 The
Ricoh Group is helping to build a society that re-circulates resources
and conducts more efficient manufacturing activities with fewer
resources and less environmental impact. Our goal is to reduce
waste in landfills to zero. Our concept for achieving that goal
is the Comet Circle. It represents a process in which we clarify
the amount of environmental impact that occurs at each level of
our corporate activities. Then we identify opportunities and implement
processes to reduce that impact. We also promote the organization
of recycling and repeated recycling while aiming to make the loops
of resource re-circulation smaller within the company closer to
the core of the Comet Circle.
The Comet Circle concept incorporates four components:
Promotion of a Multi-Tiered Recycling
System
Repeated recycling to the furthest extent possible (i.e., multi-tiered
recycling) reduces new resource consumption and waste generation.
Inner Loop Recycling
Products of greatest reuse potential are recycled in inner loops
of the Comet Circle; to reduce the resource and energy costs necessary
to return used products to a state in which it can be used by customers.
Cost-Benefit Recycling
To efficiently recover, disassemble, sort and recycle products,
we are making efforts to establish nationwide networks for comprehensive
recycling systems, and actively promoting recyclable designs. In
addition, we are integrating various kinds of recycling activities
for every type of used product.
Environmental Conservation Partnership
We consider all our material suppliers, associates and users,
as "green partners". Together we endeavour to minimize
the environmental impact at every product stage, from materials
and parts procurement, through manufacturing, transportation, use,
recovery and recycling.
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