calculating
the annual environmental impact of new and recycled copier over
a five-year-period and ten-year period, respectively. |
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Figures for CO2 emissions while being in operation at customer
sites were not included in the calculation of the data. |
Improvement of the Quality of Material Recycling
(Ricoh Group/Japan)
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Recycling centers in Japan have already achieved
a 99% resource recovery rate. However, in order to reduce both environmental
impact and costs, it is necessary to promote higher-quality recycling.
In fiscal 2003, more than 92% (mass ratio) of collected parts were
recycled for raw materials by thoroughly disassembling collected machines
and sorting out unusable materials such as plastic and metal parts.
Some recycled plastics are used for Ricoh products manufactured in
Japan and China.
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