| You can save the environment and save yourself | | | | Refills are much less expensive than buying |
| money if you reuse OR recycle old ink cartridges. | | | | another cartridge so you'll feel good about saving |
| If you are like most people today, you have at | | | | money too! |
| least one computer and one printer in your home, | | | | If you have never been good at that sort of |
| and more in your office. | | | | thing, at least consider recycling your ink cartridge. |
| If you have a printer connected to your laptop or | | | | Look into these options by doing a search online |
| desktop computer at home or in a small business | | | | or talking to your local office supply store. Many |
| office, you probably go through a lot of printer | | | | office supply stores will give you plastic bags to |
| cartridges each month. | | | | keep on hand. |
| Whether you are printing reports for school | | | | When you are finished with your printer cartridge |
| projects, business reports or papers, email, jokes, | | | | and you go to the store to buy a new one, you |
| recipes or references pages, that can amount to | | | | simply pop your old printer cartridge into the |
| a lot of ink. | | | | plastic bag and seal it. |
| And when you are finished with that ink cartridge, | | | | Take it to the office supply store with you and |
| what do you do with it? You probably just throw | | | | drop it off to them to recycle. They may even |
| it away and install a new ink cartridge, right? | | | | give you a discount on your new printer cartridge |
| All of those ink cartridges have to go somewhere | | | | when you drop off the old one! |
| and they are NOT biodegradable. So, in addition to | | | | Check into online store policies as well, as some |
| batteries and cell phones, we now have another | | | | will allow you to return your printer cartridge to |
| source of permanent garbage. | | | | get coupons or discounts on your next purchase. |
| Why not consider one of the following options to | | | | If your business is a bit larger and you buy your |
| make your ink cartridge last longer, OR recycle | | | | cartridges in bulk from a wholesaler, you can also |
| your cartridge when you are ready to throw it | | | | check into your wholesaler's policy regarding |
| away? | | | | recycling. |
| Recycling or reusing a printer cartridge doesn't | | | | Some wholesalers will allow you to collect and |
| take that much effort and it will really help the | | | | return old cartridges for recycling AND give you a |
| environment. | | | | discount on your next bulk purchase for each |
| If you are the adventuresome type, you can | | | | batch of recycled cartridges you return. |
| save money on your printer cartridges by reusing | | | | So, you DO have options. You can choose to |
| them. When your cartridge runs out of ink, don't | | | | REUSE your cartridges by injecting new ink into |
| throw it away. | | | | them instead of buying new ink cartridges, and |
| Instead, go online or run to your local office | | | | save some money in the process. |
| supply store and buy a refill for your cartridge. | | | | OR, you can recycle your ink cartridges, save |
| The refill process takes a little time the first time | | | | some money in the process, AND feel good |
| you do it, and the instructions may seem | | | | about protecting the environment for yourself and |
| cumbersome. But, after you have the first refill | | | | the next generation! |
| under your belt, you will feel like a pro. | | | | |