Used toner module - laser printer - colour (market for used toner module - laser printer - colour)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'used toner module laser printer colour' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in end-of-life of colour laser printer. 'used toner module laser printer colour' contain the following fractions: used toner paperboard plastic from industrial electronicsa and polyethylene. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'used toner module laser printer colour' has 0% water on wet mass basis (114% dry matter) and it has no Carbon content. It has no heating value. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database this by-product is used in the following processes: treatment of used toner module laser printer colour recycling. This by-product can be modelled on two levels: treatment activity and market activity. The former one refers to the specific technology treating the by-product while the latter level represents a mix of treatments. Users are encouraged to inspect the modelling assumptions of the treatment activities and when selecting the market to additionally inspect the treatment mix. Collection and transportation of this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling. The cut-off classification is Recyclable. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.