Reasons to Recylce Toner & Ink Cartridges

~ Fast Facts ~

• It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
• About eight cartridges are thrown away per second in the United States.
• In North America alone, over 350 million cartridges per year are discarded in our landfills, and that number increase by 12% annually!
• A laswer 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.
• Every remanufactured cartridge saves nearly 3 and 1/2 pounds of solid waste from being deposited in landfills.
• 70% 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.
• The Environmental Protection Agency recommends that businesses use toner cartridge refill services or buy refilled toner cartridge products.

So do your part and Refill not Landfill.