A little bit goes a long way. The vast majority of inkjet and
laser toner cartridges are thrown away after only one use when
they can be recycled and reused multiple times. Here are a few
good reasons to reuse and recycle your printer cartridges at
Cartridge World of PA: - It takes about a gallon of oil to make
a new laser cartridge. - In North America alone, over 350
million cartridges per year are discarded in our landfills, and
that number increases by 12% annually. - A laser cartridge can
take up to 450 years to decompose. Some components made of
industrial grade plastics will take over a thousand years to
decompose. - Remanufacturing cartridges reduces pollution.
Almost 90% of empty cartridges are incinerated or dumped in
landfills. - In one year, if the world's discarded cartridges
were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth over three
times.