Zero-Waste-to-Landfill activities are carried out at Ricoh's sites all over the world.
The Ricoh Group defines Zero-Waste-to-Landfill as a 100% resource recovery rate, or no waste used as landfill. Zero-Waste-to-Landfill was achieved at its major production sites in Japan in March 2001 and at production sites outside of Japan in March 2002. Thus, the Group achieved Zero-Waste-to-Landfill at all its major global production sites.
Since then, these activities have been promoted at non-production sites both at home and abroad and at companies that have newly joined the Group. At sites that have already achieved Zero-Waste-to-Landfill, efforts are being made to raise the level of Zero-Waste-to-Landfill, including controlling the volume generated and the conversion of waste into useful materials, under the concepts of sustainable environmental management.