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Many people don’t realize that when they throw away their cartridge to the landfill, that cartridge won’t actually go away for about 500 to 900 more years. That means that you should really think before you throw away your cartridges, because you are leaving a negative impact on the planet that will be around for centuries after you are gone. It hardly seems fair that so many people still refuse to recycle their cartridges instead of throwing them into the garbage.

The cold harsh truth is that more than fifty percent of toner cartridges and more than seventy five percent of all ink cartridges are thrown to the garbage can each year. However, starting in the year 2000 different organizations have taken steps to do something about the recycling situation. In that year of efforts to recycle more cartridges using ink and toner cartridge recycling programs, organizations saved an amount of energy that is equal to that of 5.5 million households. In the year 2006, the efforts throughout the nation proved to save an amount of energy that is equal to that of 10 million households.

Since 2000, the nation has managed to recycle enough cartridges that reduced the greenhouse emissions by as 30 million cars being removed from our roads. As you can see, simple steps towards encouraging the recycling of cartridges goes a long way with our planet. You can make huge differences in the world just by starting up an ink or toner cartridge recycling program at your place of work or your school. Creating awareness is the first step towards a healthier planet and, remember, we all have to share this earth together, so we should work together to keep it clean. Recycling your cartridges is a great first step towards doing so.