President of Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development Award
Collection Boxes of “The Ink Cartridge Homecoming Project”
The Ink Cartridge Homecoming Project (Joint Project by 6 inkjet printer manufacturers in Japan)
[BROTHER INDUSTRIES, LTD./BROTHER SALES, LTD.
Canon Inc./Canon Marketing Japan Inc.
Dell Japan Inc.
Seiko Epson Corporation /Epson Sales Japan Corporation
Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.
Lexmark International, Co., Ltd.
Japan Post Service Co., Ltd.
Japan Post Network Co., Ltd.]

Six inkjet printer manufacturers jointly collect used ink cartridges by utilizing postal offices around Japan as collection points and established distribution system, aiming at enhancement of user's convenience as well as the collection rate. This collection box will be installed at every post office and distributed to each sorting point. The box can be reused for sending the used cartridge back to each manufacturer.