Going Green By Rebuilding Cartridges
Printer cartridges are one of those items that are most essential to getting a job done. No matter what the scale of your printing, the cost of ink cartridges gets to be a noticeable expense. In years gone by, manufacturers of printers required the use of specific cartridges of their making to keep the printers functioning. Users now have the option of refilling original ink cartridges and going green rather than replacing them. Youtube has an excellent video that can fill you in with more details on going green by rebuilding cartridges.
Two advantages of recycling immediately come to the forefront. Ecologically speaking, reusing a plastic cartridge uses no fossil fuel to produce the plastic ink cartridge. Secondly, the cost of refilling an existing cartridge costs considerably less than manufacturing and filling a new one. That does not take into account the expensive and excessive packaging and shipping costs. Any savings that can help business’ bottom line is worthwhile. Recycled cartridges cost 40 to 50 percent less than new. At first blush, it could seem that the amount of dollars saved, or fossil fuel not expended might be miniscule. In reality, the opposite is true. Think of the hundreds of thousands of printers in use in this country alone and the countless millions of cartridges being discarded annually.
If you are willing to invest the time, cartridges can be refilled using the old standard “do-it-yourself” approach. Savings can be even greater, in some cases almost 75 percent less. Now we’re talking real money. If that is the approach of choice, research the various inks available. The web is an excellent resource for that kind of information. Many of the companies who provide cartridges also offer ink for those users who prefer refilling over replacement. The ink available is generally high quality. You can expect reliable results. There is a learning curve involved in the refilling process, but once mastered, it becomes routine and not at all messy as early refill attempts might have been.