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Olivetti and the Environment

The current condition of the planet has focused attention on pressing environmental issues, encouraging all social partners (public authorities, associations, companies) to commit themselves to active protection and safeguarding of the environment. Active participation in protecting the environment has always been at the top of Olivetti list of priorities, as reflected in its corporate mission. Decades of indiscriminate dilapidation of raw materials and energy in order to cater to the ever more pressing needs of a constantly expanding economic system have seriously undermined the delicate equilibrium of world eco-systems

To protect the environment and therefore the planet, a correct compromise must be established between technological development and spill over on the environment.

Olivetti has endorsed this concept, providing its contribution to operating in a correct balance between technological innovation and protection of the environment, as confirmed by our ink-jet print-head production facility which has been awarded ISO14001 certification, the international standard for management of the environment

WEEE and RoHS Directives

EC Directive 2002/96/EC, also known as WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is intended to prevent and restrict the flow of waste equipment to be disposed of by applying equipment and component re-use and recycling policies. The Directive applies the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (who pollutes pays).

Manufacturers are in fact obliged to finance the ecologically-correct collection, treatment, recovery and disposal of their end-of-life equipment. This financial responsibility will be individual for products marketed after the coming into force of the Directive (on August 13 2006 in Italy) and collective for products launched before this date.