Pitney Bowes Diverts Millions of Pounds of Waste from Landfills
February 09 2009 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI) today announced that it will reach
a significant milestone in its environmental stewardship efforts,
the recovery of nearly 1.1 million pounds of U.S. equipment and
components for reuse, recycling or remanufacture in 2008.
Over the past fifty years, since the product take-back program
was started, Pitney Bowes has recovered billions of pounds of
equipment and components, with numerous benefits for the company,
customers and the environment.
Pitney Bowes customers that purchase or lease postal meters or
mailing machines can return these products to established
distribution centers throughout the United States. All returned
products are sent to the Pitney Bowes remanufacturing plant for
inspection, harvesting and remanufacture of equipment parts. Any
parts or finished products that cannot be remanufactured are sent
to a partnering recycling facility.
Today, 95 percent of the company�s mailing equipment parts are
recyclable. This environmental benefit is achieved through the
organization�s environmental standards for suppliers and in the
product design process. Pitney Bowes uses the �Design for
Environmental Quality� standard in the design and assembly of its
products.
�Our product take-back program gives customers the option to do
something good for the environment while helping them avoid the
cost of waste disposal,� said Paul Robbertz, vice president,
Environment, Health and Safety. �It also helps Pitney Bowes
redirect its waste to serve as raw materials, saving the energy
used to create those materials and providing financial benefits to
the company.�
Pitney Bowes is a participant in the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency�s voluntary WasteWise program, which aims to help
companies reduce municipal solid waste and select industrial wastes
from operations. In 2007, Pitney Bowes was inducted into the
WasteWise Hall of Fame for its efforts in waste reduction since
1997, which totaled over 55,000 tons of materials including white
paper, cardboard, wooden pallets and equipment recovered through
the product take-back program.
About Pitney Bowes:
Pitney Bowes is a mailstream technology company that helps
organizations manage the flow of information, mail, documents and
packages. Our 36,000 employees deliver technology, service and
innovation to more than two million customers worldwide. The
company was founded in 1920 and annual revenues now total $6.3
billion. More information is available at www.pb.com.
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