Computers and Electronics from the Shadetree Tech

I was visiting my mother’s home a while back and she wondered if I could remove the HP 78 ink cartridge on her HP printer. Of course, I obliged. My mom is over 80 and doesn’t have much computer savvy. But as I was about to leave, she was just going to throw the old cartridge into the trash. ” Let me take it and recycle it,” I told her. ” That takes too much time,” was her reply.

What’s sad is that my mom’s attitude is just like the average person. We live in a throw-away world.. Folks tend to do something as long as it doesn’t require a lot of effort. If the garbage company provides a large bin to put recyclables in, you’ll probably do it.If you have to haul it somewhere or mail it in somewhere, that’s not so easy. Recycling needs to be made easy for the consumer.

Now my companies always buy reconditioned Epson discount laser toner from online stores.

At the current time, inkjet printers and toner based copiers are a way of life. Almost every house in the U.S.has a printer, and most use some sort of replaceable ink jet container or toner cartridge. If you trhow those away, they go into our dumps and will stay there for a very long time, eventually leaching carcinogenic chemicals into mother earth.

Most do not recycle their ink cartridges because it seems like a time consuming process or they don’t know how to recycle them. Many OEM cartridges now come with a self-paid mailing pouch that you can place the used up ink cartridge in and return it at zero cost to you. That’s an easy way to go, but there is  a potential problem with this slolution. The best solution is to help a local charity or church by donating to their fundraising efforts. It’s easy to find out if they collect ink or toner cartridges for fundraising. If not, give them a heads up. Donating your old cartrdiges helps a good cause locally and also makes sure that the containers will get reconditioned, and not just incinerated.

If you’re the kind who buys brand-name ink jet cartridges like Kodak, Samsung , Brother or Epson, make certain you do a little research before taking part in in their so-called recycling programs. Recent investigations have exposed that many of the name-brand ink and toner cartridge manufacturers make it easy for you to send your ink jet cartridges back to them, but they do not recycle them. Instead they incinerate them so that they won’t be refurbished. This assures that they will sell more OEM cartridges , and they make more money that way. That’s not environmentally friendly at all- so make sure you do your homework first.

Eliminating pollution isn’t the only benefit that occurs by recycling old inkjet cartridges. You can also save tons of money. Brand name inkjet cartridges run nearly 20 dollars each if you buy them new. Recycled cartridges can reduce your printing costs by up to 70%. And the cost saving can make a big difference for businesses of all sizes. My small business uses  Xerox 6r914 black toner  that produces nice-looking documents. Too bad the ink is so expensive.But we save more than $175 a year buying the reconditioned ink cartridges.The best part is that you can also be helping the environment and even help out a good cause while cutting costs That’s a positive solution any way you slice it.

It’s easy for you to do the same. You can get refilled  ink jet cartridges for nearly every kind of printer. Be green.Buy generic copier cartridges.