| An absurd amount of printer cartridges needlessly | | | | cartridge refill franchise on my way to work and they |
| end up in landfills each year. Estimates are in the | | | | do a fine job while I wait. |
| hundreds of millions yearly, which is over ten a | | | | If you don't want to refill, some stores, for example |
| second. Many of these can be refilled, saving you | | | | many of the office super stores, will take your |
| money, or otherwise recycled. Some recycling | | | | empty cartridges from you. They may even pay you |
| programs even pay you for returning your empty | | | | for them, often 3 to 5 dollars per cartridge. |
| cartridges. | | | | And last, but not least, and suitable for the super |
| I refill many of my cartridges, which is cheaper than | | | | busy or super lazy, many manufacturers provide |
| buying new ones. These refilled ones are fine for my | | | | postage paid envelopes to return your cartridges for |
| needs and are good enough for just about anything | | | | recycling. |
| except perhaps demanding fine art and photography | | | | Don't let your spent printer cartridges fill up landfills. |
| printing. | | | | You can refill them yourselves or have others refill |
| You can refill many cartridges yourself and there are | | | | them, often receive a refund for returning them to |
| cartridge refill kits widely available. I don't refill my | | | | office supply and other stores, or send them back to |
| own as I'm pretty busy and messy, but there are | | | | the manufacturer through postal paid envelopes they |
| plenty of places that will do it for you. I drive by a | | | | supply with the cartridges. |