Many franking machines are manufactured with concern for the environment both during, and after, their working life.
Many franking machine manufacturers and suppliers set environmental emission objectives and targets via management systems and each company ensures that any emissions waste or usage of natural resources are controlled, monitored and reviewed so as to ensure that it continues to improve its environmental performance wherever there is the potential to do so.

Environmental protection is actively sought by franking machine suppliers by the following methods:

• Checking that all machines manufactured since June 1st 2006 are RoHs compliant
• Reducing pollution by recycling and minimising landfill
• Using recyclable packaging wherever possible
• Using incoming delivery boxes to ship goods out wherever possible
• Remanufacturing machines and parts to very high standards, reducing the amount sent to landfill
• Encouraging staff to be energy efficient

To further reuse and recycle, old machines can be sent back to the factory where they were manufactured to constituent parts and the ink cartridges can be re-cycled too.
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