Archive for October, 2009

Why is it a good idea to recycle your Hp Ink cartridges?

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

Think of your pocket! Most Hp ink cartridges are worth money as an empty. You could cash them in through our HP ink cartridge recycling scheme. Donate the money to charity or have the cash back against your next order or to save for life’s little extra’s.

Think Conservation!  It takes more than 90mls of oil when producing an average hp ink cartridge. For every cartridge that has been recycled it means that one less new cartridge has been sold, less sales means less production which means less oil being used!

Think of the Environment! Hp printer cartridges are made of plastics and metals that will take 100’s of years to decompose when buried in landfill sites, that’s if they decompose at all. These days we are more than aware that land filling Hp ink cartridges is not a good idea at all.

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Other reasons to recycle your printer cartridges….

  • If the empty cartridges that people throw away each year were stacked end to end they would be able to circle the earth – that’s over 38,400 kilometres!
  • Printer Ink is dearer than Space Shuttle Fuel!!   It’s true…….
  • More than 30 million inkjet cartridges are dumped each year in the UK alone, the equivalent weight of 18 blue whales.
  • Around 14,000 tonnes of ink and toner cartridges are dumped in UK landfill sites each year!  We are only a small island, how long can this continue?
  • Having your cartridge professionally refilled can save you up to 70% on your printing costs.
  • Printer ink remains one of the most expensive liquids on the planet more valuable than expensive perfumes (New York Times 18.08.09)

Refilling Ink Cartridges

Friday, October 9th, 2009

In an effort to do more to save money and the environment, there is a growing trend in people refilling old ink cartridges.  It makes sense; it is far cheaper to buy a refilled ink cartridge, or get yours refilled than it is to buy brand new ones every time you run out of ink.  When it comes to considering the environment; millions of cartridges are sold every year – all of which take valuable resource to make, yet end up in the ground.

If you decide to save some money and invest in refilled ink cartridges, however, there are a couple of things you should look out for.  For starters, make sure you use a reputable company;  dodgy back street shops do, unsurprisingly, offer cheap refills, but are well known to use ink of a far inferior standard to that which you can expect from a reputable vendor.  This cheap ink can stick to jets, blocking them and destroying the cartridges – sometimes even ruining the entire printer as well!  Buying refilled ink cartridges to save money is a wise move, but it’s definitely not clever to try to do it on the super-cheap!

When you’ve found your trustworthy shop or website (try us!), you may want to see if they can refill your own printer cartridge for you.  If you decide to do this, however, be aware that your cartridge might not be up to the job.  As they get older, the circuitry on the outside of printer cartridges gets worn and tired, until eventually the printer can’t read from the cartridge.  If this is the case, no amount of refilling is going to help – it’s time to buy a new one!  Luckily the same shops and websites that refill your cartridges often sell refilled cartridges far cheaper than brand new ones too!  So you won’t have to look far.