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.
Tags: Ink Cartridges, Recycling, Refilling
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