Refilling and reusing ink cartridges is a simple way to reduce tons of annual waste. Trusted service providers can ensure the print and quality is maintained. Refills can cost up to 50% less than new ones.
There are more than 640 ink cartridge recycle centers in Cartridge World stores throughout the U.S. Shocking facts:
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In one year, if the world's discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the Earth more than three times.
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It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new toner cartridge. So refilling will help save oil, especially with the current gas/oil situation.
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Almost eight cartridges are thrown away per second in the United States.
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In North America alone, more than 350 million cartridges per year are discarded in our landfills, and that number increases by 12% annually.
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Every remanufactured cartridge saves nearly 3.5 pounds of solid waste from being deposited in landfills.
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70% of used printer cartridges throughout the world are currently being thrown out