Kyocera Receives 16th Consecutive Recycling Award from City of San Diego
April 21 2016 - 1:52PM
Business Wire
“Recycler of the Year” Award recognizes
company’s local and national environmental initiatives
Kyocera Communications, Inc. today received the “2016 Recycler
of the Year” award from the City of San Diego's Environmental
Services Department (ESD) for its outstanding recycling and waste
reduction efforts. This is the ninth time Kyocera has been named
Recycler of the Year and the 16th consecutive year the company has
received a recycling award from the City of San Diego. Kyocera has
earned a total of 24 environmental awards from the City—more than
any other San Diego company.
As part of its ongoing environmental-awareness initiatives,
Kyocera is today holding its fourth annual Earth Expo. Open to the
public from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the event features more than
55 Earth-friendly organizations exhibiting their products and
services under the “Solar Grove” at Kyocera’s North American
headquarters (8611 Balboa Ave., San Diego, CA).
“Kyocera has a global philosophy and commitment to social
responsibility, and here in San Diego, we strive to set a strong
example,” said Chuck Becher, vice president and general manager of
sales and marketing at Kyocera Communications. “We believe the
stewardship of San Diego’s environment is the responsibility of the
companies who conduct business here, and we are greatly honored to
be recognized by the City of San Diego for our leadership and
ongoing dedication to environmental initiatives.”
In its fiscal year that ended March 31, Kyocera Communications
recycled 92 percent of the waste it generated, including paper,
plastic, electronic and other waste materials otherwise destined
for landfills. As part of Kyocera’s ongoing commitment to the
environment, the company also established a national cell phone
recycling program, which is free to consumers wishing to dispose of
unused mobile phones of any brand. The program is facilitated by
SecondWave Recycling, a socially responsible organization that
facilitates free phone recycling to support charities. For every
four phones recycled for their raw materials, a donation of $1 is
made to Cell Phones For Soldiers, a nonprofit organization
dedicated to providing cost-free communication services to
active-duty military members and veterans. A longstanding supporter
of Cell Phones For Soldiers, recycling proceeds from Kyocera’s
recycling efforts have provided more than 50,000 minutes of
long-distance service for members of the U.S. military.
Information about sustainability efforts and achievements at
Kyocera Communications Inc. is available at
www.kyoceramobile.com/sustainability. For additional information
about Kyocera Corporation’s global environmental and social
responsibility efforts, visit
http://global.kyocera.com/company/csr.
About Kyocera Communications, Inc.
Kyocera Communications, Inc. is the headquarters for
Kyocera-branded wireless devices in the Americas. It is part of the
global Kyocera Group, which was founded in 1959 and is a leading
supplier of telecommunications equipment, copiers, printers, solar
power generating systems, electronic components, semiconductor
packages, cutting tools and industrial ceramics. With a 56-year
history of quality and innovation, Kyocera is the U.S. market
leader in durable and waterproof mobile devices for consumers and
enterprises. Kyocera uniquely combines Military Standard
810G-certified ruggedization and enterprise-grade security and
application support with consumer-tier pricing and availability
from the nation's leading wireless service providers. For more
information, follow the company at facebook.com/KyoceraMobile or
twitter.com/kyoceramobile.
Kyocera Corporation (NYSE: KYO) (TOKYO: 6971)
(global.kyocera.com), the parent and global headquarters of the
Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of fine ceramics
(also known as "advanced ceramics"). By combining these engineered
materials with metals and integrating them with other technologies,
Kyocera has become a leading supplier of solar power generating
systems, mobile phones, printers, copiers, electronic components,
semiconductor packages, cutting tools and industrial ceramics.
During the year ended March 31, 2015, the company's net sales
totaled 1.53 trillion yen (approx. USD12.7 billion). Kyocera
appears on the latest listing of the "Top 100 Global Innovators" by
Thomson Reuters, and is ranked #531 on Forbes magazine's 2014
"Global 2000" listing of the world's largest publicly traded
companies.
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