Cartridge World is providing consumers and businesses with an alternative to reduce the impact of millions of cartridges that arethrown away and that end up in landfills each year. By making this choice, you are helping to protect the future of our environment. This proactive solution to waste reduction is a win/win for consumers, entrepreneurs and the environment. Every cartridgerefilled means one less cartridge in our landfills.
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It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
Almost 8 cartridges are thrown away per second in the United States alone!
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In North America alone, over 350 million cartridges per year are discarded in our landfills, and that number increases by 12 percent annually!
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A laser cartridge thrown into landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose. Some components made of industrial grade plastics will take over a thousand years to decompose.
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Every remanufactured cartridge saves nearly 3 and 1/2 pounds of solid waste from being deposited in landfills.
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Remanufacturing cartridges reduces pollution. Almost 90% of empty cartridges are incinerated or dumped in landfills.
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70 percent of used printer cartridges throughout the world are currently being thrown out.
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In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth over three times.
It is important that the following message gets out to the 80% of printer users who dispose of their printer cartridges
- You don't have to throw out your expensive printer cartridges. Most printer cartridges can be remanufactured, refilled or reloaded.
- By bringing your used cartridges to Cartridge World, you can help protect our environment, and save substantially compared to the cost of a new cartridge!
- Cartridge World is dedicated to saving consumers, businesses, and the planet!
Cartridge World is a proud member of the
Environmental
Protection Agency Waste Wise program.