HP toner meets Blue Angel and EPEAT® emission standards

Original HP toner and ink cartridges are designed and tested with indoor air quality in mind. HP voluntarily designs and tests its printing systems to meet Blue Angel and EPEAT® indoor air quality (IAQ) emission standards.

In 2022, HP commissioned the Fraunhofer Institute’s Wilhem-Klauditz-Institut (WKI) to perform studies that tested the emission rates of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of different toner cartridge brands used in popular HP laser printers.

WKI’s tests on brands most commonly available in the North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) regions found that 89% of the non-HP cartridges tested failed to meet Blue Angel emission criteria.