| Just about everything is recyclable. One way or | | | | will be familiar with. They may not be the most |
| the other everything will return to dust at some | | | | recycled product but they can be considered one |
| point in the future. The only differences are how | | | | on the most beneficially recycled where trash and |
| quickly and in what form will they get there. | | | | aluminum prices are concerned. Your next printer |
| Recycling is a process that helps the products | | | | likely won’t have much aluminum from cans in |
| along their path in the right way. The mantra of | | | | it but it will help with other areas of printing like |
| “reduce-reuse-recycle” is all tied up in the | | | | markers in the ink cartridges. |
| recycling process regardless of the fact that | | | | Recycled printers |
| “recycle” is used in the mantra. | | | | We’ve seen the recycled products being used |
| Unfortunately, some items shoot right through the | | | | in components of a printer, but what about |
| recycling process to turn to dust after only a few | | | | recycling the printer as well. You may not think |
| product life cycles. Others, however, take longer | | | | about it all that much, but there are quite a few |
| to get through the recycling process –which is | | | | minerals in computer peripherals like printers, |
| where reduce, reuse parts come in- and stick | | | | towers and monitors. |
| around for a second, third fourth and more lives. | | | | Maybe not steel |
| These are the products environmentalists like and | | | | In many printers, there is a good amount of steel |
| are often the easiest to recycle. | | | | included. For the most part, however, they are |
| The most and easiest material to recycle | | | | comprised of plastic. Plastic makes up the most |
| The most recycled material on the planet is steel. | | | | waste by volume in our waste stream and is |
| For the most part, this is due to the number of | | | | readily recyclable into computer shells and more |
| cars manufactured and the amount of commercial | | | | specifically printer components. |
| construction waste generated each year. Steel is | | | | Although there are many products that may not |
| a great reuse item because it can be melted and | | | | be the most recycled, in whatever measured you |
| recast without losing integrity. In many cases, the | | | | might consider, the world’s population is |
| next printer case you see may be recycled steel | | | | starting to recycle just about anything they can |
| or something close to it. Printers are notoriously | | | | think of. Yard waste is a very big category; glass |
| associated as a price loss leader so cheap steel | | | | is a large category while paper and cardboard are |
| and components need to be found; used and | | | | perhaps the most profitable categories. When you |
| recycled again if they are to be considered viable | | | | look around, you may also consider; the carpet |
| recycled products. | | | | you’re standing on, the filters your furnace |
| Aluminum | | | | uses and the waste fluids you use every day |
| Aluminum cans are a recycled product that most | | | | when recycling. |