Aspire Sustainability was commissioned by Clover Imaging Group to perform a comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study of representative remanufactured toner cartridges versus their original equipment manufacturer (OEM) counterparts.i
Clover Imaging Remanufactured Black Toner Cartridge Compared to OEM Equivalent Cartridge
CARBON FOOTPRINTii
53
LESS CARBON
ENERGY FOOTPRINTiii
59
LOWER ENERGY
NATURAL RESOURCESiv
52
LESS IMPACT
HUMAN HEALTHv
66
LOWER IMPACT
Clover Imaging Remanufactured Color Toner Cartridge Compared to OEM Equivalent Cartridge
CARBON FOOTPRINTii
49
LESS CARBON
ENERGY FOOTPRINTiii
52
LOWER ENERGY
NATURAL RESOURCESiv
40
LESS IMPACT
HUMAN HEALTHv
70
LOWER IMPACT
Across all environmental categories studied, Clover Imaging remanufactured toner cartridges had a lower environmental impact compared to the equivalent OEM cartridges.
Environmental Impacts Normalized to OEM
Clover Black Toner Cartridge:
Item No. 200891P
OEM Black Toner Cartridge:
HP CF226A
Environmental Impacts Normalized to OEM
Clover Color Toner Cartridge:
Item No. 200945P
OEM Color Toner Cartridge:
HP CF410A
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Learn more2022 Aspire Sustainability Comparative LCA, commissioned by Clover Imaging Group.
Global Warming Potential / Carbon Footprint / Climate Change:
The global warming potential impact category refers to the warming that can occur due to emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. This warming can lead to changes in the global climate which can cause negative impacts to human and ecosystem health.
Energy Footprint/Cumulative Energy Demand:
The energy footprint is the energy needed throughout a product’s life cycle and includes non-renewable (fossil and nuclear) and renewable (biomass, water, solar, winder, geothermal) energy sources. The Cumulative Energy Demand (CED) of a product is the direct and indirect energy use throughout the life cycle, including the energy consumed during the extraction, manufacturing, and disposal. The CED method considers both renewable and non-renewable energy and the direct and indirect energy consumption.
Natural Resources:
The Resources score reflects depletion of the Earth’s fossil and mineral resources. This category measures the geological distribution of mineral and fossil resources and assesses how the use of these resources causes marginal changes in the efforts to extract future resources. The quantification of damage to resource availability is based on the marginal increase in the cost of extracting resources, measured as dollars.
Human Health:
The Human Health score sums a variety of environmental impacts related to human health such as smog and ozone depletion. DALY stands for “Disability Adjusted Life Years,” which is a measure of quality of life.
