Printer Cartridges
Reuse
Reuse is a great way to extend the life of materials and keep them out of the waste stream. Try these ideas:
Refill your cartridges
Printer cartridges can be refilled up to six times with no loss of performance.
Remanufacture
You can remanufacture your Printer Cartridges for reuse at these locations. Please call for more info.
Arcata | |
| CartriCharge Imaging LLC | |
Safe Disposal
You can safely dispose of Printer Cartridges at these locations:
Arcata | |
| Arcata Community Recycling Center | |
| Arcata Stationers | |
| City of Arcata | |
Eureka | |
| Capital Business Machines | |
| Eureka Community Recycling Center | |
| Staples | |
Fortuna | |
| Fortuna Horizon Office Products | |
Factoids about Printer Cartridges
The plastic used in each printer cartridge takes more than 10 centuries (that's 1000 years!) to decompose.
Source: The Recycle Place
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More than 3 quarts of oil are used to produce each laser cartridge.
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URL: http://www.recycleplace.com/
25 million printer cartridges go to land fills each month.
Source: The Recycle Place
URL: http://www.recycleplace.com
Toner cartridge remanufacturing saves over 38,000 tons of plastic and metal from landfills.
Source: The Recycle Place
URL: http://www.recycleplace.com