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The Environmental Impact of a Toner Cartridge

It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
Almost 8 cartridges are thrown away per second in the United States alone!
In North America, over 350 million cartridges per year are discarded. They end up in landfills, and that number increases by 12 percent annually!
Every remanufactured laser cartridge saves nearly 2.5 pounds of metal & plastic waste from being discarded into landfills.
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.
70 percent of used printer cartridges throughout the world are currently being thrown out.
In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end; they would circle the Earth over three times.

Every single cartridge saved from a landfill makes a difference. Remanufacturing toner cartridges will not only help improve the environment but will save consumers thousands of dollars. When you make the decision to buy a remanufactured printer cartridge, you are not only saving yourself or your company money, but you are making a positive difference!

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

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