CCD-035-NEW: Office Machines

Note: The certification criteria for office machines (printers, copiers, faxes, multifunctional devices, mailing machines) has been revised. The new criteria document (Office Machines, CCD-035-NEW) became effective March 1, 2009, and has replaced  the previous criteria documents CCD-035 (photocopiers), CCD-036 (facsimile machines), CCD-037 (laser printers).

Office machines are widely used in both office and home working environments and fulfill the basic needs of most offices today. They consume significant quantities of energy and paper, typically contain hazardous metals and flame-retardants, and release emissions in the form of noise and chemical substances, such as ozone, dust and volatile organic compounds.

The EcoLogo^TM Program addresses these challenges by establishing strict requirements for hazardous substances, energy and paper savings, and design for extended life, reuse and recycling. The net environmental benefit will be reduced human health impacts, less potential for smog formation and ozone layer depletion, improved use of resources, improved energy efficiency and reduced waste generation.

To be authorized to carry the EcoLogo^TM, office machines must:

• Be accompanied by detailed information describing ambient ozone generation, noise emissions, electricity consumption, auto-duplexing and “n-up, and changing ozone filters;

• Not emit ozone at a concentration greater than 1.5 mg/hr (for multifunctional devices, copiers, laser printers, laser fax and integrated mailing machines);

• Not emit dust at a concentration greater than 4.0 mg/hr (for multifunctional devices, copiers, laser printers, laser fax and integrated mailing machines);

• Not emit total volatile organic compounds (TVOCs) at a concentration greater than 10.0 mg/hr (for multifunctional devices, copiers, laser and ink-jet printers, laser and ink-jet faxes, and integrated mailing machines);

• Be energy efficient;

• Be equipped with automatic duplexing capabilities and be programmable by the end-user such that the duplexing mode may be set as the default mode;

• Be compatible with post-consumer recycled paper, and remanufactured printed cartridges;

• Be manufactured with efforts made to secure plastic containing post-consumer recycled content in at least the outer casing;

• Not be manufactured with or contain:
  • CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs,
  • Cadmium, lead, mercury or hexavalent chromium except for trace amounts,
  • Hazardous flame retardants in plastic casing parts (PBBs, PBDEs, chloroparaffins with chain length 10 to 17 C atoms, and chlorine content greater than 50% by weight and
  • &Selenium or arsenic containing compounds in photoreceptors / photoconductors containing compounds;
  • Use only plastic parts that are marked to indicate the composition code and any added flame retardants;

• Have spare parts available for 3 years after sale;

• Not use hardware restricting replacement cartridges to those from the OEM; and
• Be offered with an end-of-life waste programs that:
  
  
  • divert consumables,
  • collect the office machine (except in those jurisdictions where diversion of office machines from landfill is a legal requirement and end of life machines are already included in an existing infrastructure),
  • and first evaluate components for reuse and then send components to recyclers practice environmentally sound management.