Check Out My New Ink!

This past month Cartridge World has been taking in all of your dried up ink cartridges and recycling them. At the same time they offer coupons for everyone bringing in a dried up/empty cartridge. Save Earth = Save Money!

While the numbers aren't FINAL I wanted to share just how well the Mid Columbia did at recycling!

During Earth Month, Mid Columbia Residents have:

Recycled, refilled and reused: 2200 cartridges
Saved: 734 gallons of oil*
Reduced Landfill: 2300 lbs


*According to the EPA: It takes almost a gallon of oil to make a large laser cartridge and almost 3 ounces to make an ink cartridge. JUST TO MAKE IT!

Cartridge World - Kennewick & Pasco
509-735-9266
www.cartridgeworldusa.com


PLEASE, just because Earth Month is over, DON'T STOP reducing, reusing and recycling.
Take a look at some of these facts Cartridge World provided me with. Think about it the next time you toss an ink cartridge.



1. It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
2. Almost 8 cartridges are thrown away per second in the United States alone!
3. In North America alone, over 350 million cartridges per year are discarded in our landfills, and that number increases by 12 percent annually!
4. Every remanufactured(recycled) cartridge saves nearly 3.5 pounds of solid waste from sitting in landfills.
5. 70 percent of used printer cartridges throughout the world are currently being thrown out.
6. In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth over three times. WOW.


Here are some more businesses recycle ink cartridges and other items!

Best Buy:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcmcat149900050025&type=category&searchresults=1&searchterm=recycling&DCMP=KNC-TLC&ref=30&loc=KW-2430


Office Depot:
http://www.officedepot.com/a/ink-toner-and-ribbons/?cm_mmc=360i-_-Google-_-Ink_and_Toner-Ink_and_Toner_General-_-cartridges


Staples:
http://www.staples.com/sbd/content/about/soul/recycling.html