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CANON ANNUAL REPORT 2015 31
Canon’s Basic Approach to CSR
Canon recognizes that its corporate activities are supported by
the development of society as a whole, and contributes to the
realization of a better society as a good corporate citizen, effec-
tively leveraging its advanced technological strengths, global
business deployment, and diverse, specialized human resources.
Environmental Activities
Renewed Automated Toner Cartridge
Recycling System Starts Operations
Canon has been promoting its toner cartridge recycling pro-
gram since 1990, as it pursues ideal recycling for resource cir-
culation. We also began the closed-loop recycling process* in
1992, and new toner cartridges using recycled parts and plastics
are being sold worldwide. Furthermore, our CARS-T** system
commenced operations in 2015 at Canon Ecology Industry Inc.,
our recycling hub in Japan, as a completely retooled system with
an automated toner cartridge recycling process.
*Materials obtained from Canon products collected from the market are
reused repeatedly in Canon products and parts with the same quality
standards as new products.
**CARS-T: Canon Automated Recycling System for Toner Cartridge
Conservation Activities at National Parks in the
United States
Canon U.S.A. continues to provide support for environmental pro-
tection activities in U.S. national parks. The company began sup-
porting Yellowstone National Park in 1995 and Acadia National
Park in 2013. Canon imaging equipment is used to observe wild-
life, create video libraries and support communication activities.
Social Contribution Activities
Canon conducts wide-ranging social contribution activities in
various parts of the world to help create a better society.
Canon Foundation Announces Sixth Grant
Program Recipients
The Canon Foundation aims to contribute to the ongo-
ing prosperity and well-being of mankind. It has offered two
research grant programs, known as the Creation of Industrial
Infrastructure grant and Pursuit of Ideals grant. In 2015, 15
projects were selected for the sixth research grant program.
The Tsuzuri Project
Canon and the non-profi t organization Kyoto Culture Association
jointly promote a project called the “Tsuzuri Project” (Offi cial title:
Cultural Heritage Inheritance Project). The aim of the project is
to preserve original cultural assets while maximizing the effective
use of high-resolution facsimiles of cultural assets. These facsimi-
les are created by blending Canon’s latest digital technology and
traditional Japanese crafts, such as gold leaf craftwork. As a result
of the project, original cultural assets can be kept in the more
favorable environment of museums while facsimiles can be used
A high-resolution reproduction of the “Dragon and Clouds” (Unryu
Zu) painting has been donated to Japan’s Tenryuji Temple; the orig-
inal is housed in the collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
CARS-T realizes a much higher throughput in recycled plastic volumes
and a higher degree of purity in recycled plastics.
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