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USE REMANUFACTURED PRINTER
INK AND TONER CARTRIDGES
Although the use of refilled or remanufactured ink and toner cartridges is becoming
increasingly popular, over 90 percent of cartridges still end up in landfill.
According to figures from a study by office supplies but if you choose a reliable remanufacturer, the quality
distributor Office Depot, one returned cartridge will be more than sufficient for most uses. If you still
ultimately keeps about a kilogram of metal and plastic feel you need to buy original cartridges, perhaps for
waste out of landfills, and remanufacturing one toner demanding graphical or photo-printing applications,
cartridge conserves approximately two litres of oil. bear in mind that a number of charities, including
ActionAid, Guide Dogs for the Blind and Save the
Remanufactured ink cartridges can cost a fraction of Children operate cartridge collection and recycling
the price of a brand new original, and, depending on schemes to raise money.
the remanufacturer, can rival the “real thing” for quality.
There are over 100 remanufacturers in the UK, but
now even some printer manufacturers, who once fit
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their cartridges with “kill chips” which were triggered
when the ink ran out to ensure they could not be
- You may want to consider buying cartridges from
refilled, are beginning to come around to a greener
someone like GreenSource Solutions, who contribute
perspective. Brother runs a free recycling scheme
£2 for every unit bought to ActionAid’s educational
with pre-paid postage labels for returning cartridges,
projects, or Green Cartridges, who also contribute
as does HP, who is pioneers in the use of recycled
to charity and remanufacture and deliver to you the
plastics from empty drinks bottles to make their
same laser toner cartridges you have returned to
cartridges in the first place.
them, making them accountable at every stage of the
collection, remanufacturing and delivery process.
Printer manufacturers tend to warn users away from
remanufactured cartridges, saying they are unreliable
and of poor quality. In some cases this can be true,
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