From an environmental point of view, original and alternative consumables have the same carbon footprint.
From an environmental point of view, original and alternative consumables have the same carbon footprint.
Today’s customers want products to be green, affordable and high quality but committed to a positive impact on society and the environment. The paradox occurs in the face of a lack of user awareness and maliciously encouraged by the industry that seeks to confuse concepts such as originals, clones, remanufactured, refills and pirates.
If we ask a group of printer consumables buyers how they would define an “original” product, the immediate response is that it is a product that is “new and of the same brand as the printer”. But that is not necessarily the case, because major brands such as Lexmark, Xerox and others have return and remanufacturing programs, and sell their product as original regardless of whether it is new or remanufactured.
Brands launch anti-piracy schemes using terms such as: consuming non-original products causes damage to printers that will not be covered by the “brand warranty”.
A clone product is an alternative but it is also new and spends the same carbon footprint as a new original in its production, and here the brands are right to be careful in the use of their patents because the supply does not have the same quality standard and can effectively damage the use of the printers. In addition to the damage generated by substandard manufacturing, many clones do not live up to the performance they claim to have.
To ensure the highest sustainability, remanufactured or remanufacturable cartridges should be used. This is the understanding of legislation in France, Italy and the Balearic Islands in Spain.
Source:Imprime Verde, Nubeprint
