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CartridgeWorld embraces online sales
Ricoh saves energy
with private cloud
Ricoh Europe has won two Oracle
Excellence Awards for a new IT
infrastructure that has led to the
removal of 1,600 servers and an 85%
cut in energy consumption.
Ricoh implemented the ERP Platform
and Private Cloud in an attempt to
streamline EMEA business processes;
enhance its customer service; and
support the growth of its capabilities
in Managed Document Services, IT
Services and Production printing.
A key part of the strategy was
to provide a single pan-European
environment to manage client
information and enable customers and
staff to access documents, software and
other business applications securely
from anywhere across the region.
The Eco-Enterprise Innovation Award
and the 2012 Chief Sustainability
Officer Award were presented to Ian
Winham, CIO and CFO at Ricoh Europe.
Ricoh is committed to reducing
energy consumption by 87.5 per cent
from 2000 levels by 2050.
CartridgeWorld customers can now
buy printer supplies online following
the addition of an e-commerce
platform to its website.
The online capability is supported
by three new services: ‘Same Day
Delivery’, where customers can order
online before 12pm and receive their
printer cartridges the same day; ‘Click
and Collect’, which allows customers to
buy printer cartridges online and collect
in-store; and ‘Free Postal
Delivery’.
A ‘Printer Detective’ simplifies the
ordering of supplies by scanning the
customer’s computer to determine
the make and model of standalone
or network printer used and the most
appropriate cartridges.
Free Postal Delivery is available
across the UK, but to start with just 13
stores will offer Same Day Delivery and
Click and Collect: Accrington, Aylesbury,
Blackburn, Chester, Derby, Ellesmere
Port, Fareham, Harrogate, Hereford,
Rawtenstall, Kings Heath, Sittingbourne
and Portslade.
Three further stores in Stoke-on-
Trent, Goring and Littlehampton will
offer Click and Collect only.
CartridgeWorld saved 1.2 million
cartridges from going to landfill last
year, but says that just 30% of all the
cartridges used in the UK end up being
re-used. It estimates that as many as
45 million end up in landfill.
It calculates that from July 2011 to
June 2012, CartridgeWorld business
customers saved almost £6 million on
printer supplies and retail customers £5
million.
Cash for cartridges
Brother has launched a recycling
programme that accepts used ink and
toner cartridges from any manufacturer
in exchange for a cash rebate or a
charitable donation. In addition, for every
four toners or eight inkjet cartridges that
it receives, Brother will protect a tree
through an existing partnership with
Cool Earth. Brother supplies and collects
consumable recycling boxes and has set
up an online portal where users can keep
track of collections and accumulated
points (rebates). For information on how
to get started, please email
A positive contribution
Océ UK is celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Carbon
Positive Plus+ scheme devised by Shining Earth for Océ
VarioPrint 6000 series printers.
Under the scheme, Océ offsets 200% of lifetime energy-
related carbon emissions of every VarioPrint 6000 sold. To date
it has offset 12,175 tonnes of CO2 – the equivalent of flying
7,609 passengers from London Heathrow to New York.
Bron Curley, managing director of Océ UK, said: “Being able
to help our clients with their environmental aspirations and
responsibilities has helped differentiate Océ as a responsible
partner to the printing industry.”
Of the 12,175 tonnes of CO2 neutralised, 9,476 tonnes have
been offset through The CarbonNeutral Company and 2,699
tonnes have been sequestered through the planting of 13,500
native broadleaf trees by theWoodland Trust in forests.
Leeds Children’s Hospital to
benefit from cartridge recycling
Office supplies firm OfficeXpress is encouraging businesses
and schools to join a printer cartridge recycling scheme
that aims to raise £5,000 for Leeds Children’s Hospital.
The service is completely free to join and OfficeXpress
arranges all collections once a registered organisation has
collected 10 or more cartridges.
Marketing manager Justin Phillips said: “Often cartridge
recycling services only want certain types or brands but this
initiative is open to all, including unbranded and ‘compatible’
cartridges.”
Jacquie Cross, Development Manager at Leeds Children’s
Hospital Appeal, said: “All the old cartridges that are donated
are monetised extremely quickly so the children benefit almost
as soon as the cartridges are received.We’re delighted that so
many businesses have already signed up to offer their support
which has helped buy a wide range of materials that can greatly
improve a child’s time in both our outpatient and ward areas.”
www.officexpress.co.uk/lch 01274 651 933.
Cartridges are recycled at Brother’s
recycling facility in Ruabon, NorthWales
where 100% of each one is recycled or
reused, with nothing going to landfill.
Plenty of positives to celebrate: (from L to R) Océ’s
Malcolm Glynn and Shining Earth’s Gareth Pickles and Roger
Griffiths in GolthoWood, Lincolnshire, which has benefited
from the Océ and Shining Earth strategic alliance initiatives.
Sustainable
Editor’s Choice Award
CartridgeWorld