Recycle4Charity allows its members to participate in an environment-friendly program of disposing of empty ink cartridges while raising funds for their chosen charities. Recycle4Charity matches every used cartridge donated with a certain amount of money sent directly to the member’s chosen charity. Recycle4Charity has a wanted list of global buyers of used ink cartridges that reuse and recycle them.
Reusing and recycling used ink cartridges have greatly impacted the world’s environment. In the US alone, 350 million ink cartridges are in landfills yearly. The chemicals in these discarded cartridges, such as the volatile organic compounds and heavy metals in ink, are toxic to humans. It is unfortunate that in the landfills, these chemicals leak into the soil and the waterways. Reusing and recycling are the most practical solutions to reducing this environmental damage. What are the benefits of reusing and recycling ink cartridges?
First, the plastic material in ink cartridges would take thousands of years to decompose. Reusing and recycling these cartridges optimizes this life cycle many times over.
Second, manufacturing new cartridges produce greenhouse gases that destroy the atmosphere. To manufacture a single toner cartridge, the process would use one gallon of fossil fuel and up to two-and-a-half ounces of oil. Reusing and recycling cartridges prevents the production of new ones, which saves the environment in the process.
Third, reused and recycled products can return to the shelves within one month. At the same time, reusing and recycling create six times more jobs than landfilling and 36 times more than incinerating.