Waste Management

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Encouraging recycling initiatives and individual responsibility

In concrete terms, we:

• provide recycling facilities for paper, aluminium, printer toners, etc.
• encourage double-sided printing and photocopying,
• ensure proper disposal of or recycling of IT and electronic equipment in accordance with local legislation,
• use appropriately licensed organizations to remove special waste (such as defective monitors or neon tubes).

Thinking globally, acting locally…

A number of our countries re-furbish IT assets and donate them to either local or international organisations to provide access to technology to those who would not otherwise have access. This is also an option for our clients when they undertake an IT refresh.

• France has adopted double-sided photocopying so as to reduce paper waste,
• Australia has installed the latest printer and scanner technology to encourage electronic filing,
• The Netherlands has installed new printing systems that reduce unnecessary printing,
• The United States has set up processes for recycling IT equipment,
• In Central Europe, IT equipment is leased then environmentally recycled,
• In the UK new printer systems have significantly reduced the number of devices used, reducing the amount of power and toner consumed.