In this world of ‘just throw it away’, we are being choked by plastics. If you look on the internet you’ll find that they have found continent-sized plastic islands out there. There are two of them, not just one. If you compare their size with the size of the United States, it is equal in size. It came as a surprise to them. Since they floated just below the surface of the water, and because they were rather spread-out relative to their neighbors in most places, nobody had much noticed these gigantic plastic islands. So, it is important that we start recycling printer cartridges.

One third of all businesses are now recycling printer cartridges, whether they be laser toner cartridges or inkjet cartridges. The amount of garbage that goes to landfills increases every day; and because huge cities such as Los Angeles and New York generate such a gigantic amount of garbage every year… they are deciding to get rid of their garbage in disastrous ways.

Many beaches are now as much as 70 percent plastic. If you separate the sand particles from the plastic particles, that’s what you end up with. These multi-colored plastic balls are slowly replacing the sand. How long will it take before they’re 100% plastic. Plastics increase the number of free radicals in the air. The more free radicals that we breath means the more our bodies have to try eliminating those free radicals via our Glutathione Peroxidase systems. One of the reasons we’re loading our bodies up with antioxidants such as Vitamin-C, Beta carotene, Vitamin-A and drinking so many drinks with Acai and Mangosteen in them is because we are a free-radical mess. How often do you change out your printer cartridge? Once a week? Every one of those has to go somewhere. Many are going directly into our oceans. Recycling printer cartridges is a way you can reduce the amount of plastics which are going into our oceans and into the air.

Free radicals are the things which age our bodies. They’re the thing which causes us to get cancer. They’re the things which tire us down, make us lethargic and increase the amount of pain that’s in our bodies. Why is everybody coming down with such ailments as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome? Why have levels of autism shot off the charts? Will they find that all this plastic nightmare that we’ve created is related to plastics? Will all of these companies who rely upon the continuance of a billion tons of plastic a year ever change their minds about creating and dumping all those plastics into our environment? Probably not… so, the answer which makes sense right now is, recycling printer cartridges makes sense.

It’s really not that hard to recycle printer cartridges. Look on the instructions that came with your inkjet or toner cartridge and they’ll outline exactly the procedure you should use when you wish to recycle the printer cartridge. Contact Laser-tone International at 1(800) EARTH-58 and they’ll even pick up the old cartridge and deliver the new one back to you very quickly.

Also, with a little checking online you can find out about which companies in your area purchase printer cartridges. Some companies are creating cross-referenced lists which show your particular cartridge and how it can be remanufactured into another laser printer cartridge. There are things you can do, such as recycling printer cartridges, to improve the world and reduce the numbers of plastics that are being dumped into it.