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There have been many studies and reports which make reference to IT and the 'green' issue. This includes the Financial Times who reported in June 2007 "It is essential not just to look at the computer in use, but the whole lifecycle", and Simon Mingay from Gartner who said " 'Going green' will become an essential activity of all IT-directors"
IT and the environment: the facts
"IT equipment worldwide is responsible for 2% of C02 emissions which corresponds to the amounts of CO2 emitted by airplanes."
Gartner
"For approximately each $1 spent on computer hardware, a further $0.5 needs to be spent for electricity. Within the next 4 years, this number is to rise by 54%"
IDC, Worldwide Server Power and Cooling Expense 2006 - 2010
"One search request at Google consumes as much energy as an energy saving lamp per hour."
Die Zeit, August 2007
Below are further details about some of the green policies and programmes available through Mercatum and some of our key manufacturer partners. Scroll through the page or click on a logo to read more.
Call us on 01943 883500 or use the contact form to get in touch with us and find out more about any of these schemes.
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Mercatum recycling policy
Mercatum is committed to implementing environmentally responsible solutions for your empty inkjet and laser toner cartridge and our recycling process aims to reduce the build up of waste in landfills. We can provide cartridge collection boxes and we are happy to bespoke our recycling collection system to individual needs. Please contact us for more information.
Mercatum charitable policy
Mercatum is proud to have chosen Make-A-Wish Foundation UK as its supported charity. Make-A-Wish Foundation has a very simple objective: to grant wishes of children aged 13-18 living with life-threatening illnesses. Mercatum makes a donation to the charity for every Mercatum cartridge we sell and also for any empty cartridge returned to us that we are able to recycle. |
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Mercatum quality and environmental standards
ISO 9001:200 Quailty Mangement System
Our quality system is registered to ISO 9001:2000 global quality standards to give you the added peace of mind that our products and services will always be of the best quality.
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TCO99 - Ecology Energy Emissions Ergonomics
Mercatum sells products that meet the requirements for the TCO99 scheme which provides for an international environmental and quality labelling of personal computers.
The requirements cover a wide range of issues: environment, ergonomics, usability,reduction or electric and magnetic fields, energy consumption and electrical safety
WEEE - Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Mercatum adheres to the 'Waste Electical and Electronic Equipment' (WEEE) Directive which is a European Law designed to encourage, regulate and target the collection, reuse, recycling and recovery of waste electrical and electronic waste.
RoHS - Restrictions of Hazardous Substances
Mercatum endeavours to sell equipment that conforms to the RoHS Directive. This stands for 'the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment'. The Directive bans the placing of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than the agreed levels of restricted substances coming on to the EU market.
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APC announced in July 2007 that the company is a founding member of The Green Grid, a newly formed global consortium of information technology (IT) specialists dedicated to developing and promoting energy efficiency for data centres and information service delivery. APC’s participation in The Green Grid further reinforces the company’s commitment to the management of energy and power usage in the data centre. APC will provide significant technical expertise garnered from APC’s extensive history as a leader in critical data centre infrastructure.
“Advancements in the use of new technologies focused on delivering greater useful computing output to meet varied consumer and industry demands are placing more energy demands on the data centre than ever before,” said Neil Rasmussen, Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, APC. “APC has been a longstanding proponent of a more energy efficient environment in the data centre, offering its InfraStruXure® architecture as one potential solution to address power and cooling issues. By lending our expertise and leadership to The Green Grid since the very beginning, we hope to continue to advance the discussion of achieving greater energy efficiency, while meeting the dramatic increases in computing demand in consideration of the rising power costs and energy consumption that are placing a major strain on organisations and the environment.”
APC joins several organisations within The Green Grid representing critical segments of the data centre eco-system. APC serves on The Green Grid board of directors, along with other companies including AMD, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Rackable Systems, SprayCool, Sun Microsystems, and VMware.
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Our programs extend beyond environmental compliance to focus on business operations, technological innovation, product design, and customer solutions to reduce environmental footprints globally.
• Energy Conservation
We conserve energy to reduce energy costs and lessen environmental impact. We design our facilities with state-of-the-art control systems and high-efficiency chillers in new buildings to support this objective.
• Environmental Management
We implement innovative programs to increase energy efficiency in our operations, reduce waste, and help protect the environment in communities around the world.
• Product Stewardship
We integrate environmental policies and social accountability into Cisco operations and culture. We collaborate cross-functionally to implement programs that reduce the environmental impact associated with our networking products throughout their lifecycle, from product development, manufacturing, and use to service and end-of-life.
• Recycling and Waste Reduction
We reuse and recycle waste from our offices and operations. We measure our progress by auditing variables such as how much material is diverted from landfills and program costs per employee.
• Executive Sponsorship and Governance
Our EcoBoard executive leadership team oversees our operations as a “green” business. This team drives the vision and strategy for product design and development, and determines how our solutions can be used to address global environmental issues.
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“Saving the planet by green IT” is anchored in one of Fujitsu Siemens Computer's five innovation intents for future research and development efforts.Fujitsu Siemens Computers will be the first IT manufacturer with a complete range of environmentally sound products for the data centre, in the office, on the move and at home.
From the Dynamic Data Center approach, PRIMERGY servers, the LIFEBOOK professional notebook, to our ESPRIMO professional PCs, Fujitsu Siemens have integrated environmental technologies across the entire product offering. In completing the green product line-up, this exemplifies the spirit of environmental innovation and sense of responsibility that sit at the heart of the Fujitsu Siemens Computers business.
Energy Efficient Products
• ESPRIMO professional PC
• LIFEBOOK professional notebooks
• Data Center Products, PRIMERGY RX300 S3
• Data Center energy use awareness raising, UK
Green Products
• FUTRO C Series, thin clients
• ESPRIMO C, ESPRIMO E and ESPRIMO P professional PCs
• ESPRIMO Q Series, mini PC
• CELSIUS W350, CELSIUS M450 and CELSIUS V840 workstations
• LIFEBOOK S7110 professional notebook – certified with Nordic Swan
• LIFEBOOK P7230 and LIFEBOOK Q2010 – compliant to Energy Star 4.0
• SCENICVIEW Business Line displays
• First SCALEO Consumer PC
• PRIMERGY TX 120
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The environmental goals of Hewlett-Packard are to provide products and services that are environmentally sound throughout their lifecycles and to conduct worldwide operations in an environmentally responsible manner.
The following HP printing systems are awarded the current environmental label Blue Angel of the Germand Federal Environmental Agency (effective of June 2006)
• HP Laserjet M1005 MFP
• HP Laserjet M3035xs MFP
• HP Laserjet M4345x MFP
• HP Laserjet P2015dn
• HP Laserjet P3005dn
• HP Colour Laserjet CM1017 MFP
The Blue Angel environmental label is awarded to HP printing systems for complying with 'design for environment'criteria as defined by RAL-UZ 122:
• Low energy consumption
• Low noise level
• Low chemical emissions
• Recyclying-friendly materials
• Recyclying-friendly design
• Longevity
• Return and recycling programmes for hardware and print cartidges
• Processing or recycled paper
• Toner and ink preparations donot contain materials as constituents that are classified as hazardous
• Detailed envirnmental user information
Free pickup and recycling offer for public sector customers
(1st February- 31st March 2008)
Public sector customers purchasing a new LaserJet from a selected range (PL's AK, PQ & C5) can have their old HP or non-HP equipment is collected free of charge. HP will also donate £10 to the National Children's Home for each returned item on the customers behalf.
Call us on 01943 883500 or use the contact form to get in touch with us and find out more about this scheme.
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The Konica Minolta Group aims to promote sustainable development and profitable growth by integrating environmental, economic and social perspectives into their business strategies.
To ensure effective use of resources, Konica Minolta is committed to collecting products at the end of their use and recycling them and making sure that the concept of "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" is taken into account from the development and design stage of all products.
Printers
The Clean Planet printer consumable recycling programme is for selected machines in the PagePro and MagiColour range of desktop laser printers.
Copiers and Multi function Products
A world on loan is the recycling programme for consumables from the full range of office and production systems including the bizhub, Konica and Dialta ranges of copiers.
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Last year over 400,000 tonnes of cartridges ended up as waste in landfills, and that's just in the UK alone! The S.T.A.R. programme ('Samsung Takeback and Recycling') for printer consumables has been established because printer cartridges contain substances that could be potentially harmful to the environment if not properly controlled, and to ensure that all valuable and re-useable materials are recovered.
The S.T.A.R. programme prevents contamination of landfill sites or incinerators, by diverting printer consumables away from the waste stream, and recycling each one back into plastics, metals, and other materials which can be used again.
Participation is easy, simple and free of charge.
Please note: S.T.A.R. is only for used toner cartridges of laser printers, fax and multi function printers, manufactured by Samsung.
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The VAIO effort to support “Green IT”
Sony is committed to protecting the environment and constantly sets higher targets to ensure that all products have as little environmental impact as possible thrugh such initiatives as:
Energy conservation
• Advanced power setting
• Battery management
Resource conservation
• Using recyclable materials and vegetable-based plastics
Phase out hazardous substances
• Removing materials that do not biodegrade
Environmentally conscious packaging
• Using recycled paper and vegetable oil-based ink
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