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Chinese Government Certifies Fuji Xerox Recycling Site as a Pilot Remanufacturing Enterprise of Electronics Components
Wednesday 03. February 2010 - In Recognition Of Environmental Conservation, Resource-Saving, and Reuse System Efforts
Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., a recycling site wholly owned by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., was certified as a pilot remanufacturing enterprise of electronics components by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MIIT).
As part of its environmental policies, the Chinese government launched this certification program to promote the development of remanufacturing industry, and to build the society where energy-saving and environmental conservation are valued by certifying companies that represent each industry as the pilot remanufacturing enterprises to encourage and support others to be more eco-conscious. The Chinese government also conducts the statistics of these pilot companies’ data, and shares with other ministries and national organizations to accelerate the resource recycling economy. Out of 35 pilot companies certified this time (including three IT equipment companies), Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing (Suzhou) is the only Japanese company.
Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing (Suzhou) completely disassembles and recycles used products including copy/multifunction devices and cartridges recovered from all over China (excluding Hong KongNote 1, MacaoNote 1 and Taiwan) by Fuji Xerox (China) Ltd., Fuji Xerox’s sales company in China. Some of the components are reused within the processes established based on the Fuji Xerox’s quality assurance standard. The recycling site commenced operation in January 2008, has the capacity to disassemble and recycle 15,000 devices and 500,000 cartridges per year, and achieved device recycling rate of more than 96 percent in March 2009.
As a responsible manufacturer, Fuji Xerox aims to achieve zero landfill, no pollution, and no illegal disposal, and this certification shows that the company’s efforts are understood and valued in China. Fuji Xerox continues to reinforce its resource recycling systemNote 2, which offers an advanced model to balance business operations with the environment.
Note 1 The recovery and recycling of used products in Hong Kong and Macao is recovered by Fuji Xerox’s Asia-Pacific integrated recycling system based in Thailand.
Note 2 As one of its corporate social responsibility efforts, Fuji Xerox formulated a product recycling policy in 1995 that promotes resource-recycling aiming at zero landfill, and achieved zero landfill of used products in Japan in August 2000. In December 2004, Fuji Xerox established an integrated recycling system based in Thailand that recovers used products from nine countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific area, achieving zero landfill in the region.