Find Sporting Goods on eBay
Video and Audio], Broadcasting and podcasting Real Time Media On The Net

[description], Story, any other text you want to use.

The Truth About Free Inkjet Cartridge Recycling

 by: Niall Roche

In a recent stand-up routine, comedian George Carlin suggests that maybe man's reason for existence is because the Earth wants plastic.

The comedy team, Penn & Teller, assert in their cable show "Bulls**t" (bullpucky?) that recycling isn't really all that useful and maybe not necessary.

Whether the Earth wants plastic or not, recycling of inkjet cartridges is useful in many different ways. However, before you choose where to recycle your inkjet cartridge, do a little research to make your recycling efforts effective. Recycling won't work if we don't close the loop. Many charitable institutions around the world have initiated ink cartridge recycling programs, which fund hospitals, school activities and other social concerns. This type of funding cuts costs in many ways from tax breaks for charitable donations to lowering the price that we have to pay for the services the funded organizations provide. In addition, remanufactured compatible inkjet cartridges are usually a fraction of the cost of brand name inkjet refills.

Several inkjet printer manufacturers also maintain recycling programs. However, your recycled ink cartridge doesn't always make it around the loop.

Epson, in cooperation with Funding Factory, recently launched a free recycling program for its customers. Schools and businesses can get points for collecting and remitting empty cartridges to Epson.

However, the cartridges are not remanufactured or refilled. They are incinerated. To be fair, mention must be made that the incineration is at an environmentally friendly waste-to-energy plant; however, it's easy to see that Epson is the big winner in this recycling effort. Their recycling plan takes cartridges out of the hands of remanufacturing plants that can offer less expensive remanufactured compatible cartridges to the consumer.

Hewlett Packard also has a free recycling program and they proudly announce that more than 1.8 million HP inkjet cartridges were recycled in 2003. Unfortunately, for the consumer, plastics and metal from the HP cartridges are also disassembled and made into new products. Other components are "used to generate energy or are disposed of in an environmentally responsible manner."

Canon offers its customers several options for recycling toner cartridges, including a single return option, an up-to-eight multiple return option, and a bulk return option. Whichever you choose, a shipping label can be downloaded directly from their website. Return shipping via UPS is pre-paid by the company. It appears from many recycling and other eco-friendly programs displayed on their website, that Canon is a leader in environmental stewardship, however to date they have no recycling program in place for inkjet cartridges.

Lexmark's recycling program is 100% free, as are the other printer manufacturer recycling programs. Customers request a kit using an online order form. Lexmark pays the postage both ways. However, there is one major difference between Lexmark's program and the programs of the other print giants. Lexmark works with Planet Ark and Close the Loop in Australia to ensure every collected cartridge is remanufactured or recycled. In addition, they have similar recycling programs in Latin American and South Africa. In Europe, every purchase of a Lexmark high-volume cartridge comes with a postage-paid recycling bag included. Now that's closing the circle!

About The Author

Niall Roche

http://www.inkjet-printables.com provides tons of useful information for any inkjet or printer owner. Everything from tips and advice to reviews of individual suppliers Inkjet Printables has it all.

(c) Niall Roche - All Rights Reserved

http://www.inkjet-printables.com


audio equipment

Real Time Media On The Net
This is one of the best resources for information on Real Time Media On The Net you can possibly find. Follow our links to find more information on Real Time Media On The Net. We hope that we have all of the Real Time Media On The Net details that you could need.
Real Time Media On The Net

Once you're at the audio equipment site it's a simple matter of selecting the exact product or service you want to purchase. Nothing to it really. Whether you're just looking for information, or you're looking for something to buy right now, we've got the links to the exact audio equipment website you need.

As you can tell from all the effort we've put into building our audio equipment site, it's something that we care about. You can be certain, when you follow one of the hyperlinks in the middle of this web page, or click on the pop up which might have appeared when you entered our site, we've chosen the best site about audio equipment for you to go to. Thank you for coming to our audio equipment information page.

Main Menu
Real Time Media On The Net
Site Map

Affiliate Ads, Links, news, etc.

News for 15-Mar-25

Source: BBC News - Home
Is Nigeria's 'plastic rice' actually real?

Source: BBC News - Home
500 years later

Source: BBC News - Home
Kabul nights

Source: BBC News - Home
Allan Little: The year the world changed

Source: BBC News - Home
Africa's top shots: 16-22 December 2016

Source: BBC News - Home
Wedding gift alpaca has 'surprise' baby

Source: BBC News - Home
Chile anger as jailed Pinochet reign abusers ask forgiveness

Source: BBC News - Home
George North: World Rugby wants more information from RFU over 'non-compliance'

Source: BBC News - Home
Yemen's displaced

Source: BBC News - Home
Your pictures: Best of 2016


Links
Links
Links
Google

Internet Meetings | Medical Presentations | Xbox online games | Medical Presentations
Copyright © 2005. Name of Site here. Last Updated: Saturday, 15-Mar-2025 00:01:34 MDT.
Kids Meet   Fantasy Football Information   Go Meetings