Patent ID: 8915432

Claim:
An electronic apparatus that operates with a replaceable consumable entity attached in a body of the electronic apparatus, comprising: a consumable entity attachment supporting unit that supports the consumable entity in the body in an attachable and detachable manner, wherein the consumable entity is either a consumable entity to which a right to emit greenhouse gas (GHG) has been accorded or a conventional consumable entity to which the right to emit GHG has not been accorded; a detecting unit that is configured to detect, from the consumable entity supported in the body by the consumable entity attachment supporting unit, identification information indicating whether the right to emit GHG has been accorded to the consumable entity; a memory unit that stores an updatable use status corresponding to at least one consumable entity to which the right to emit GHG has been accorded; an evaluating unit that evaluates a degree of contribution by the electronic apparatus to an activity for reducing GHG, based on the use status stored in the memory unit; a displaying unit that displays an evaluation result obtained by the evaluating unit; and a printer capable of printing the evaluation result on a recording medium; wherein the right to emit GHG accorded to the consumable entity supported by the consumable entity attachment supporting unit is provided to a purchaser of the consumable entity by a manufacturer/distributor of the consumable entity as CER (Certified Emission Reduction) that corresponds to amounts of GHG generated when power, which is to be consumed during a time period in which the electronic apparatus using the consumable entity is operated, is generated.