Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd (Canon Singapore) & National Library Board (NLB) recently launched a Community Recycling Program, it’s an ink and toner cartridge recycling programme with recycling boxes placed at various NLB libraries across Singapore, providing convenience for the community to recycle used cartridges.
kyosei – Canon corporate philosophy
Canon is guided by its corporate philosophy kyosei, which means ‘living and working together for the common good’, Canon has always been committed to contributing to environmental sustainability. By partnering NLB, which has a deep community presence throughout Singapore, this joint effort seeks to promote a culture of recycling and responsible resource management within the community.
Canon Singapore and NLB Community Recycling Program
This recycling programme also aligns with the Singapore Green Plan 2030’s focus on Sustainable Living, encouraging more recycling towards the vision of being a Zero Waste Nation. Through this programme, Canon hopes to demonstrate its commitment to environmental stewardship by creating awareness on the importance of regular recycling. Moving forward, there are plans to expand the recycling initiative to additional libraries across the island.
The collected ink/toner cartridges will be sent to a recycling facility, where the cartridges will be dismantled. Extracted metals and plastics will be processed for recovery into raw materials that can be used for new products. Non-recyclable parts will be sent to an incineration plant for waste-to-energy conversion.
“At Canon Singapore, environmental responsibility is at the core of our values. This partnership with the National Library Board (NLB) strengthens our commitment to sustainability and community engagement. We are actively advancing consumables recycling initiatives to build a more resource-efficient society by recovering valuable raw materials from waste. By working with NLB for this recycling programme, we aim to encourage more people to adopt sustainable practices,” said Mr Andrew Koh, Vice President and Head of Singapore Operations Group, Canon Singapore.
Complementing Canon Singapore community efforts, Canon will continue to work with its corporate customers to arrange for used cartridge collection upon request, when new toner orders are placed and delivered. Canon customers can also continue to drop off their used ink and toner cartridges at Canon Singapore’s Customer Care Centre.
Participating NLB libraries
The following participating NLB libraries are National Library Building, and four regional libraries in Jurong, Punggol, Tampines and Woodlands.
Mr Eric Chin, Chief Sustainability Officer, National Library Board said, “We are delighted to partner with Canon Singapore to encourage local communities to do their part for the environment by responsibly disposing of used ink and toner cartridges at our participating libraries. These libraries are strategically located in high-traffic areas, making it convenient for anyone to drop off ink and toner cartridges of any brand at any time. We hope this programme will also help build awareness about good recycling habits.”
* Information and pictures courtesy of Canon Singapore and Litmus *