Responsible Recycling Player

I presented the souvenir to Mr Kunaka, Plant Manager for the Corporation Recycle Tech, a company specialising in office automation recycling and witnessed by Mr Yamaguchi, our program coordinator at the KitaKyushu Eco Town last Friday. The Company established in year 1998 is owned majority by Ricoh Company Ltd, the copier company. While copier recycling is not that urgent in Malaysia as many copier companies is offering the renting scheme, the recycling of printers and fax machines is important as prices for these equipments are getting cheaper now and with that the tendency of replacement is getting higher. The recycling process is manually done and my observation is it is not that complicated. I think Malaysian companies can handle that process with ease.

Although small in size and simple in process, what amazing me the most about this company is its efficiency and social responsibility. With a staffing of 41 people in which 26 of them are disabled people, the plant output is 500 tonnes a month. A total of 50 copiers, 50 fax machine or printers and 150 computers are dismantled everyday. It showed trustworthiness of disabled people to deliver with efficient. Apart from that, the company also organised summer environmental education training class and factory visits for the children. I wish to have similar company in Malaysia for displaying high responsibility not only towards environmental conservation, but with social care in creating an inclusive society. Can we? Yes, but Sooner? Hope not that long...