Printer cartridge recycling has become much easier over the last few years, and there are now a few ways to do it. One way doesn’t make a bit of sense, but the other is one of the smartest things you can do to save money and do something good for the environment. In this post I want to go over both ways to recycle printer cartridges, and hopefully show you why one of them is a dumb idea.
I’m certainly not a negative person, but this idea just doesn’t make a bit of sense to me. Print cartridge companies want you to send them your used ink cartridges so they can recycle them.
Great, right? Well, no.
They will charge a small fee for them to “accept” and “process” your old ink cartridges. Which isn’t so bad, but do you know what they’re going to do with them? Fill them back up and sell them to you again! You are going to pay them a few bucks to recycle old printer cartridges, for them to charge you a ridiculous amount to buy them again! There has to be a better way!
The Best Way To Recycle Printer Cartridges
The best way to do this is find a company in your area that will printer ink cartridges and replace them with a full one (a recycled cartridge, of course). This method assumes that you still have your printer, and plan on using it again, but not only are you doing something “green” by sending them your ink cartridge to reuse, you are also saving a ton of money by not paying full price for new ink. Printer ink is more expensive than gold, ounce for ounce!
These companies are all over the world. Cartridge World is probably the biggest and well known printer recycling company that provides this service in the US, and they will pick up and deliver.
It’s just common sense, refill your ink cartridges to close the loop and save money at the same time. Don’t waste your time and/or money dealing with the printer companies.
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