Here the top 5 reasons to recycle your empty inkjet cartridges.
To begin with, each recycled cartridge will save nearly 3 pounds of natural resources that are used for the production of a new cartridge.
Next, an average inkjet cartridge takes an average of 3.5 oz. of oil to be manufactured. This can really add up over time.
The third reason to recycle empty inkjet cartridges, is because an inkjet cartridge will not break down for several hundred years once it makes it into the landfill. We generate enough garbage as it is. Did you know that over 300 million printer cartridges are thrown away each year? This generates 75,000 tons of waste annually.
Another good reason to recycle inkjet cartridges is because it can saving money. When you recycle your empty cartridges you provide empty cores to companies that can refill these cartridges, and put them back on the market at a discounted price. Empty inkjet cartridges are not broken, they are simply out of ink. It's like putting new batteries into your flashlight.
Lastly, recycling your empty inkjet cartridges is relatively easy. In fact, a lots of companies that offer remanufactured cartridges have their own recycling programs.
One of the most popular methods for printer owners to recycle inkjet cartridges is through the use of postage paid return envelopes that are sometimes included with an online inkjet cartridge purchase.
A return mailer (recycle envelope) is typically a self-sealing plastic bag that is pre-addressed to a recycling company. The consumer puts their empty inkjet cartridge into the bag, seals it, and drops it off at a post office or any mailbox. The postage is included, and the whole process takes just a few seconds.
Another method of recycling is through the use of an inkjet cartridge refilling service such as the Jetpak mailer program.
The Jetpak mailer program works like this. A customer purchases a recycling kit (mailer) in advance. When the customer runs out of the ink they put the empty cartridge into a postage pre-paid return mailing envelope and simply drop it in the mail. In a couple of days when the cartridge refilling company receives your cartridge, they will professionally inspect it, clean it, professionally refill it, and mail it back to the customer.
The customer receives their refilled cartridge back in about a week, and enjoys a big savings over buying a new cartridge.
Why recycle? Why not recycle?
It saves money, natural resources, reduces garbage and the strain on our landfills, and is the right thing to do.
Just because an empty inkjet cartridge is out of ink, doesn't mean it's broken.
It just means that its prime for recycling.
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