To decrease the growing problem of electrical and electronic waste, the WEEE directive was established and passed into law in Europe on 13 February 2003. WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. With this new directive it would be the responsibility of any equipment producer to recycle or treat their equipment, or simply take it back.
With the introduction of environmentally friendly and energy efficient photocopiers an increase in energy saving and waste reduction has taken place in the workplace. Photocopiers play a big role in helping with the problem of global warming and are a significant part of the WEEE directive. Unlike before, these old photocopiers can no longer be laid to waste in the local landfill.
Photocopiers are the most commonly found piece of office equipment, and play a major role in increasing energy efficiency in the workplace. The consequent greenhouse gas emissions are only part of the concern, as a photocopier also must deal with the issue of paper usage along with energy consumption. Since the copier was using energy even when not in use, this was an issue that also needed to be addressed.
With the new environmentally friendly photocopiers they now have features that can reduce the energy needed to support the machine by more than 60 percent. This is achieved by the use of an "energy saving" mode which will "power down" the photocopier when it is not being used. These new energy efficient copiers also feature what is called an "on demand" fusing system. Rather than a quick heating roller, a thin fixing film is used. Also, instead of a halogen heater, a ceramic heating element is used. This results in the new photocopiers having lower heat requirements and greater energy efficiency. In less than ten seconds the copier can go from sleep mode to fully operational, while this would take over one minute for a conventional machine.
Moving forward this new technology along with the increasing availability of double sided printing and copying will pave the way for energy efficiency in the office. The future of office equipment will be a more environmentally friendly one, and the photocopiers will be leading the way.
With the introduction of environmentally friendly and energy efficient photocopiers an increase in energy saving and waste reduction has taken place in the workplace. Photocopiers play a big role in helping with the problem of global warming and are a significant part of the WEEE directive. Unlike before, these old photocopiers can no longer be laid to waste in the local landfill.
Photocopiers are the most commonly found piece of office equipment, and play a major role in increasing energy efficiency in the workplace. The consequent greenhouse gas emissions are only part of the concern, as a photocopier also must deal with the issue of paper usage along with energy consumption. Since the copier was using energy even when not in use, this was an issue that also needed to be addressed.
With the new environmentally friendly photocopiers they now have features that can reduce the energy needed to support the machine by more than 60 percent. This is achieved by the use of an "energy saving" mode which will "power down" the photocopier when it is not being used. These new energy efficient copiers also feature what is called an "on demand" fusing system. Rather than a quick heating roller, a thin fixing film is used. Also, instead of a halogen heater, a ceramic heating element is used. This results in the new photocopiers having lower heat requirements and greater energy efficiency. In less than ten seconds the copier can go from sleep mode to fully operational, while this would take over one minute for a conventional machine.
Moving forward this new technology along with the increasing availability of double sided printing and copying will pave the way for energy efficiency in the office. The future of office equipment will be a more environmentally friendly one, and the photocopiers will be leading the way.
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Photocopiers are our reality and we have to take all it takes to make them ecological acceptable. ecological protection starts with photocopiers but finishes with a man who copies.
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