Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Cartridge Recycling Can Help Protect The Environment

By Armando Rodriguez


Our environment is in a huge need of sustainable development. With the growth of the industries the growth of the waste materials has also increased. This plays a very vital role in maintaining the earth's absorbing capacity. There is a need for reducing the waste materials that are produced so often to protect the earth measures. One such step is the introduction of recycling printing cartridges. Recycling cartridges have a very positive impact on the environment.

Recycling cartridges should be a matter of concern. Every second person in this technological influenced era tends to have a computer at home. Almost all of them have their own personal printer. The more a person uses a printer the more number of printing cartridges is used every year. In all total a person uses an average of 3-4 cartridges per year which are considered to be waste after its usage. Recycling the following used cartridges we can have solve two problems. 1. It reduces the waste materials all the cartridges are recycled and new ones are produced from it. 2. It also save lot of money as recycling prevents the production of new cartridges.

Other effects include health hazards. The disposed cartridges with the left over ink in them are very harmful. It may combine with the water table causing serious problems to the person drinking it. Even the inhalation of the gas emitted through them is harmful for the respiratory tract and the lungs.

It also has some economic effects. A completely new toner cartridge is prepared by using several industrial polymers, which also include carbon as a major part. The process of preparation also involves oil, a small amount of heat sensitive plastic and also aluminium is used. The materials are very expensive and therefore it is considered to be an economic harm when they are thrown in the landfill sites after use.

Decomposition is a natural process of the environment, it is a very slow process and the amount of waste materials adds extra pressure on it. Recycling the printer cartridges also helps decomposition. The constituents of cartridges are plastics that are prepared by combining several industrial polymers; the polymers are held strongly by the carbon atoms. This prevents them from being converted into small particles for decomposition.

It takes thousands of years for the cartridges to decompose. Moreover the ink left in the cartridges seep into the underground water table and pollute it. Encouraging printer cartridges recycling reduces the need of decomposition and also its effect; also the cartridges will be used more.

The production of cartridges involves the usage of lots of resources such as the oil, plastics, rubber, aluminium and also timber. Recycling cartridges helps to save the natural resources too. Protecting trees is one of the most discussed topics in the world. Recycling printer cartridges also reduces the cutting down of trees for timber.

Trees help us for oxygen supply and reducing the cutting down of trees will help us to have more air to breathe. Therefore, recycling plays a very integral part in protecting the environment and recycling cartridges is a major step toward sustainable development.




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