Eco Responsibility

Waste Avoidance

Sun encourages employees not to generate wastes at the facilities by:

• Only printing materials as necessary.
• Configuring all printers to print on both sides of the paper.

Office Recycling

Sun's Office Paper Recycling program focuses on waste that can be easily recycled by employees nationwide. Recycling and trash bins located in each office, in conference rooms, break areas and copy rooms allow and encourage employees to recycle materials, including:

• Paper
• Proprietary office paper & materials
• Beverage cans and bottles

• Old fluorescent light tubes are accumulated and sent for recovery and recycling of heavy metals (mercury) in the tubes, the steel caps, and the glass itself.
• Toner and fax cartridges are collected and recycled.
• Binders are reused by local schools and charitable organizations.
• Employees conduct periodic "Clean Sweeps" to recycle furniture, CDs, software and hardware.

Recycling

Cardboard
Sun campuses that generate large amounts of corrugated cardboard are equipped with bailers or compactors that reduce the material to a manageable size. A waste disposal company then recycles it.

Foam
Foam packaging peanuts and inserts are collected at many of the Sun facilities and then picked up and recycled by one of the company's recycling partners.

Batteries
Battery recycling is available at all the campuses, and at individual building sites as appropriate. Additionally battery recycling is in place for Field Engineers. The types of batteries recycled include Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH), Nickel Cadmium (NiCd), Lithium Ion (Li+), Alkaline, and lead acid.

Computer Equipment Recycling
Used computer equipment is collected and sent to a third-party asset recovery vendor for recycling or re-manufacture.