AQCMS, together with the Customers, Discusses the Issue of the Environmental Problems and Possibilities of their Solution in 2020-2021

Moscow, September 08, 2020. – The Association of Quality Consumables Manufacturers and Suppliers (AQCMS) and Information Agency “Business-Inform” organized and held on September 08 the Online Conference “Cartridges for Laser Printing on the Russian Market - Environmental Problems and Possibilities of their Solution”. The Conference saw the participation by 114 Russian companies – buyers of consumables for office printing equipment. The sponsors of the Conference are Cuhdo ltd. and Incotec ltd.

During the Conference two reports were presented:

- Environmental Requirements for Laser Printing Consumables of the Russian Market – the Essence and the Practical Implementation (Malinskiy Stanislav, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), RoHS, REACH;

The demands for POPs liquidation and prohibition of their manufacturing;

The requirements for collection, transportation and disposal of toxic waste;

Popular myths, tricks and manipulations by cartridge suppliers;

Legitimacy of certificates and Russian realities;

Does the certificate (provided by the supplier) protect cartridge sellers and buyers?

Russian facilities for disposal of toxic and dangerous waste – their location, real capacities and perspectives;

The Business-Inform public company’s experience in disposal and liquidation of cartridges.

- The Liquidation of Toxic Cartridges in Russia – the Practical Issues of Legislative Requirements Implementation (Malinskiy Stanislav, Danilogorskaya Yulia, Information Agency “Business-Inform”)

Theses of the report:

The import and sales of cartridges in Russia – the legislative requirements and practice;

The volumes of toxic cartridges on the Russian market in 2018-2019;

The responsibility of manufacturers, suppliers, sellers and buyers of toxic cartridges;

European fines and the experience of their implementation;

The issues of collection, transportation and disposal of toxic cartridges – who is paying for it all?

The results of environmental testing of OEM and non-OEM cartridges in Russia and Internationally;

News of the Russian legislation 2020-2021 – New requirements for suppliers and buyers – How to follow them?

The participants of the Conference discussed together with the speakers and the leading industry experts the presented testing results, practical aspects of quality cartridges, toners and parts procurement organizing, practical aspects of environmental control of procured products, as well as the issues of remanufacturing and disposal of consumables.

In the end of the Conference, the Participants thanked the organizers and sponsors and expressed the wish to meet again within the framework of another AQCMS Online-Conference for Russian corporate buyers of printing equipment and consumables.

AQCMS: info@aqcmsrus.ru , https://aqcmsrus.ru/?lang=en