Fujitsu Siemens Computers supports the principle of Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR); that we as a business have a responsibility to account for, and manage the end-of-life of our products. Whilst we see that even the most dedicated producer cannot meet the needs and requirements of all stakeholders worldwide in a way that is viable financially, logistically and environmentally, we are committed to working with the industry at large to overcome these difficulties. In fact we have a strong track record on the re-use, recycling and recovery of electrical and electronic equipment. It starts at the design stage where our environmental Design and Development Guideline FSC03230 ensures that all products made lend themselves well to repair, potential upgrading, reuse, disassembly and recycling. The annual Environmental Report of the Recycling Center in Paderborn underlines the success of the established concept . The remarketing and recycling of Fujitsu Siemens Computers' products have taken place at the company’s Paderborn , Germany facility since 1988, when the site first opened as Nixdorf Computer AG’s storage facility for used equipment. Today, around 65 disassembly staff dismantle waste equipment using state-of-the-art methods. The center deals primarily with servers, PCs and peripheral devices, but also equipment such as automated teller machines. It has a capacity of around 8,000 tons of waste equipment a year. Here approximately 20 percent of Fujitsu Siemens Computers-branded equipment is reused, of the remainder 98% is recovered and only two percent has to be disposed. The processes employed by Paderborn far exceed the requirements set out in the Waste Electrical and Electronic Legislation (WEEE) directive . The WEEE allows a disposal rate of up to 25%. In markets without Waste Electrical and Electronic Legislation (WEEE) legislation - legislation setting particular requirements upon producers for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of equipment in Europe - Fujitsu Siemens Computers is voluntarily planning actions to find environmentally sound solutions to take-back and recycle its own products. Our parent company Fujitsu is responsible for sales in regions outside Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), where it is initiating its own take-back and recycling programs