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Ricoh Group Sustainability Report 2013 26
•฀Outer฀shell฀designed฀to฀ease฀recycling
To encourage product reuse — the innermost
loop of the Comet CircleTM — we build and operate
product collection channels with optimal collection
costs and quality and an inventory management
system for the products collected. We have also
developed a system to forecast the volume of used
products to be collected — how many units of
which model will be collected when — so that we
can fulfill orders from customers without missing
opportunities.
To promote product reuse at even lower costs, we
design and develop products with recycling in mind.
Specifically, we plan their useful life, durability, ease of
disassembling and other elements based on our Policy
on Environmentally Friendly Product Design. We also
use environmentally friendly technologies, such as our
dry-washing technology, which requires no water, so
that our recycled copiers will have less environmental
impact and reduced manufacturing cost.
Our product reuse business is now spreading
beyond Japan, and we are optimistic about its
potential to succeed in markets around the world as
we advance our initiative to raise corporate value while
lessening environmental impact.
•฀Reduction฀of฀environmental฀impact:฀imagio฀MP฀C4000RC
Outer shell indentations
Designed for easy cleaning and drying in
preparation for recycling. The ditch on the
outer shell and operational surfaces must be
2mm or more in width and 2mm or less in
depth, with rounded corners of at least 0.5mm
radius. Graphics are excluded from these
requirements.
Min. 2mm wide R0.5mm
or more
Max.
2mm
deep
Label is easy to detach
A hole drilled into the outer shell allows the
label to be pushed off from underneath.
cover screwdriver
label
Label attached to only one section
Makes disassembly easier.
Compatible label
Does not need to be removed for recycling.
400
300
200
100
0
362
imagio MP
C4000
(new MFP)
301
imagio MP
C4000RC
(recycled MFP)
LCA (lifecycle assessment) of CO2 emissions
Approx.
17% less
emissions
CO2 emissions (kg/year)
150
120
90
60
0
146
imagio MP
C4000
(new MFP)
27
imagio MP
C4000RC
(recycled MFP)
CO2 emissions (kg/year)
Environmental impact caused by manufacturing
(CO2 emissions)
30
Approx.
82% less
emissions
Overview Action Data & Profile
Environmental Management
ISO26000 : •฀The฀environment฀฀•฀Consumer฀issues฀฀