It’s now even easier to help protect the environment …….
Feb 9th, 2010 by admin
We are very excited to share with you details of an Australian company, Cartridge Rescue, who is committed to help saving the environment. We were recently introduced to Cartridge Rescue by Greg, one of our loyal customers.
Cartridge Rescue reuses old printer ink cartridges and reassembles them into new cartridges and printer refills. This way Cartridge Rescue saves the environment by using the cartridge again rather than disposing it. In addition, energy isn’t wasted on unnecessarily ‘melting’ the printer cartridge down and remaking it into something else. Most ink cartridges can be reused many times over.
A great benefit of using Cartridge Rescue is that can organise for them to come to you to pick up your empty cartridges – at no cost! In addition to the positive environmental impact of reusing ink cartridges, Cartridge Rescue donates to charities such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service. They are also currently sponsoring Dani Samuels who is training to represent Australia in the Women’s Discus at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Ink Depot does not have any formal association with Cartridge Rescue but we thought they appear to be doing an admirable job in recycling printer ink cartridges. For more information about Cartridge Rescue please visit their website at www.cartridgerescue.com.au
Here are some interesting facts about printer cartridge recycling:
- Australians currently only recycle about 20% of printer cartridges – the rest go to landfill!
- Old printer cartridges do not readily degrade and have a devastating effect on our water ways.
- Most printer cartridges can be reused – the rest can be turned into something else – even the residual ink!
- It takes 20 times more energy to manufacture a new ink cartridge than to reuse one.
- A new cartridge uses up to 3 litres of oil in its production.
See our previous blog ‘Does recycling really help the environment’ for more information about your options for recycling.
