Aiming to reduce the impact on the global environment and enhance end-user comfort and safety levels, the Ricoh Group is tackling important issues by establishing a strict management system for environmentally-sensitive substances contained in its products, reducing ozone, dust, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted when products are used,
and ensuring that its supplies are safe. Environmentally-sensitive substances contained in products will affect the environment when the products come to the end of their lifecycle and are improperly disposed of.
An ecobalance assessment shows that reducing the use of these substances will ultimately lessen the environmental impact a product has during its lifecycle and reduce recycling costs to a great extent.
The Ricoh Group is making efforts to reduce environmentally-sensitive substances and create a reliable management system that covers the entire manufacturing flow, including suppliers.
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 - Observe Ricoh standards that cover such substances as ozone, dust, and VOCs.
- Strengthen the system for management and communication to comply with the REACH Regulation.
Concerning emissions of environmentally sensitive substances generated by products, Ricoh was also able to quickly satisfy the Blue Angel requirements,
which came into force in January 2007, and all the copiers, multifunctional copiers, and printers of 17 series launched in fiscal 2008 meet the Ricoh standards for ozone, dust and VOCs.
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We will continue our efforts to further reduce the use of environmentally sensitive substances in products.
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(1) Achievement of standards for environmentally-sensitive chemical substances
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Ricoh standards (mg/h)*1 (Blue Angel requirements enforced in January 2007) |
Models that achieved the standards*2 |
| Color |
Monochrome |
| Ozone |
3.0 |
1.5 |
17 |
| Dust |
4.0 |
4.0 |
| Styrene |
1.8 |
1.0 |
| Benzene |
<0.05 |
<0.05 |
| TVOC |
18 |
10 |
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- Ricoh standards also meet the Blue Angel requirements.
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- Figures indicate the number of product series, including copiers, multifunctional copiers, and printers, launched in fiscal 2008 that achieve these standards.
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