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Friday, December 16, 2011

Remanufactured Inkjet Cartridges- An Organic Way to Reduce Environmental Issues


The printer is a versatile peripheral at homes, offices and businesses. It prints texts, reports, graphics, photographs, school reports, and other important documents. Despite its great significance, the printer is one of the major sources of electronic as well as economical wastes in the world. The machine itself and its soul components called printer units are leading to the expansion of non-biodegradable elements around the world. It is estimated that presently about 500 millions of empty toner and ink cartridges are dumped in landfills annually. It is calculated that by the coming years, the rate will be increased by another 500 millions. This rate of statistical figure is a serious threat to environment because printer units are non biodegradable which means they will take more than 1000 years to decompose. Within this period of time, more landfills will be added to and the prevailing landfills will be increased to accommodate more run out printer and toner units.

Besides consuming spaces in the landfills, the printer units are also environmental hazards. They release toxic or harmful compounds into the environment that would contaminate our nature. Luckily, we have a way out to fix the problems and get a healthy option to run our printer. Recycling can reduce the amount of empty units dumped in landfills every year. Each of the empty unit can be manufactured for reusing called remanufactured cartridge. Laser toner cartridges can be used for laser printers and inkjet printers use inkjet cartridges. If you replace your printer unit with remanufactured options, you will not only save our planet, but will also save your money. The market demand for these alternative options is increasing as the number of environmentally conscious consumers is also emerging.

With the recycling of printer consumables, vast amount of resources are also conserved. Plastic, oil, energy and labor expenses are saved when empty units are reused instead of replacing it with brand new units. Moreover, it will also benefit consumers economically. Remanufactured inkjet cartridges are less expensive than newly manufactured cartridges. Businesses or individual users who want to cut their operational cost should consider using remanufactured or recycled option other than spending double the cost on original cartridges.

Although some people are skeptical of using remanufactured stuff as they think that their printer’s warranty will be cancelled or they may end up with inferior quality of products. Well, this is simply unreasonable. Remanufactured inkjet cartridges are of good quality even though they are sold at inexpensive price than brand new units. The manufacturers follow high quality standards in manufacturing their product to ensure that their product will meet the expectations of consumers.

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