Hubei Dinglong certifies more toners and talks Titanium Dioxide
August 16, 2021
Hubei Dinglong Co., Ltd announced it has recently updated its list of Nordic Swan emission tested toner that are approved for Ecolabel certified toner cartridges.
In its tested toner list, there are now a total of seven bulk toner product families across 28 SKU’s with hundreds of cartridge applications. These toners have all been tested by TUV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH for Nordic Ecolabelling- R6 – Emissions test. A full list can be supplied upon request.
Hubei Dinglong said: “We understand that environmentally safe and non-hazardous products are a critical requirement when developing colour chemical toners. In fact, we have followed these principles for many years in both developing aftermarket and OEM products.”
Hubei Dinglong also added that it noted the change of legislation that comes into effect on 1st October 2021 in regards to Titanium dioxide.
European Chemical Agency (ECHA) advised in February 2020 via a published delegated regulation, were it classified Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) as a suspected carcinogen (Category 2) via inhalation under its EU Regulation No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packing (CLP) of substances and mixtures.
This regulation comes into effect on 1 October 2021 when the CLP regulations require hazard labels on products containing hazardous substances or mixtures when put on the market to provide information to the consumer. The new legislation requires for any toner / toner cartridge sold that has 1% or above level of Titanium Dioxide has to now carry a pictogram warning label on the packaging/ product.
Hubei Dinglong Co., Ltd confirmed that none of the bulk toner the company manufactures has Titanium Dioxide in it at or above the 1% level.
The company said: “Like many toner producers we were aware of this change in advance and have worked hard to develop toners that are below the new legislation. We will continue to further reduce or even eradicate TiO2 in future products were possible.”
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