Jun 13 2007
Eco-tip #17
Think Globally: The Cartridge Family
According to Fifty Simple Things Your Business Can Do To Save the Earth , published in 1991, American businesses were throwing away about 15 million plastic toner cartridges every year. The meant that more than 40,000 tons of plastic cartridges were ending up in landfills every year. But by the mid to late 90’s people were realizing the waste in time, money, and resources involved in tossing the cartridges. Companies such as Canon, Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, and Xerox have helped diverted tons of cartridges from the landfills through recycling efforts.
Act Locally: Recycle and Re-use Toner Cartridges
It only makes sense, recycle that cartridge. It saves on resources, landfill space, and costs less than new cartridges. If you don’t know where to recycle your cartridge, check the yellow pages or surf the web. I got 1,090,000 hits when I typed in recycle toner cartridge.
