Remanufactured Ink Cartridges – Good For Environment – Good For Your Wallet
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You can save some serious money buying remanufactured ink cartridges. The trick is to find a reliable source.
But don’t stop there… practice good conservation efforts by recycling ink cartridges.
Today’s guest article offers tips and personal experience with reconditioned cartridges.
How to Recycle Your Printer Cartridges for a Cleaner World
I started saving used up inkjet cartridges a few months ago for my church youth group as they were collecting them to earn some cash. I put a plastic bag on my doorknob and everytime I replaced an ink cartridge, I place the used ink cartridge into the bag.
When I found out it was time to turn in all the inkjet cartridges we had saved up, I removed the bag of cartridges from the door . I was shocked by the number of cartridges I had used . I looked inside and discovered I had 3 HP 78 color ink cartridges and 9 black HP ink cartridges. This was from a little over two months time. Since I have a home office, I do business out of my home, so I probably use more printer ink than most people , but it got me thinking about how many ink cartridges must be used just in homes . I hated to think that I had previously just chucked those old ink jet cartridges into the waste basket, just because I didn’t have the time to do anything else. Now always buy reconditioned Canon compatible laser toner cartridges off the internet.
Almost everyone now owns a minimum of one inkjet printer and often have multiple printing devices . Toner or Ink cartridges are containers that can be used up in a few months for home use, and in a few weeks in a business . Do you know what happens when we throw all those cartridges and unused ink and toner away? It clogs up our landfills.
Most do not recycle their ink and toner cartridges because it is too much of a hassle or they don’t know where to take them . Many refurbished cartridges now come with a postage paid mailing pouch that you can place the spent ink cartridge in and mail it back at absolutely no cost to you. That’s an easy way to go , but there is a caveat (see below). The smartest solution is to help a local non-profit by supporting their fundraising efforts. Just find out if they collect inkjet cartridges for fundraising. If not, suggest that they do. Donating your used cartrdiges helps a community group and also assures that the inkjet cartridges will get recycled , and not just thrown away .
A couple of things tounderstand . almost all of the large ink cartridge makers offer a so-called a recycling program, but be sure to investigate what they do to the used cartridges before you try this out . Many of the well known print cartridge producers like Epson and Kodak destroy the cartridges. They do this to keep them from getting refilled so that you have to buy their brand new cartridges . So know what happens to the ink cartridges first.
The cost savings between brand name and remanufactured inkjet cartridges is tremendous . My mom’s printer took the HP78 tri-color cartridge. I could have ordered a brand new HP cartridge for around forty bucks . Instead I ordered a HP 78 refurbished cartridge for around 25 dollars . I saved a little money , a good cause earned some money and I made an effort to help the environment. The company I work for uses a Xerox Workcentre printer that has solid ink that is very expensive. By buying a remanufactured brand, we buy the xeorox toner for around 65% off per box. It’s an easy way to save nearly $20 per month in printing costs alone .
Those who have at least one printer of copier or whoever is in charge of procuring printer or copier supplies at their office should research an economically sound ink recycling program. If everyone does their part, it can go a long way in cleaning up our environment. In addition you will be saving money. It require a bit more of your time, but it is the right thing to do.
So, start saving some money by recycling ink cartridges. Just do a little research and find a reliable source for remanufactured ink cartridges.
