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Printer
Cartridges
- It takes
about a gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
- Almost 8
cartridges are thrown away per second in the United States
alone!
- In North
America alone, over 350 million cartridges per year are
discarded in our landfills, and that number increases by 12
percent annually!
- 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.
Used
Ink Jet and Laser Toner Cartridges
Empty
ink jet and laser toner cartridges can be reused (rather than just
recycled) by sending them to a remanufacturing company that will
refill with fresh ink to be resold.
Reuse/Recycling
Options
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Cartridge
World - 8582 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77063; (713)
783-9200; Email: raj@cwdunvale.com
"Recycling
cartridges is environmentally friendly and you
can feel good about supporting sustainable development
for the planet’s limited natural resources and not adding
to our already overloaded landfills."
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Office
Depot - 5134 Richmond Avenue, Store 2250, Houston, TX
77056; (713) 552-1175
For
more information than provided below, call and
leave a message for a volunteer on Bellaire Recycling
Committee’s
Hotline at 713-662-8173
or send an email to the Bellaire
Recycling Committee.
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