Toshiba Cosmos Environmental Commitment

5. Environmental
Commitment

5•1

Environmental protection is a
major consideration for the entire
scope of operations at Toshiba.
This is reflected in the careful
design of all our products.

Recycled materials are used when­ever possible - such as for the man­ufacturing of toner cartridges and
developer bottles - with compo­nents clearly marked to identify
contents for later recycling.

Recent Toshiba copier models fea­ture an Auto Energy Saver mode
that reduces power consumption
during periods of copier inactivity,
in accord with US Energy Star
standards (Tier 2). Additionally, a
user-adjustable Auto Power Off
function shuts the copier down
after a predetermined period of
inactivity.

Toner cartridges carry embossed
information (in Europe only) ­rather than paper labels - thereby
assisting in disassembly for later
reuse.

Reductions in the level of noise and
ozone emission ensure the harmony
of the working environment

remains undisturbed.

Whenever possible cardboard pack­aging is used, with the use of Sty­rofoam kept to an absolute mini­mum.

In Europe, genuine Toshiba rollers
are collected and recycled by one
of our authorized manufacturers.

All these things we do as part of a
genuine commitment to environ­mental protection.

The "Swan Mark"
environmental awards

Toshiba copiers meet with stringent
environmental regulations which
include the marking of plastics for
content identification purposes and
later recycling, the prohibition of
the use of certain flame retardants,
AMES Test examination of toners
to ensure the absence of carcino­genic substances, the selection of
materials without health risks, and
the use of recycled paper.

Moreover, all copiers that have
been awarded the Scandinavian
environmental "Swan Mark" are

Environmental Commitment

5•2

identified as having done so,
through a symbol on the machine.

Recycling of used
supplies and parts

In recent years, Toshiba has been at
the forefront of the copier manu­facturing industry in implementing
the recovery of used supplies and
parts for recycling.

We are firmly committed to reduc­ing the use of non-recyclable mate­rials during the manufacturing
process, in order to lower the
amount of material requiring waste
disposal.

In Europe, Toshiba is preparing for
the introduction of new regulations
governing electronic waste. Cur­rently we are working together
with specialist disassembly and
recycling companies and the expe­rience gained through this coopera­tive effort will be taken into consid­eration when we develop future
copiers.

Swan Mark