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Article #325: Recycling Inkjet Cartridges Saves Natural Resources

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Recycling empty inkjet cartridges is an are sometimes included with an online
easy way for you to help to reduce the inkjet cartridge purchase.
impact on our environment. A return mailer (recycle envelope) is
Here the top 5 reasons to recycle your usually a self-sealing plastic bag that
empty inkjet cartridges. is pre-addressed to a recycling company.
First of all, each cartridge that is The consumer puts their empty inkjet
recycled saves almost 3 pounds of natural cartridge into the bag, seals it, and
resources associated with the production drops it off at a post office or any
of a new cartridge. mailbox. The postage is already taken
Next, an average inkjet cartridge takes care of, and the whole process takes just
an average of 3.5 oz. of oil to be a few seconds.
manufactured. With the worldwide demand Another method of recycling is through
for oil on the rise and supplies the use of an inkjet cartridge refilling
shrinking, a little effort can make a service such as the Jetpak mailer
significant impact over time. program.
The third reason you should recycle or Here's how the Jetpak mailer program
reuse your empty inkjet cartridges is to works. First, you purchase a Jetpak
reduce the strain on local landfills. An prepaid mailer. Once your cartridge runs
inkjet cartridge does not biodegrade in a out of ink, you simply place your empty
landfill, as other waste will over time. cartridge into the plastic bag provided,
Once a cartridge is discarded, it will be include your return address, and drop it
there for several hundred years. It is in the mail. Once the refilling company
estimated that over 300 million printer receives your mailer, they will
cartridges are disposed of in landfills professionally inspect, clean, and refill
annually. That creates 75,000 tons of your cartridge. They will run a print
waste each year, which is equal in weight test, and if everything checks at OK they
to more than 30,500 African Elephants! will mail it back to you. If the
The forth reason is the buying cartridge does not pass their print test,
remanufactured (recycled) inkjet they will mail you a credit voucher to
cartridges continue money. Recycling return another empty cartridge free of
your empty cartridges provides empty charge.
cores to cartridge remanufacturing In about a week the customer will receive
companies that in turn, professionally their refilled cartridge back, and will
refill and sell to users at a discounted enjoy a good savings versus buying a new
price. Consumers will see the same cartridge and reduce the strain on our
reliability, performance and quality as environment in the process.
using an original brand OEM cartridge but Why recycle? Why not recycle?
at a lower cost. It saves you money, saves natural
Lastly, recycling your empty inkjet resources, reduces the amount of garbage
cartridges is relatively easy. In fact, produced, and is the right thing to do
a lots of companies that offer for our environment.
remanufactured cartridges have their own Just because an empty inkjet cartridge is
recycling programs. out of ink, doesn't mean it's broken.
One of the ways for printer owners to It just means that its prime for
recycle inkjet cartridges is through the recycling.
use of postage paid return envelopes that






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