Empty Inkjet Cartridges Should Be Recycled

Recycling empty inkjet cartridges is an easy way for us to help to reduce the impact on our environment.

Here are 5 great reasons to recycle your empty inkjet cartridges.

Most importantly nearly 3 pounds of natural resources are saved on average for a recycled cartridge.

Number two, an average inkjet cartridge takes an average of 3.5 oz. of oil to be manufactured. With the massive global demand for oil, supplies will eventually become more scarce.

The third reason you should recycle or reuse your empty inkjet cartridges is to reduce the strain on local landfills. An inkjet cartridge does not biodegrade in a landfill, as other waste will over time. Once a cartridge is discarded, it will be there for several hundred years. It is estimated that over 300 million printer cartridges are disposed of in landfills annually. That creates 75,000 tons of waste each year, which is equal in weight to more than 30,500 African Elephants!

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.

Finally, recycling your empty inkjet cartridge can be quick and painless. Many companies out there that sell cartridges locally or online have her recycling program.

A popular method for people 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 usually 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 already pre-paid, and the whole process takes just a few seconds.

If you are going to need more ink, a great way to recycle 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.

In about one week the refilled cartridge is returned. This provides a big savings over buying a new cartridge and also lowers the strain on our landfills.

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 needs recycling.


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