NORWALK, Conn., April 17, 2008
-- Recycling newspapers, bringing re-useable bags to the grocery store and turning
the furnace up or down a few degrees are just a few of the steps that eco-conscious
consumers are taking to live a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle. Xerox
Corporation helps extend the eco-friendly spirit to the workplace with these seven,
simple steps:
- Cut paper use.
Print on both sides of the page–what we call "duplexing."
Print multiple images per page and print only the quantity you need at the
time you need it. Saving paper also saves energy: the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency estimates that it takes 10 times more energy to manufacture a piece
of paper than to create another print or copy.
- Reach for the right paper, and recycle the paper you use.
Use environmentally preferable paper - like Xerox's High Yield Business Paper
that is produced using half of the number of trees of conventional paper.
Print on paper certified to sustainable forestry standards from global organizations
such as the Forest Stewardship Council and Programme for the Endorsement of
Forest Certification, or use paper with recycled content. Install bins in
several office locations to make it easy to collect paper for recycling or
for reuse as notepaper.
- Reach for the ENERGY STAR®. Upgrade old products with
new, more efficient systems and the savings add up. For example, the new Xerox
WorkCentre 5645 uses 14 kWh per week of electricity, about 30 percent less
than a comparable multifunction system of two years ago.
- Replace copiers or printers with products that do-it-all.
An office copier, four laser printers and a fax machine can consume 1400 kWh
of energy each year. But if one multifunction system can handle your document
needs, it uses only 700 kWh annually. Xerox's Sustainability Calculator can
help pinpoint opportunities to reduce the overall environmental footprint
of your office equipment.
- Don't throw away empty toner cartridges. Xerox provides customers
with prepaid postage to return cartridges for reuse and recycling. Remanufactured
cartridges are built and tested to the same performance specifications as
new-build products. Or, consider using solid ink printers, which eliminate
cartridges altogether and generate about 90 percent less waste during use
than a comparable color laser printer.
- Seek office equipment designed for remanufacturing or recycling.
Xerox devices are designed with recycling and reuse in mind. Xerox's recycling
and remanufacturing programs have diverted more than 2 billion pounds of waste
from landfills since 1991.
- Use software to simplify the way you use documents. Cut back
the time and energy spent on manual paper-based processes with workflow management
systems and collaboration tools. For paper-intensive processes like legal
discovery or mortgage loan document management, Docushare combined with scan-enabled
multifunction devices can help reduce errors and improve version control –
and ultimately eliminate the costs of producing, storing and shipping paper
documents.
Xerox Corporation has been committed to the protection of the
environment and the health and safety of its employees, customers and neighbors
for decades. The company pioneered conservation and protective environmental
policies well in advance of governmental regulations and today works hard to
advance sustainable business practices throughout the value chain. At Xerox
environmental sustainability isn't a cost of doing business, but a way of doing
business that benefits all stakeholders and the world in which they work and
live.
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For more information about Xerox Environment, Health and Safety
programs, visit www.xerox.com/environment.html.
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