Environment

Cartridge World & the Environment

Cartridge World offers consumers cheap solutions for all their printing needs that do not jeopardize the quality of impression. These solutions have a positive effect on the environment, helping to reduce amount of cartridges in landfills.

Most waste worldwide ends up in landfills. Laser cartridges are made up of plastic and metal conductors, among other components, that make them very dangerous for the environment.
The cartridge recycling industry was born due to the high costs and environmental concerns associated with toner cartridges. Most cartridges can be remanufactured and refilled and sell for prices far below the originals.

But, what happens with the quality of the product?

This waste is eventually recycled, incinerated or illegally dumped in the ocean. In the last 20 years, the need to reduce the amount of waste has arisen due to lack of space as well as increased consciousness to help save the environment. A lot of these products are transported toward areas where environmental controls don’t even exist and instead of being recycled, are left to contaminate the air, water and earth.

If measured by quality of impression, percentage of faults, resistance to discoloration and yield, the results for a remanufactured cartridge are the same as those of an original cartridge.

According to “WasteWi$e Update”, published by EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in 1997, remanufactured cartridges as just as good as the originals. And a recent study conducted by Lyra Research found that 77% of users considered remanufactured cartridges to be the same or better than the originals.

Cartridge World is proud to be a leader worldwide helping to make a difference. We strive to offer our customers as much information as we can on this subject and provide them a way in which they can contribute themselves and help save the environment.

So, before throwing your cartridges in the bin consider the effects it can cause to the environment and don’t forget with Cartridge World you not only save money but you’re also contributing to help save the environment.

Statistics

About 3 liters of oil are needed to make 1 new laser cartridge
A laser cartridge takes over 450 years to decompose
90% of the cartridges thrown in the garbage are laser cartridges
Each laser cartridge disposed contributes to approximately 2 kilos of plastic, metal and other chemicals in the soil
Every second, 8 cartridges are disposed
Cartridge World refills daily about 8000 inkjet cartridges and remanufactures 3000 laser cartridges
Every year in the US more than 300 million printer cartridges end up in the garbage dumps
In Australia every year more than 1500 tons of laser cartridges end up in landfills
Recycling cartridges over a period of 12 months can save 4.3 litres of crude oil in a country with a population of 22 million
In 2001, the cartridge recycling industry prevented 29.7 million laser and 136.5 million ink cartridges from being dumped in landfills. But about 695 million others most likely did.
Over 900 million original ink cartridges were sold in 2003