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Clean Manufacturing Preserves Clean Air and Water

To do our part for the environment, Xerox is working toward eliminating the use of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic materials throughout the supply chain. We apply strict internal standards in clean manufacturing and have reengineered or substituted processes to dramatically reduce the use of toxics and heavy metals. Our products are safe to use and can be disposed of responsibly to preserve our clean air and clean water.

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Governing chemical use Xerox health and safety Facts about Xerox toner (PDF 482 KB) Xerox CDP Water Submission (PDF 1.29 MB) Third-party Assurance Statement of Water Withdrawal, Total Waste and PFC and VOC Emissions (PDF)

Eliminating Toxic Materials from the Supply Chain

  • Our suppliers must meet Xerox's strict standards to control the chemical content of our products. Xerox is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) which has developed a standards-based approach for monitoring suppliers' compliance across several areas of social responsibility, including labor, health, safety and environmental activity.

  • Learn more about how we are working to eliminate toxic materials from our supply chain on the Governing Chemical Use page.

Controlling chemical and water use in Xerox operations and through product design

  • We have significantly reduced manufacturing air emissions over the past 20-plus years and continue to pursue efforts to do even more. Learn more about how we manage our environmental performance.

  • We design our products to strictly control emissions of chemicals and noise during equipment use. Our current products have chemical emission levels that are well below global regulatory requirements. Learn more about the safety of Xerox products (PDF, 115 KB).

  • Xerox toners are non-toxic and do not generate hazardous waste. Learn more about Xerox toner (PDF, 482 KB).

  • Water consumed by Xerox operations is sourced from local municipal suppliers who withdraw water from lakes rivers and other surface waters. The water discharges at manufacturing sites are monitored to validate compliance with local sanitary sewer discharge limits. Process wastewater is treated, as necessary, before being discharged into local sanitary sewers.

  • Water conservation initiatives  include recycling reverse osmosis rejects water as make-up water in cooling towers at the Wilsonville, OR facility.

  • After achieving our 2020 water goal, we set an aggressive new water reduction goal to reduce water consumption by 20% by 2030 from our 2020 baseline.

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