| Millions of businesses, schools and other | | | | one or two toner cartridges per year, you should |
| organizations around the world purchase and use | | | | still recycle them but your will probably not see |
| billions of printer and copier toner cartridges every | | | | much reason to sell them to a remanufacturer. It |
| year. Toner cartridges are just another item on | | | | may also be difficult to get them to purchase just |
| the laundry list of things that humans use and | | | | one or two from you. Most remanufacturers are |
| commonly throw away, but why? Anyone who | | | | looking to purchase from large companies that |
| has ever changed the toner in a copy machine or | | | | can send them pallets or even truckloads once |
| printer knows that it is usually a very large, bulky | | | | every month or two. Otherwise you can donate |
| plastic container which gets changed once a week | | | | your empties to a charity that is collecting them |
| or month and then has no use to you | | | | to sell in bulk to remanufacturers in order to |
| whatsoever afterwards. Although it may not be | | | | make money for their organization. This is a |
| of use to you personally or your company, there | | | | common fundraiser for schools, churches, youth |
| are benefits to hanging on to toner cartridges and | | | | organizations and others. If it is not available in |
| contributing them to a recycler or remanufacturer. | | | | your community, you might want to suggest it |
| When you recycle your toner cartridges, you | | | | within a charity or non-profit you are affiliated |
| should first take a moment to pat yourself on the | | | | with. |
| back for your valiant efforts helping to reduce | | | | Where most individuals will see the greatest |
| pollution and make the world a better place for | | | | benefit of recycled toner cartridges is in |
| everyone on it. When you're finished with that it's | | | | purchasing remanufactured ones. Professional, |
| time to put on your capitalist hat and get moving | | | | quality refilled cartridges can be much less |
| because there are financial benefits to recycling | | | | expensive than new name brand ones and often |
| toner cartridges too. There are companies that | | | | just as good. When purchasing these, however, |
| refill and sell previously used toner cartridges that | | | | make sure it is a reputable remanufacturer that |
| will pay a few dollars per cartridges for your | | | | gives some form of guarantee with their product |
| empties. You probably won't become rich turning | | | | both for its malfunction and any damage it could |
| in your old cartridges, just like you won't by | | | | cause to your machine. This is especially important |
| recycling cans, but coupled with a few other | | | | because most manufacturers of printers and |
| financial benefits, you might begin to see why | | | | copiers will only warranty malfunction caused by |
| recycling is worth it. | | | | their machine and their print cartridges. As long as |
| If you want to recycle toner cartridges, first you | | | | the remanufacturer does a quality job, you will |
| need to use them. If this does not apply to you | | | | probably find that the best reason to recycle |
| then you should probably skip the reading and | | | | toner cartridges is to buy them again refilled, as |
| start picking up cans. Seriously though, if you use | | | | good as new and much less expensive. |