A: It mainly contains carbon, lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE).
Second, it pollutes the environment.
According to statistics, more than 45 million ink cartridges and 4 million toner cartridges were discarded nationwide last year, with a total volume of more than 400,000 cubic meters. If these discarded consumables are put into the train carriages, it can completely fill 5000 carriages. In Hong Kong, discarded laser toner cartridges occupy 660,000 hectares of landfills every year. It is enough to pile up these waste consumables into a mountain, but it is difficult to decompose after being buried underground for hundreds of years. These non-degradable waste consumables not only cause amazing waste of resources, but also threaten people's living environment. Therefore, it is urgent to develop "green consumables".
Approaching green consumables
Speaking of green vegetables, you must know, but how much do you know about green consumables? The so-called green consumables refer to recyclable, reusable and refillable consumables, including ink cartridges, ink, selenium drum drying, printing paper and so on. Outside computer stores in major cities, people squatting on the roadside to collect waste ink cartridges have become a special "landscape", but their purpose is not to regenerate and rebuild consumables. At present, in the domestic consumables market, green consumables have not received due attention. As far as the laser toner cartridges discarded in Hong Kong every year are concerned, if all of them are recycled, only rebuilding spare parts can save 6,543,800 tons of crude oil, and carbon dioxide emissions can also be greatly reduced. Therefore, the proposal of "green consumables" has played a very positive role in protecting the environment.
Consumables pollution is imminent.
According to a set of statistics of the World Health Organization, 60%-70% of human cancers are caused by chemicals in the environment. Because the consumables contain a lot of heavy metal elements, and the outer packaging box is also non-decomposable, the pollution to the surrounding soil buried underground will be lasting and difficult to change. The British Ministry of Health once funded a survey that lasted 1 1 year. The results show that babies born near these landfills are more likely to have birth defects, such as underweight or spina bifida, than babies living in normal environments.
March 2002 Zhongguancun Weekly
Various printers in China are increasing at a rate of 25%, producing more than 200,000 cubic meters of solid waste every year, up to 100000 tons, which can fill 3,000 trains and remain intact after being buried underground1000 years.
Green printing, building a green home
According to statistics, all kinds of printers in China are increasing at a rate of 25%, producing more than 200,000 cubic meters of solid waste every year.
Meters, up to one million tons, can fill 3000 trains, buried underground 1000 years later still intact.
-Take Hong Kong as an example. If all the ink cartridges and toner cartridges used every year are recycled, the resources saved by manufacturing accessories alone are equivalent to 6,543,800 tons of crude oil; In reducing carbon dioxide emissions, it is enough for Hong Kong people to breathe together for nine years!
-On average, every 654.38 billion ink cartridges or toner cartridges are consumed, resulting in 35,000 tons of recyclable garbage and 500 tons of residue that cannot be treated. China consumes 3 million toner cartridges and150,000 ink cartridges every year. These wastes are non-degradable. If left unchecked, our small living space will be flooded after hundreds of years!
The regulations of the Ministry of Information Industry on the development of consumables should conform to two "advantages", which are conducive to environmental protection and economy; A group of people of insight in China have issued an appeal to "beware of new public hazards caused by printers" and demanded that "laws and regulations related to environmental protection and recycling of printer consumables be promulgated as soon as possible". Environmental experts from Tongji University believe that inkjet printers and laser printers have potential safety hazards, and it is harmful to discard ink cartridges and cartridges at will. Therefore, "green printing is imperative".
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Abroad, such as the United States and Europe, consumable industry organizations are working hard to promote "green printing". In 1994, the United States has written the recycling of ink-jet printer cartridges and laser printer toner cartridges into the environmental protection law, stipulating that federal government agencies must use the recycled ink cartridges and toner cartridges.
Europeans and Americans have a strong sense of environmental protection, and the consumption concept of consumables has become rational. Therefore, filled and recycled products are highly praised by European and American users because of their environmental protection value. A survey report from abroad shows that 60% of consumers no longer favor original ink cartridges after using filled and recycled ink cartridges. According to the relevant figures, European and American consumables manufacturers attach great importance to the production of filling and recycling consumables, and on average, 7 out of every 10 toner cartridges are only environmentally-friendly recycled products; In the United States, there are many enterprises engaged in the manufacture of environmentally friendly toner cartridges and ink cartridges, which have become the mainstream of the market. The market share of recycled toner cartridges is as high as 67.3%, which is much larger than that of original toner cartridges. The ribbon box of stylus printer is generally replaced with 10 secondary core; The ink cartridge of inkjet printer is reused 4.5 times on average; The toner box of laser printer is generally reused for 5 times, and the reuse rate of consumables reaches 40% ~ 50%.
According to the survey, at present, more than 75% users in China are willing to use environmentally friendly toner cartridges, while only 15% users actually use environmentally friendly toner cartridges. More than 60% users are interested in using environmentally friendly toner cartridges, but they don't use environmentally friendly toner cartridges because they don't know much about product quality and price. Generally speaking, at present, the domestic environment-friendly regenerated toner cartridge market accounts for a very small proportion in the overall consumable market. In order to penetrate into the original market and further expand the market, the environmental protection toner cartridge market must rely on brand products comparable to the original products, and succeed in the environmental protection toner cartridge market with high quality and excellent service.
Learn from foreigners to protect the environment.
"Green printing, environmental protection consumables" has attracted great attention of state organs. At the "200 1 China Printer and Consumables Forum", Chen Kebing, Chairman of the Printer Special Committee of China Computer Industry Association, said: "Environmental protection" as an eternal theme needs the IT industry to attach great importance to it, and the achievements of "informatization" must not be exchanged at the expense of the environment. To advocate "green printing", the state must legislate to encourage the recycling of printing consumables and give certain preferential policies to relevant enterprises. In order to reduce public hazards and safeguard the interests of consumers, the production and use of "general consumables" should be vigorously promoted.
Consumers' consumption concept has tended to be rational, and gradually "cost performance" and "whether it meets the requirements of environmental protection" are used as the basis for selecting consumables. According to the opinion poll of CCIA Consumables Committee, 96% of users agree that inkjet printing consumables sold in China can be filled and recycled by users to protect the environment and reduce users' expenses, while only 2% of users hold an indifferent attitude. 1% people object that consumables meet environmental protection requirements. The latest survey of HC Business Information shows that 100% of banks, commercial enterprises, schools and other institutions are willing to use recycled toner cartridges and ink cartridges, and the proportion of government agencies, scientific research institutes and news publishing institutions who are willing to use recycled toner cartridges and ink cartridges exceeds 67%.
Domestic general consumables manufacturers, unite
Manufacturers of general consumables have taken action to support environmental protection with various practical actions, such as using high-quality environmentally-friendly ink and degradable packaging, which not only saves resources but also protects the environment. Its environmental protection concept includes two aspects: on the one hand, consumers will fill the used toner cartridges or ink cartridges themselves and reuse them; On the other hand, the requirements for ink are very strict, absolutely non-toxic and harmless, and do not pollute the environment. In addition, the manufacturing and circulation of consumables are closely monitored to avoid waste of resources and environmental pollution.
Tsinghua Tongfang put forward the concept of "producing environmental protection consumables and building a green home". Its products have excellent environmental performance and are truly green, pollution-free and environmentally friendly products that Tsinghua Tongfang is committed to consumers. Tongfang ink cartridge adopts European high-quality environmental protection ink, and its smell and solubility meet European ink standards.
Directive 91155/ECC environmental protection standard, waste ink will not cause any pollution to the environment. Moreover, Tsinghua Tongfang's ink box body and packaging materials are degradable and can be recycled, and the recycled ink box body can be converted into raw materials for reproduction, such as the production of packaging bags, clothes buttons and so on.
Tianwei Group's environmentally-friendly toner cartridges are produced according to American ATM national standards. The product testing room carries out full printing tests on different batches of products every day, and compares the printing quality of environmental-friendly toner cartridges with the original products to ensure that the printed pages, blackness, bottom ash, resolution and other indicators of the products reach or even exceed the original products.
The toner used in Tianwei environmental protection toner cartridge adopts exclusive formula. On the basis of keeping the original toner cartridge, the printing output of the new toner cartridge can be increased by 15% ~ 20% compared with the original toner cartridge. Moreover, after a comprehensive printing test in the factory, the printing life, blackness, resolution and other indicators reach or even exceed the original product. These enterprises set a good precedent for promoting environmental protection of consumables and recycling of wastes in China.