Friday, June 29, 2012

Green Initiative: Recycling Ink Toner Cartridges

By George Schubbe


Throwing away ink toner cartridges instead of recycling them is very harmful on the environment of the earth. Used up or expired ink toner cartridges are actually recycled by less than twenty percent of those who use printers on a regular basis. There are many ways in which you can help the earth by recycling your used up ink toner cartridges.

If you send your used up ink toner cartridge back to the manufacturer, they will be able to recycle it and use it for another brand new cartridge. You can also take your ink toner cartridges to many large office supply chains where they will recycle them for you. If you have one in your area, you can always check out your local recycling agency to find out more information about where to take your used ink toner cartridges.

Think about it this way, one ink toner cartridge can be recycled and reused up to 5 different times. When you take the time to recycle your used ink toner cartridges, you will find that because of your contribution to the environment, you feel a little better about things. Who knows, it might be something that can earn you a little extra cash as well.

The ink toner cartridge is basically composed of pieces of plastic, rubber, and metal. If you take all of those pieces and throw them in a landfill, it could take hundreds of centuries before they would even begin to decompose. Not only is this bad for the landfills, but it is also bad for all the wildlife on the planet. This is exactly why recycling your used ink toner cartridges is so important. Plastic requires oil to produce, so when you recycle your used ink toner cartridges you are actually helping to maintain our current natural resources as well.

It is also a possibility for you to refill your used up ink toner cartridges from home. It is easy to refill your used ink toner cartridges from home if you follow the instructions very carefully. Before refilling, make sure that you remove all of the ink toner from the cartridge so that you don't get it clogged up.

Make sure that when you are refilling your ink toner cartridges, that you stay away from anything that you don't want stained with ink. Black ink toner cartridges are tough to refill, but the color ones are quite simple.

Another great thing about recycling ink toner cartridges is the amount of money that you will save. Rather than replacing the entire ink toner cartridge, many companies only put in parts that have been worn out during the recycling process. Ink toner cartridges are pretty much recycled the same way anything else would be. All in all, recycling is a major component to our ability to keep our earth clean and green. If you don't take part, who will?




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