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What’s sad is that this type of reaction is typical of most people’s attitude. Most people view everything as expendable. Recycling works as long as it doesn’t take too much time. If your waste management provider gives you a big bin to put recyclables in, you will probably do it. If you have to take it somewhere or mail it in, a lot of people will pass . But it is important.

Now my businesses always buys recycled inexpensive HP ink from online stores.

Nearly every home in America typically owns no less than one ink jet printer and many have several. Ink jet cartridges are consumables that can be used up in a few months for home use, and much more quickly when used in a business. Do you know what happens when we throw all those those container and leftover ink away? They contribute to filling our garbage dumps.

Many people do not recycle their ink jet cartridges because it seems like a time consuming process or they don’t know where to take them. Many OEM cartridges now come with a postage paid mailing bag that you can put your old ink jet cartridge in and mail it back at zero cost to you. That’s an easy way to go, but there is something you need to be aware of.

The smartest way to tackle the problem is to help a local non-profit by supporting their fund raising efforts. Just find out if they collect ink jet cartridges for fund raising. If not, make the suggestion for them. Donating your used cartridges helps a community group and also makes sure that the ink jet cartridges will in fact be refurbished, and not just incinerated.

There are a few things you need to keep in mind. Almost all of the well-known ink jet producers offer a so-called a recycling program, but be sure to investigate what happens to the spent cartridges before you send them in.

Many of the popular print cartridge manufacturers like Epson and HP incinerate the cartridges. They do this to prevent them from being resold so you have to buy their more expensive new cartridges.

The savings between original and refurbished ink jet cartridges can be tremendous. My mother’s ink jet printer required the HP78 color cartridge. I could have bought her an original HP cartridge for around $40. Instead, I purchased a HP 78 recycled cartridge for under $25. I saved money, a good cause received a donation and I made a positive effort to help mother earth.

My wife’s small business uses a Xerox Workcentre printer that has printer ink that is very expensive. By buying a compatible brand, you can buy the workcentre toner cartridges for close to a 65%%55% discount on each order. It saves more than $35 per month in consumables alone.

I urge you to do the same. You can get refurbished ink and toner cartridges for nearly every kind of printer or copier. Make a difference. Buy recycled toner and ink cartridges.