Recycling Program to Commemorate Earth Day 2008
WEST CALDWELL, N.J., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas
Corporation, the leading provider of digital office equipment, will host an
"Employee Electronics Recycle Program" on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22nd.
As part of Ricoh's Total Green Office Solution environmental program the
Recycles Day mission is to get everyone to recycle unwanted electronic
equipment and to keep it out of landfills. Employees at Ricoh's New Jersey
facilities in Montville and West Caldwell as well as three Ricoh locations
in Atlanta will be participating in the program.
Ricoh, a recognized leader in environmental conservation and a charter
member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program,
will set up collection sites at its facilities for employees to drop off
unwanted computers, keyboards, televisions, modems, fax machines, printers,
scanners, handheld games, telephones, cell phones, cameras, pagers, VCRs,
tape decks, CD players, movie projectors, tape recorders, radios, and other
electronic products. All of the equipment that is collected will be sent to
a certified de-manufacturer to be processed. The materials will be returned
to the appropriate commodity materials streams for use in manufacturing
other products. Zero material will be disposed in landfills.
"Ricoh continues to be a leader in creating environmentally friendly
products that reduce ozone layer depletion, global warming, toxic waste and
reducing carbon footprints," said Kirk Yoshida, chairman & CEO of Ricoh
Americas Corporation. "The preservation and protection of the environment
is critical to Ricoh and is top of mind in the development of all of our
products, as we not only seek to give back to our customers and employees,
but to protect our planet as well."
About Ricoh Americas Corporation
Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a
subsidiary of Ricoh Company Ltd., the 72-year-old leading supplier of
office automation equipment and electronics, with fiscal year 2006 sales in
excess of $17 billion, a 8.4 percent increase over the previous year.
Ricoh Americas Corporation is an industry leader in creating innovate
products and management processes that promote sustainability. As the Total
Green Office Solution provider, Ricoh offers products, services and
document management solutions that promote energy efficiency, pollution
prevention, waste reduction and resource recycling. In early 2008,
Corporate Knights Inc. of Canada named Ricoh one of the "Global 100 Most
Sustainable Corporations in the World" for the fourth consecutive year.
Ricoh Americas Corporation directly or through its network of
authorized dealers markets and distributes products in North, Central and
South America. Information about
Ricoh's complete range of products and services can be accessed on the
World Wide Web at http://www.ricoh-usa.com.
All referenced product names are the trademarks of their respective
companies.
CONTACT:
Russell Marchetta
Ricoh Americas Corporation
973-882-2075
russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com
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CONTACT:
Russell Marchetta of Ricoh Americas
Corporation, +1-973-882-2075, russell.marchetta@ricoh-usa.com
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