Product Environmental Information

Epson is taking steps to comply with the labeling requirements in major countries around the world.

Compliance with Environmental Labels

An environmental label is a tool for making environmental declarations and providing other information about a product's environmental features or performance. The requirements for environmental labels are prescribed by various groups, including the International Standards Organization (ISO). The ISO defines the three types of environmental labels described below.

Indicates that the product has met the criteria set by a certified third-party organization.

A "self-declaration" label that indicates a company volunteers environmental information about its products. (Epson's ecology profiles fall under the Type II category.)

Indicates that the environmental effects of a product throughout its life cycle - from raw material procurement through manufacturing, distribution, use, disposal and recycling - are analyzed using LCA methodology and that the results of such analyses are published as quantitative data. The accuracy and reliability of the claimed data must be verified before being made public.

Eco Labels Acquired In different Product Categories

  Type I
Country/ Region U.S. Germany Sweden China Taiwan South Korea Singapore Thailand Malaysia Japan North America Worldwide Worldwide
Eco Label EPEAT® Blue Angel TCO China Environmental Labelling Green Mark Eco-Label Green Label Thai Green Label MyHIJAU Eco Mark Ecologo GREENGUARD ECO PASSPORT, GOTS, BlueSign, ZDHC
Inkjet Printers
(incl. MFPs)		 ● ●   ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●    
Page Printers
(Laser & LED)		   ●     ● ●       ●      
SIDM Printers       ● ●         ●      
POS Printers                          
Label Printers                          
Label Works                          
Scanners ●       ●         ●      
Ink/Toner Cartridges         ● ●
(Toner Cartridges)		       ●      
Inks                       ●
(Sign, Display)		 ●
(Textile, garment)
Paper                   ●      
Projectors     ●   ● ●       ●      
PCs
(incl. monitors)		                   ●      
Watches                   ●      


  Type II Type III Other
Country/ Region Europe Japan Worldwide Japan Japan/ North America China Europe
Eco Label THE ECO DECLARATION PC Green Label Ecology
Profile		 Eco-Leaf ENERGY STAR®*1 Energy Conservation Certification Food Contact Material regulation
Inkjet Printers
(incl. MFPs)		 ●   ● ● ● ●  
Page Printers
(Laser & LED)		 ●   ●   ●    
SIDM Printers ●   ●   ● ●  
POS Printers ●   ●   ●    
Label Printers ●   ●   ●    
Label Works         ●    
Scanners ●   ● ● ● ●  
Ink/Toner Cartridges              
Inks             ●
Paper              
Projectors ●   ●     ●  
PCs
(incl. monitors)		   ●     ●    
Watches              

*1 The ENERGY STAR® Program is also being implemented by EFTA, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Taiwan. Third-party certification became a requirement in North America from January 2011.

For more on environmental labeling and environmental information on Epson products, please contact the Epson sales company in the country or region in which you live.

Epson Ecology Profiles

The environmental attributes of Epson brand products are published in the form of an "ecology profile." For finished products such as printers and scanners, the environmental attributes of the product as a whole, including but not limited to accompanying packaging material, supplies, and consumables, are published in the format specified by ECMA-370*1. For electronic devices we use our own format to provide quantitative data regarding substances included in these products.

*1 ECMA-370 specified requirements for environmental declarations established by the international standards organization ECMA International. "The Eco Declaration" is often abbreviated as "TED."

File for Company environmental profile (PDF,175KB)

Please contact your country or region's Epson sales company for more information about the Eco Declarations.

Safety Data Sheets for Printer Consumables

To enable customers to safely and properly use Epson products, including consumable printer supplies (ink cartridges, toner cartridges, ribbon cartridges, etc.), Epson provides Safety Data Sheets (SDS), which describe a product's chemical content as well as how to operate, handle, and store the product.