A discarded printer cartridge thrown into a landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose? With more than 350 million cartridges thown out every year with a mountain of ewaste steadily forming thoughout the nations's landfills it makes sense to refill empty ink and toner cartridges!
As Earth Day approaches, it is a perfect time of year to remind consumers ofthe ways to create a "green" home and work environment Consumers can simply swap out an empty, original cartridge or purschase one already refilled and find a great savings compared to purchasing a new one!
The facts from Cartridge World:
- It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new toner cartridge
- Almost eight cartridges are thrown away per second in the US
- In North America alone,over 350 million cartridges are thrown away & increased 12% a year
- Every manufactured cartridge saves 3.5 pounds of solid waste from being deposited in landfills
- 70% of used printer cartridges throughout the world are being thrown out
- In one year, if the world's discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth more than three times
For more info on Cartridge World go to www.cartridgeworldusa.com Read more about recycling toner and ink cartridges at www.stopwaste.org/docs/toner.pdf
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