Photocopiers are the beginning of a new era in energy efficiency in the workplace

Posted under environment by Keith Palmer

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.

Photocopiers play a big role in the WEEE directive as they do with the problem of global warming. An increase in energy saving and waste reduction is now taking place thanks to the new technology of energy efficient photocopiers. The old copiers are playing a big part as well, as they can now no longer be discarded into a landfill as used to be the case.

Due to the fact that photocopiers are the most common machine used in offices, they can play a big role in reducing the environmental issues with office machinery. The fact that they use energy even when not in use is a waste of energy, and they also can present an issue because of the paper usage as well as the emission of greenhouse gases.

The new technology developed in copiers now being produced come with an “energy saving” mode which will power down the photocopier when not in use, and save over 60 percent on the energy it takes to run the machine. The new “on demand” fusing system is another energy saving feature and takes into account two important components of the photocopier. Rather than a halogen heater a ceramic heating element is used, and instead of a quick heating roller the new copiers will have a thin fixing film. This means lower heat requirements and better energy efficiency. These new copiers can also go from sleep mode to fully operational in under ten seconds, as opposed to this taking over a minute with the older photocopiers.

When put together with the growing availability of double sided copying and printing, the new photocopier technology will be one of the leaders in energy efficiency going forward. The world of office equipment will never be the same, and for once this is something positive.

Photocopiers are our future and we have to take all it takes to make them ecological acceptable. ecological protection starts with photocopiers but continues with a man who copies.

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