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Environmental Programs

Sharp Electronics offers a range of environmental programs as part of our commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices.

Key initiatives and programs for Sharp include Product Recycling Programs which facilitate recycling for TVs, Consumer Electronics, MFP and Printers, Displays and Aquos Boards and Rechargeable Batteries. Our aim is to ensure proper disposal and recycling of electronics to minimize electronic waste in landfills. As well, Sharp’s Toner Cartridge Recycling Program provides an easy and free way for customers to return used toner cartridges for proper recycling.

Ensuring adherence to strict environmental standards such as EPEAT and ENERGY STAR® is critical. EPEAT provides third-party verification of the environmental attributes of imaging equipment. EPEAT considers – among other things – absence of toxic substances, use of recycled and recyclable materials, design for recycling, product longevity, energy efficiency, corporate performance and packaging. Sharp designs energy-efficient products, such as ENERGY STAR® certified appliances, air purifiers, and MFPs, reducing energy consumption and lowering carbon footprints.

The industry leadership of Sharp extends to a number of partnerships and organizations that encourage our own company and others with strong environmental records to go above and beyond their legal environmental requirements.

Working With the Community


In the spirit of building closer ties with the communities in which we work and live, Sharp Electronics Corporation and its employees play an active role in a large number of local efforts. The company is a sponsor of organizations that help children and communities in crisis all over the world, and also contributes to local hospitals and foundations that battle a wide variety of serious illnesses and diseases. Employee participation in annual blood drives and charity fundraising efforts have become company traditions.

Programs In Our Backyard

Sharp is an annual volunteer with MEVO (Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization, Inc.), an environmental not-for-profit organization that carries out sustainability projects in Northern New Jersey, near the Sharp Electronics US headquarters. MEVO was founded in 2008 by then high school student Eric J. Fuchs-Stengel with the purpose of engaging community members and volunteers in projects that transform suburban communities to be environmentally sustainable. MEVO addresses local environmental concerns ranging from stopping illegal trash dumping throughout the indigenous community of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, to creating sustainable community farms, and building miles of low-impact hiking trails.

Certification / Label

ISO Certifications

The International Standards Organization (ISO) establishes performance objectives and environmental management systems to prevent pollution, ensure compliance with regulations and achieve continual improvement. In 1995, Sharp Corporation in Japan, began the process of acquiring ISO environmental management system certification for its production facilities. Currently, all Sharp manufacturing facilities worldwide are ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified. Further, in 2002, Sharp Corporation introduced its own Environmental Management System, which adds 49 additional control points for all our plants to supplement those specified by ISO standards, which is maintained today.