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Help
Cartridge World protect the environment by recycling empty cartridges
Whether
you are a business, college dorm, hospital or community group,
you can make a big difference by letting Cartridge World help
you set up a cartridge recycling program.
 Contact
your nearest Cartridge World to ask for a Cartridge World Recycling
Collection bin. Inkjet and laser toner cartridges are an ever-growing
problem for our landfills. The vast majority of them are thrown
away after only one use, when in fact, they can be recycled and
reused multiple times. By some estimates, as many as 8 cartridges
are thrown away in the United States every second. Every cartridge
reused is one less cartridge thrown into our landfills.
Here
are a few good reasons to recycle your printer cartridges:
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It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
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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. Cartridge
World is providing consumers and businesses with an alternative
to protect the future of our environment. This proactive solution
to waste reduction is a Win/Win for consumers, businesses and
the environment.
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