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Help Cartridge World protect the environment by recycling empty cartridges

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Whether you are a business, college dorm, hospital or community group, you can make a big difference by letting Cartridge World help you set up a cartridge recycling program. Inkjet and laser toner cartridges are an ever-growing problem for our landfills. The vast majority of them are thrown away after only one use, when in fact; they can be recycled and reused multiple times. By some estimates, as many as 8 cartridges are thrown away in the United States every second.

What can YOU do? It’s easy, REUSE & RECYCLE! Every cartridge reused is one less cartridge thrown into our landfills. Every cartridge reused is one less cartridge that has to be manufactured and shipped!

Here are a few good reasons to recycle your printer cartridges:

  1. It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
  2. In North America alone, over 350 million cartridges per year are discarded in our landfills, and that number increases by 12 percent annually!
  3. A laser cartridge thrown into landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose. Some components made of industrial grade plastics will take over a thousand years to decompose.
  4. Every remanufactured cartridge saves nearly 3 and 1/2 pounds of solid waste from being deposited in landfills.
  5. Remanufacturing cartridges reduces pollution. Almost 90% of empty cartridges are incinerated or dumped in landfills.
  6. 70 percent of used printer cartridges throughout the world are currently being thrown out.
  7. In one year, if the world's discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth over three times. Cartridge World is providing consumers and businesses with an alternative to protect the future of our environment. This proactive solution to waste reduction is a Win/Win for consumers, businesses and the environment.

Contact Dee Dee Neil to set up your recycling program: dd@cwlincoln.com

Cartridge World Lincoln works directly with local non-profit and educational institutions to recycle empty printer cartridges. As a local company, we offer several advantages – like the ability to give you credit for cartridges that are refilled or remanufactured in our store. That’s right – whether your supporters drop their empties in your collection bins (that we provide) or they come into our Lincoln stores, YOU GET THE SAME CREDIT FOR INK AND LASER CARTRIDGES! Plus, our recycle program is simple and requires very little work by your organization or staff.

We provide collection bins, pick-up your empties, and issue checks quarterly. You have the option to receive a check or we’ll credit your account against purchases. We’ll help you promote the program to maximize your fundraising activities.

Recycling cartridges can make a huge difference and can help you raise money.

For more information contact Dee Dee Neil, dd@cwlincoln.com.