ConnectPrint

The benefits of recycling are widely known, even people that aren’t the environmental type are getting in on it. Printer cartridges are one item that goes above and beyond when recycled. Why? Just take a look at a few facts about printer cartridge recycling.

• Every month 25 million printer cartridges end up in landfills. About 11 cartridges are thrown out every second!
• The plastic in cartridges will take 10 centuries to decompose.
• A single printer cartridge uses over three quarts of oil for plastic materials and production.
• Recycling the cartridges leads to remanufacturing. Remanufacturing keeps over 38,000 tons of plastic and metal from reaching landfills.

When you recycle printer cartridges you are helping to preserve resources on a massive scale. Up to 97% of material from a recycled cartridge can be reused. This can even help lower taxes, since we pay taxes to maintain landfills.

Refilling empty cartridges with new ink or toner is another reuse option. If gently cared for, some cartridges can be refilled up to 15 times. Though, most cartridges end up damaged, and can only be refilled about 6 times. But, think about how waste you’d reduce if you refilled a cartridge 6 times and the recycled it.

Here’s something that deserves your attention- recycling cartridges can help create jobs our current tough economy. Remanufacturing plants employ thousands of people, all over the world!