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Canon promotes reductions in resource consumption and product-to-product recycling, with the aim of contributing to the development of a circular economy. Learn how the refurbishment of imageRUNNER ADVANCE printers, and their new lease of life on the second-hand market helps their owners, and the planet at the same time.
Canon works to create a sustainable practice by investing in and developing a product lifecycle loop. This ensures that all Canon products are manufactured with the understanding that these devices will be recycled at their end-of-life. The process begins as these devices are collected from our clients, they are then assessed for further functionality, dismantled and repurposed with less than 1% reaching landfill. The parts that are recyclable are injected back into the Canon manufacturing line as raw material – new products are then created, and the loop continues.
Canon has reduced the overall size and weight of it's multifunction devices to lessen the environmental impact when being transported. Toner recycling boxes are supplied to customers upon installation.
At Canon, we've put a number of robust processes in place to help make service and support for your multifunction device pain-free. Canon toner has been upgraded to what Canon calls Vivid 2 - clients will consume less toner and will replace fewer cartridges if your printing volume stayed at the same levels. The Vivid 2 toner has a molecular structure that prevents it from sticking or forming lumps inside the toner cartridges, therefore maximising every micron.
When a device has reached the end of its contract period with a customer, it can be returned to Canon. Depending on its condition, it will either be refurbished, stripped for parts for use in refurbished devices; or recycled through Croxley Recycling Group. Additionally, Ink and toner cartridge boxes are regularly collected and recycled by Croxley Recycling.
End-of-life equipment and parts are assessed by Canon for our refurbishment programme. All customer data is wiped prior to recycling. Consumer cartridges can be collected at The Warehouse Stationary for recycling.
Croxley are independently certified by Environmental Choice for compliance with the local benchmark for the safe recycling of e-waste (AS 5377). Croxley ensures that less than 1% of our recycled printers, toner and waste goes to landfill. Glass from our devices is recycled and used to make swimming pool filters. Steel is recycled to construction reinforcing bars. Plastic components are sorted, chipped, and sold for remanufacture into new products. Any circuit boards are sorted then shredded and precious metal is recovered.
Parts/devices that are assessed as functional will be refurbished to provide a cost-efficient alternative for customers, doubling or even tripling product life.
Parts/devices that have been refurbished will be tested and assessed for quality and durability assurance. Parts that fail product testing will be returned to Croxley for recycling.
Parts that have passed our testing and assessment stage will proceed to enter back into the production line – available for customers to purchase or rent.
Through our refurbishing programme, we give our most popular Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE models a new lease of life, making the very most of the resources used in their initial creation. Learn more about how Canon contributes to the circular economy by breathing new life into used materials.
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