Thursday, November 26, 2015

Protect Your Environment- Recycling Cartridges

By Armando Rodriguez


Our environment is in a huge need of sustainable development. With the growth of the industries the growth of the waste materials has also increased. This plays a very vital role in maintaining the earth's absorbing capacity. There is a need for reducing the waste materials that are produced so often to protect the earth measures. One such step is the introduction of recycling printing cartridges. Recycling cartridges have a very positive impact on the environment.

There is a very genuine reason why you should concentrate on recycling cartridges? It's a fact that every second person has a computer at home, and among them every third person uses a printer. Now if a person uses three to four cartridges in a year then imagine the number of cartridges that fall out as waste materials. If the cartridge recycling is done, we get a two way profit from it. First, the recycled cartridges can again be used and they work as same as a new cartridge. Second, it reduces the cost of producing new cartridges, hence save lots of money too.

Waste material disposal is a matter of concern for everyone. One of the most traditional methods used to dispose the waste is dumping. Dumping simply means collecting all the waste materials in a big pit made in the ground. Though dumping is an effective method, it is also a cause of lot of pollution too. The substance in the pit is found to emit greenhouse gases, cause water pollution and also cause diseases. Recycling printer cartridges reduces some of the waste materials and prevents landfilling of the wastes.

The cartridges contains various toxic materials, the increased usage of printers has increases the number of cartridges in the dumping yard. Recycling the cartridges helps people to use the same cartridges again not only this but it also reduces the pressure on the land. Recycling of printer cartridges also has other positive impacts on the environment.

Decomposition is a natural process of the environment, it is a very slow process and the amount of waste materials adds extra pressure on it. Recycling the printer cartridges also helps decomposition. The constituents of cartridges are plastics that are prepared by combining several industrial polymers; the polymers are held strongly by the carbon atoms. This prevents them from being converted into small particles for decomposition.

Recycling of cartridges is a very important and a necessary step it has several benefits towards the environment. For example, it helps to conserve the energy that is used in the preparation of new cartridges. Recycling cartridges is easier and less expensive compared to creation of new cartridges. Recycling is even cost effective as it saves a lot of money on raw materials required to make new cartridges. The dumping of the cartridges results in the emission of carbon dioxide.Recycling prevents dumping of toner cartridges and in turn prevents the emission of harmful gases.

The production of cartridges involves the usage of lots of resources such as the oil, plastics, rubber, aluminium and also timber. Recycling cartridges helps to save the natural resources too. Protecting trees is one of the most discussed topics in the world. Recycling printer cartridges also reduces the cutting down of trees for timber.

The recycled cartridges are easy available in the market. The processing cost of the recycled toner cartridges is low. Therefore the cost of the recycled cartridges is also very less compared to the new ones. The recycled cartridges also provide you with the same quality and durability as the new one. Also if you have empty cartridges at home, then you can get money in return of your used cartridge by the companies that buy use cartridges to recycle them.




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