Recycled printer cartridges are a great way to give back to mother nature and keep our earth cleaner. What do you do with your used printer ink cartridge? Recycle it! There are many printer cartridge recycling companies that will make it painless and very simple task to turn in your used cartridges.

Recycling ink cartridges can make a big difference in our environment, as you will read below. If you aren't into refilling your own you can turn them in and the recycled printer cartridge will go through a full process before being made available for someone to purchase again. Just think of the thousands of cartridges that we go through a day in this country and it only makes sense then to implement a recycle printer cartridge program in our offices and homes so we aren't adding to the national landfill.

Interested people take an envelope, insert their used cartridge, seal the envelope, and put it in the mail. The cartridges then go to a recycler that sorts the cartridges, refurbishes them, and sells them back to their manufacturers. You can even buy recycled printer ink cartridges from the same place that accepts these cartridges for recycling.

Just think of these statistics:

•  Every year over 300 million cartridges are thrown away. In terms of weight, that is equivalent to over 30,500 African elephants.*

•  In Europe , nearly 80% of inkjet cartridges are remanufactured. In the United States , only 20% of inkjet cartridges are reused.*

•  Over 38,000 tons of plastic and metal are saved from landfills each year. The plastic used in these cartridges would take more than ten centuries to decompose.*

*http://www.recycleminnesota.org/
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The need is there and the market is there for these recycled printer ink cartridges so find out how you can be a part of it too.

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