Kyocera Mita America & The Environment

Kyocera Mita America and the Environment

Kyocera recognizes the burden that business activities can place on the environment. We strive to maintain a clear vision in pursuing a harmonious balance between economic development and environmental preservation. Kyocera operates under the following strict, group-wide environmental preservation measures:

Ozone layer protection
Waste reduction
Energy and resource conversation

Kyocera's Environmental Charter, established in 1991, is a commitment to environmental preservation activities on a daily basis.

Kyocera Group's Green Committee, established in 2004, oversees the management of reducing the environmental impact across a product's lifecycle.

ISO 14001:2004 Certified

Kyocera Mita America, Inc. achieved ISO (International Standard Organization) 14001:2004 certification for its Environmental Management System (EMS) at its United States facilities. This annual certification, verified though an independent audit, is used to distinguish corporations that effectively manage how their activities, products and services impact the environment.

Achieving ISO 14001:2004 certification underscores Kyocera Mita America's commitment to reduce waste and the consumption of energy/natural resources caused by normal operations such as sales, service and distribution. Kyocera Mita America considers environmental conservation an important benchmark for corporate success and community leadership.

The ISO 14001 environmental management standards exist to help organizations:

Minimize how their operations (processes, etc.) negatively affect the environment (i.e. cause adverse changes to air, water, or land)
Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other environmentally oriented requirements
Continually improve in the above

Kyocera strives to certify all of its manufacturing plants and non- manufacturing facilities throughout the world to the ISO 14001 standard. Kyocera is committed to:

Reduce our energy and material consumption by reusing items and recycling when possible
Reduce the environmental impact associated with our products and activities
Comply with applicable local, state and federal regulatory requirements
Periodically review the objectives and targets of our environmental management system to reduce waste and the consumption of materials, energy and resources
Continually improve our performance strategy to prevent pollution whenever possible
Communicate and train our employees, and those who work directly on our behalf, to carry out our environmental policies
Make our Environmental Policy available to the public

ISO 14001:2004 certification, emphasizes the importance of environmental responsibility, customer focus, a process approach, continuous improvement and improved supply chain management from an environmental perspective.

ECOSYS © Technology and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Kyocera's objective is to manufacture superior products with a low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and have little or no impact on the environment. Kyocera's ECOSYS © Technology provides customers with a printing solution that incorporates long life consumables and the low cost per print. Kyocera's ECOSYS printers include a durable imaging system using long-life drums, Organic Photoconductor (OPC) and Kyocera's patented Amorphous Silicon (ASi), capable of handling up to hundreds of thousands of prints. These long-lasting drums are distinctly separate from the toner, eliminating the need to replace the drum when toner is depleted. The operating costs of traditional "cartridge-based" page printers can easily exceed many times the original purchase price during the life of the product. By utilizing Kyocera's proprietary ECOSYS Technology, businesses can typically recoup a printer's purchase price in one-year or less.

By eliminating the need to continually replace cartridges, ECOSYS printers do their part in helping reduce environmental waste - an added benefit for companies looking to enhance their environmental initiatives.

Energy Star ©

Our voluntary partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ensures our products meet the high standards of the ENERGY STAR © program. As the government-backed, trusted symbol for energy efficiency, the ENERGY STAR label identifies highly efficient products and designates superior energy performance in business products. For more information on the ENERGY STAR program, please visit www.energystar.gov.

RoHS Compliance Kyocera has adopted the measures set forth by the European Union (EU) with the RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive that outlines the elimination and reduction of identified substances in electrical or electronic devices deemed harmful by the EU. The following materials are detailed in the RoHS directive: Lead
Mercury
Sexivalent Chrome
Cadmium
Polybromized Biphenyl

Kyocera's EcoPro Printers adhere to the guidelines and restrictions that RoHS details.

Product Disposal

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