摘要 |
A recycling system in which a toner used for images on paper sheets is recycled while the conventional recycling by producing recycled paper is performed, and which can thereby contribute to environmental protection more effectively. The recycling system has a developer removal section which has an information processing and communication functions, and which removes a developer attached to paper sheets used on the market, and accommodates the removed developer, and a developer processing section which has an information processing and communication functions, and which performs recycling processing on the developer accommodated in the developer removal section. The developer removal section makes a determination as to the need for recycling processing on the developer on the basis of the amount of accommodated developer, and transmits recycling processing request information to the developer processing section when determining that there is a need for recycling. The developer processing section performs recycling processing on the developer after receiving the recycling processing request information from the developer removal section.
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