| Every year many millions of empty printer ink and | | | | Cartridges |
| toner cartridges get thrown away, only to end up | | | | Once you've decided to recycle your empty |
| in incinerators or landfills. Because these inkjet | | | | printers ink cartridges you've got a couple of |
| cartridges are made of plastic they can take up | | | | alternatives available to you. The first is to search |
| to 1,000 years to decompose. Used ink jet | | | | on the Internet for organizations that will pay you |
| cartridges account for filling up millions of cubic | | | | money for your used cartridges. You'll find that |
| feet of landfills per year. You can help save this | | | | these websites will either pick up your cartridges |
| space and the tax dollars that would be | | | | or give you free pre-paid shipping. And with a little |
| necessary to provide additional landfills by | | | | time spent on the search engines you'll find that |
| recycling your used cartridges. If these petroleum | | | | quite a few of them will pay you up to four |
| based products are incinerated the results can be | | | | dollars for each empty cartridge you send them. |
| even more catastrophic. When they're incinerated | | | | Some of these websites also offer the option of |
| both toxic petroleum related and heavy metal | | | | donating that money to a charity of your choice. |
| chemicals are belched into the air we breathe. | | | | Before sending in your empty cartridges make |
| Recent estimates show that twenty to forty | | | | sure that it is on their list of acceptable cartridges. |
| percent of ink cartridges are recycled. If you're | | | | If you send in something that is not on their list |
| not recycling yet, you can do your part to | | | | you won't get paid for it and might even be |
| increase this percentage - and earn some money | | | | charged a penalty. |
| while you are helping the planet. Most printers ink | | | | A simpler (but not profitable) way to recycle your |
| cartridges can be recycled up to half a dozen | | | | used cartridge is to send it back to the original |
| times. When they are recycled they are rebuilt, | | | | manufacturer. Many companies now provide |
| refilled, and sold at considerably lower prices than | | | | instructions right on the box. They also often |
| OEM cartridges. And recycled printer ink jet | | | | provide free postage and packaging for you. |
| cartridges will give you the same great quality and | | | | So why not do your part to recycle your used |
| output as original equipment manufacturer | | | | printer ink cartridges and help the planet while you |
| cartridges. | | | | help yourself? |
| How to Recycle Your Empty Printer Ink | | | | |