Product: Thermal Transfer Ribbon for Fax

Ver.2008:1
Product: Thermal Transfer Ribbon for Fax
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCT AND THE COMPANY
CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL
PROCUCT DECLARATION
S-P-00094-7
http://www.environdec.com
The Product
Thermal Transfer Ribbon for Fax is Thermal Transfer Media (Ink-ribbon) which is principally applied to a
Facsimile . Ink-ribbon is produced from a PET base film, coated with back layer and transferring material
layer. It is then slit into specific width and rewound onto core according to each client’s requirements. This
product does not include receiving materials, such as plain paper and other.
Product name: Thermal Transfer Ribbon for Fax
The product which is declared in this EPD is as follows.
Kind of Ink Color Width Length Core Take-up Cassette Inner Pouch RegistrationNo.
core
1 TR-007 WAX Black 220 100 PS core One None PP Inner
pouch
S-P-00094-7
The Company
DNP, Dai Nippon Printing, was established in 1876 as the first full-scale printing company in Japan. Always
applying and developing its printing technology, the Company has expanded and diversified its operations to
include packaging, decorative materials, electronic components and information media supplies. The wide
variety of DNP products and services are essential to our daily lives. In addition, these products and services
that enrich our lives are now taken for granted in every aspect of our society.
In Information Media Supplies field, DNP provides thermal transfer ribbon (TR) and dye-sublimation thermal
transfer media (ST). TRs are used in bar-code printers and FAX machines, while STs are used in digital photo
printers, card printers, photo sticker printers, and numerous other devices.
Company: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Information Media Supplies Operations
URL: www.dnp.co.jp
Manufacturing site: Sayama Plant Sayama-shi, Saitama, JAPAN
Issuer and contacts: Masahiro Numano
TEL:+81 42 952 9757 FAX:+81 42 954 7950
Sayama plant has had certified environmental management system according to ISO14001 since 2002.
Sayama plant also has had certified quality management system according to ISO9001 since 1994.
Certification body: JIA-QA center / Tokyo, JAPAN
Description of Contents
Each product (roll) is composed of following materials.
Product Number PET Film and Coating Layer Core Inner Pouch Carton for each roll
1 TR-007 266 63 1.5 27
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2 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE DECLARATION
The environmental performance declaration is based on the result of the life cycle assessment.
Life Cycle Stage
The LCA results are classified into the following three phases.
Manufacturing phase:
- Extraction and production of raw materials and components.
- Transportation from supplier
- Production at the manufacturing site. (Main processes: Coating, Slitting, Rewinding and Packaging)
Use phase:
- Transportation from the manufacturer to customers.
Disposal phase:
- Transportation from user to landfill.
Assumption for LCA
-The LCA results are based on the period from Jan./2007 to Dec./2007, for the 1 roll of ink-ribbon as the
functional unit. Since we have no production records of TR-001,TR-002,TR-003,TR-004,TR-006 and TR-008,
we delete them from this EPD.
-At the use phase, only transportation data for delivery are taken into account as end-user information and
printer conditions can not be precisely identified.
Listing of Chemical Substances Identified in the Regulation and Law
Following chemical substances that are used as solvent at the coating process, are subject to the regulation of
Pollutant Release, Transfer Register (PRTR) and Law for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).
Product Chemical substance Regulations or Law Usage Input (kg) / functional unit
Number
(in Japan)
1 TR-007 Toluene PRTR, OHS Solvent 8.44E-02
Methyl Ethyl Ketone OHS Solvent 7.27E-02
1 TR-007
Manufacturing Phase
Non-renewable resources
Without energy content Input With energy content Input
LNG (kg)
Oil (kg)
Coal (kg)
Na Cl (kg)
2.22E-02
3.59E-01
3.20E-03
1.41E-04
Heavy Oil (A) (MJ)
Light Oil (MJ)
Kerosene (MJ)
LNG (MJ)
LPG (MJ)
6.98E-03
7.16E-02
2.13E-03
5.54E-00
4.57E-04
Electricity(kWh)
1.90E+00
Renewable resources
Without energy content Input With energy content Input
Water
7.41E+00 Electricity(kWh)
1.08E-01
Wood
1.14E-02
Use Phase
Non-renewable resources
Without energy content Input With energy content Input
- - Light Oil (MJ) 8.11E-04
Renewable resources
Without energy content Input With energy content Input
- - - -
Disposal phase
Non-renewable resources
Without energy content Input With energy content Input
- - Light Oil (MJ) 2.90E-02
Renewable resources
Without energy content Input With energy content Input
- - - -
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LCA Results (Standard Thermal Transfer Ribbon for Fax for the functional unit)
ProductnumberImpactcategory Waste
Globalwarming Acid
kgCO2-eq
Ozonelayer
depletion
kgCFC-11-eq
Photochemicaloxidant Eutrophication Special controled Industrial
General
waste
precipitation
kmolH + -eq
formation
kgethene-eq kgO2-eq
industrialwaste
kg
waste
kg
7 TR-007 2.42E+00 7.19E-05 0.00E+00 1.38E-02 9.37E-03 3.50E-02 5.56E-02 -
Notes:Resource Use
We examined the mix of electricity in the manufacturing as following breakdown.
Sayama plant - Thermal power generation( 53.7%) Nuclear power generation( 41.5%)
Hydroelectric generation (4.8%)
Recyclable use - Hydroelectric generation
Non-recyclable use - Thermal power genera ,Nuclear power generation
3 INFORMATION FROM THE COMPANY AND THE CERTIFICATION BODY
Information on Certification Body
Japan Gas Appliances Inspection Association (JIA) Registration Number of SWEDAC(Accreditation Body) :1813
Inspection and Certification Division,
Certification and Technology Department,
International Affairs and EPA Group
4-10, Akasaka 1-chome, Minato-ku, TOKYO 107-0052 JAPAN
TEL: +81 3 3586 1686 FAX: +81 3 5570 5992
URL:www.jia-page.or.jp/jia/epa
Disclosure of Information
For detailed information on the certified environmental product declarations, see the web page of the Swedish
Environmental Management Council.
URL:www.environdec.com
References
1ISO14020andISO14025
2ISO14040andISO14044
3RequirementsforEnvironmentalProductDeclarations,EPD,(MSR1999:2)publishedbytheSwedish
EnvironmentalManagementCouncil
4ProductSpecificRequirements:Dye-SublimationThermalTransferMedia(PSR2002:8Version1.1)
publishedbytheSwedishEnvironmentalManagementCouncil
5LCAreportofStandardThermalTransferRibbonforFax(Rev.2)(May.2008/MasahiroNUMANO/DNP)
Registration Date: 2008/06/18
Term of validity :2011/6/17
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