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Thursday 11 April 2013

The Ultimate Guide To Printing

By Stephen Lanford


When it comes to giving back to the world environment, one of the best methods is through producing and using ink cartridges that have been recycled. When making printer cartridges, plastic is the primary material used. The plastic in these cartridges is typically intricately engineered polymer. Breaking down a plastic polymer requires about 1000 years to complete. Landfills increase the amount of time necessary to decompose polymers. Landfills are the standard destination for any cartridges that aren't recycled. When you switch over to cartridges that use recycled materials, you help reduce the amount of waste that accumulates in landfills.

By recycling your old cartridges, you are also saving the amount of energy that is required for manufacturing new cartridges. For this reason, you are able to reduce the amount of waste you create and increase the energy you save.

Oil is another requirements for making a new printer cartridge. Almost four ounces of oil are used in making new cartridges. We are all aware of how our world has a limited supply of oil. We will soon be facing a world where we have run out of oil.

Oil can be conserved by simply switching from new cartridge production to recycled cartridge use. Many experts who have studied the issue have declared that millions of oil barrels each year could be saved by switching over to recycled cartridges. Reduction of oil use is a critical thing we all must do, since everything from cars, tires, plastics, and fuel is made from the same, limited oil supply.

The use of ink cartridge recycling has been estimated to keep over nearly 41,000 tons of metal and plastic from ending up in our landfills each year. Those who can help with recycling used printer cartridges will be keeping the world from depositing thousands of tons of plastic into landfills, consuming millions of gallons of oil, and mining a lot of aluminum. The more waste that gets put in landfills, the more that we increase our levels of water and air pollution; for this reason, recycling cartridges is a great idea.

Pollution from the factories that make printer cartridges is another reason to switch over to recycled cartridges, since you will be eliminating that from our environment.

It should be quite clear by now that there are any number of good reasons to change your printing habits from disposable cartridges to recyclable ones. By keeping materials out of our landfills, you are preventing air and water pollution, and avoiding new manufacturing allows for less consumption and pollution.




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