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Sustainability Matters

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Kyocera’s long life technology combines everything you expect from a copier, printer or multifunctional device with unique benefits - saving time, money and the environment. 

Our  approach to sustainability is based on a waste reduction strategy. At the heart of this is our ECOSYS printer technology, which uses unique long-life drums and developers which are designed (and indeed guaranteed) to last for between 100,000 and 500,000 pages, depending on printer model.

Can One Machine Be More Sustainable Than Another?

The pictures speak for themselves . . .

Kyocera Cassette
Kyocera Cassette
Containing just 5 components made from only 2 types of recyclable plastic

When the toner runs out on a Kyocera printer, all the user replaces is a simple toner cassette made from just 5 parts and 2 types of recyclable plastic.

The toner cassettes used by Kyocera machines are recycled in the UK. They are cleaned, granulated and turned into a variety of new plastic products.

Conventional Toner Cartridge
Conventional Toner Cartridge
Containing over 60 parts made from various materials

When the toner runs out on almost all other printers, the user replaces a complex printer cartridge containing over 60 parts made from numerous materials.

These cartridges have to be shipped to a suitable processing facility (frequently outside the UK) and disassembled; the components have to be assessed for re-use, the new cartridge is then reassembled and shipped back!


How Do They Stack Up?

The pictures below show the amount of consumables needed from various manufacturers (including Kyocera) to produce 300,000 printed pages in a test conducted by German magazine Druckerchannel.


Kyocera Consumables
Kyocera FS-3830
14 Cassettes Creating 4kg of Waste

Hewlwtt Packard Consumables
HP Laserjet 4250
15 Cartridges Creating 20.2kg Of Waste

Lexmark Consumables
Lexmark T630
16 Cartridges Creating 32kg Of Waste

Ricoh Consumables
Ricoh AP600N
16 Cartridges Creating 38.4kg Of Waste


Learn More About Our Technology and Kyocera's Focus on Reducing its Environmental Impact

Kyocera Machines

The Kyocera Environmental Footprint report gives you in depth insights in to how we use technology to ensure our products have less of an impact on the environment than our competitors, from energy consumption through to waste. It includes information about the environmental strategy of our parent company right through to the way we manage our own impacts locally.

Download the full report to learn more.



Kyocera's Green Card Programme

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Green Card is Kyocera's free environmental information network.

The aim of the network is to inform people about environmentally responsible office practices, relevant legislation and Kyocera's own environmental sustainability practices. It is part of Kyocera 's wider commitment to promoting environmentally responsible business. The principle of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is central to the work of the Green Card network and drives every activity that is undertaken by Kyocera.


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