Green agenda strengthened with OS recycling plant

Fuji Xerox Australia will be among the companies making use of the new state-of-the-art environmental plant, with another eight Fuji Xerox companies from across the Asia Pacific region sending waste to the facility in Chonburi, Thailand. The project has already been subjected to an in-depth review by governments in Australia and Thailand, and Fuji Xerox plans on sending as many as 30,000 items of equipment and up to 500,000 supplies cartridges for recycling on an annual basis.

Old copiers and printers were until recently recycled in Australia, The local recycling ratio of 85 per cent meant that the remaining 15 per cent was still being sent to landfill. Phil Chambers, managing director of Fuji Xerox Australia, claims the new facility will allow his company to move even closer towards meeting its environmental objectives.

“This plant is a great global initiative for Fuji Xerox,” says Chambers. “It will see the business achieve a virtually zero landfill recycling solution for eight countries in the region, many of which don't have the recycling capability we have in Australia. This is a real testament to Fuji Xerox's commitment to a sustainable development vision.”

The Thai plant operates from a 10,000 square metre facility that was purpose built in the Chonburi Industrial Estate, and currently employs 100 people.