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Samsung Selects Newgistics SmartLabel[R] Intelligent Returns Management[TM] (IRM) Solution for Its S.T.A.R. Recycling Program.


Samsung Makes It Easier Than Ever for Consumers and Businesses to Recycle Printer Cartridges; Newgistics Improves Convenience and Lowers Cost of Recycling Program

AUSTIN, Texas -- Newgistics Inc., a leading provider of USPS-based small parcel delivery and returns management solutions, today announced that Samsung has selected Newgistics for the company's S.T.A.R. (Samsung Takeback And Recycling) program. The S.T.A.R. program provides consumers and businesses with a simple, environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1]  way to recycle Samsung toner cartridges using Newgistics' pre-paid SmartLabel([R])Intelligent Returns Management[TM] (IRM (1) (Information Resource Management) See Information Systems and information management.

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Launched in 2005, Samsung's S.T.A.R. program takes responsibility for the environmental impact of the company's products by offering customers a free, easy-to-use recycling return program. The program safely reprocesses empty cartridges into their major usable component materials (plastics, metals, etc. including the packaging materials) and then makes those reprocessed materials available for reuse in manufacturing a range of products.

To participate in the S.T.A.R. program, consumers simply visit www.samsung.com/starus, where they can create and print a Newgistics SmartLabel, then simply attach the label to their used toner cartridge box a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges.

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Convenience, lower costs and easy access to the USPS were key reasons that Samsung selected Newgistics for the S.T.A.R. program. Leveraging the USPS for cartridge recycling is much more convenient for both consumers and commercial customers, and Newgistics' postal-based solution significantly reduces Samsung's costs for the recycling program.

"The goal of Samsung's S.T.A.R. program is to make cartridge recycling extremely easy for our customers, and we are achieving that with the Newgistics SmartLabel solution," said Douglas Albregts, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company.  America, Information Technology Division. "Working with Newgistics, we expect to further increase participation in the program - which will be good for our customers, the environment and Samsung."

With a proven track record of success and more than 10 years as a leading provider of USPS-based small parcel delivery and returns services, Newgistics pioneered merchandise returns best-practices with the introduction of its SmartLabel-based solutions. Newgistics enables companies to significantly improve the customer shopping experience, reduce costs, and increase profitability.

About Newgistics

Newgistics (www.newgistics.com) combines industry-leading processes and technology, personalized service, and the power of the USPS to offer the most comprehensive set of delivery and returns services available to residential shippers. The result is improved service, end-to-end visibility, reduced costs, and increased profitability. We know shipping, backward and forward Adv. 1. backward and forward - moving from one place to another and back again; "he traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and New York"; "the treetops whipped to and fro in a frightening manner"; "the old man just sat on the porch and rocked back and forth all .

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) is one of the fastest growing IT companies in the U.S., and is committed to serving the IT needs of consumers ranging from the home user to the Fortune 500 elite, and supports the valued channel partners who serve our customers. Offering innovative solutions and award-winning designs, Samsung ITD presents a complete line of award-winning color and mono-laser printing solutions, desktop monitors, notebook computers, digital signage Digital signage is a form of out-of-home advertising in which content and messages displayed on an electronic screen, or digital sign, can be changed without modification to the physical sign, typically with the goal of delivering targeted messages to specific locations at  solutions and projectors. Based in Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , N.J., ITD is a division of Samsung Electronics America (SEA), a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (SEC). For more information, please visit www.samsung.com or call 1-800-SAMSUNG.

About Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence In the days of the first computers, transaction and company data were the first types of information digitized. Then came text, opening the world to word processing, followed by audio CDs and finally video.  technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices across 61 countries, the company consists of two business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.
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