In the seven years its been running, Planet Ark has recycled 10 million printer ink cartridges. That’s about 4700 tonnes of waste that didn’t go straight to landfill. That’s a pretty good effort, but I reckon we can do better.
Because of the plastics and metals in printer cartridges, they take a long time to break down in landfill. But they can be relatively easily recycled, either being reused by printer manufacturers or recycled into new products.
To find the nearest place to recycle your cartridges, point your browser at cartridges.planetark.org. It may take a little bit of extra effort, but it has a real benefit for the environment, so you should do it anyway.
Wilson Cheng
Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 1:40 PMTo recycle your mobile phones, go to http://www.mobilemuster.com.au to prind a reply-paid label to send your phone for recycle for free.
glennc
Friday, September 18, 2009 at 9:48 AMgood to know, cheers
Amy
Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 9:48 AMTo recycle your printer, computer or other e-waste, you can also search http://RecyclingNearYou.com.au