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Thursday, April 22, 2021

Vendor Recycling Efforts

Recycling and sustainability have become important aspects in our society.  And given the role of labeling, these environmental issues are becoming a requirement in our industry. And our partner, Epson has a new recycling program that may make sense to you.


For North America, learn more here:

Kevin Carmichael, Manager, Environmental & Quality Systems, manages the Epson recycling program in the United States.  When asked about the recycling effort by Epson, Kevin says, “Epson has had active recycling programs for many years; our corporate, manufacturing, distribution, and repair sites maintain ISO 14001 Environmental certifications.  The goal of this program is to be a good community partner, providing products and services in an environmentally friendly manner.   We strive to close the loop so that products can be reused as much as possible and not be sent to landfills.


When ask what does Epson do with the recycled products, Kevin said “Epson America, Inc. collects the empty ink cartridges and sends them to a recycling partner that converts the material to an energy resource (an incinerator that uses waste to produce energy/steam to heat buildings).  The recycled hardware is sent to be disassembled into plastic and metal for reuse in other products.”

Epson's Recycling Program

From my past experience, I understood this environmental effort by Epson is not only in the United States.  This effort extends to many countries in the work.  Learn more here: 

And it seems Epson is collecting a lot of products, keeping them out of landfills:

Epson's Recycling

From the information inputted into the US-based recycling website, Epson produces a label for sending hardware to be recycled.

 


For ink cartridges, Epson provides an address to send for recycle:

Epson America, Inc.
Attn: Recycling Center
2350 Stafford Road, Suite 101
Plainfield, IN 46168

When asked about the future of the Epson recycling effort, Kevin said, “The EPSON Environmental Vision 2050 is to continue to take actions that will reduce the environmental impacts of products, services and within supply chains.  Epson is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance dedicated to industry supply chain corporate responsibility.”

Water Dispersible Label
Water Dispersible Label

In addition to Epson’s recycling effort, we announced the availability of biodegradable/water dispersible labels: 

Based on previous work before labels, I’m a big supporter of “cradle to grave” responsibility of products.  Epson effort in recycling is a great step in reducing the environmental impact of their products.

Guy Mikel
855-962-7670


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