A discarded printer cartridge can take up to 1000 years to decompose. With over 900 million cartridges thrown out every year, a mountain of e-waste is steadily forming throughout our Earth’s landfills. Since printers are commonplace in every home office and business, it makes sense to reuse and refill empty ink and toner cartridges.
Implementing green practices at times can be costly but, by refilling printer cartridges at Cartridge World stores, consumers will help save the environment and save money at the same time.
Customers simply get their empty cartridges refilled and find significant savings compared to buying new. Recycling bins are also stationed at all Cartridge World retail stores for the general public to drop off their empty cartridges.
Businesses can also help protect the environment and save money by participating in the Business Direct program, which allows businesses to set up accounts with Cartridge World. Cartridge World then picks up the empty cartridges; refills and delivers each back to the business. Businesses are saving hundreds to thousands of rupees each year by using Cartridge World’s refilled and refurbished and 100 percent guarantee*d products.
Naveen Rakhecha – CEO, Cartridge World (South Asia) says, “The basic Mantra for environment friendliness is Reduce – Reuse – Recycle, in that order of priority.
Reduce – Print only when necessary.
Reuse – Paper and cartridges.
Recycle – Paper and Cartridges when they cannot be reused anymore.
Cartridge refilling promotes Reuse & Recycle. As a matter of fact, many ‘new’ cartridges that you buy also do contain used or recycled parts.” The next time you see an OEM box, look carefully on the side of the box and you may see words to the effect of ‘For the effective use or resources we have implemented a cartridge recycling programme. This cartridge may contain reconditioned parts and remoulded materials.’ “So is it not better to refill and reuse your empty cartridges and save money and the environment, while creating local jobs?” asks Naveen
“With our continued commitment to the mantra of reusing, we look forward to the day when reusing and refilling cartridges is as common as separating waste materials in our homes,” added, Naveen
Cartridge World reports ink and toner cartridge facts:
It takes about 3.4 litres of oil to make a new toner cartridge.
Globally over 900 million empty cartridges are needlessly thrown into landfill every year and this is continuously increasing
In 1997 United Nations estimated that 41,000 tonnes of plastic contained within printer cartridges were being dumped into landfill worldwide.
Today that figure would probably be around 10,00,00 tonnes – considering the exponential growth printers have gone through and the fact that over 70% users throw away their printer cartridge after first use.
A laser printer cartridge is said to take upto 1000 years to decompose naturally
Every remanufactured cartridge saves nearly 3.5 pounds of solid waste from being deposited in landfills
In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end; they would circle the earth over three times.
A Cartridge World store is a ONE STOP SHOP for all printer related needs with the following offerings:
Refilling used Inkjet Cartridges with 100% money back guarantee*
Remanufacturing used toner Cartridges with 100% money back guarantee*
Free Cartridge care education
Free and Unbiased printer selection advice
Printer Repair Services
OEM Printers & Cartridges
High Quality Photo Paper
Free Collection and Delivery service
Currently Cartridge World has 48 operational stores across 22 cities in the country and aim to have 250 stores covering every city & town of any significance by the year 2011 across the Indian sub-continent. Demand for printer cartridges have been fuelled by introduction of low cost printers, Multi function devices (MFD’S), trends in e-ticketing and education. Current Industry trends and future projections by industry experts suggest that printer cartridge demand will continue to multiply at a very fast pace across regions as computer and Internet penetration increases. Cartridge World aims to cover all regions in a manner that a Cartridge World store is never far away from a customer and corner about a 10% market share in this period. They are doing this through a very robust and successful Franchising model. Cartridge World franchise business is rated as one of the fastest growing franchise network in the world (with over 1675 stores) and also has won a string of awards in India after its launch in 2006.
For more information visit: www.cartridgeworld.in
For Cartridge World franchise opportunity mail to mail@cartridgeworld.in
Address: 7th Floor, AFL House, Lok Bharti Complex,
Marol Maroshi Road, Andheri (E)
City: Mumbai
State: Maharashtra
Pin Code: 400059
Tel No: 6646 3500
Toll Free No: SMS “REFILL” to 56767
Fax No: 6710 5265
