Some advantages to recycle empty toner cartridges

It is a step to create an awareness about environment in human mind. Recycle empty toner cartridges and it should not be thrown out for having some major faults. In following, it is described.

Every toner cartridge becomes useless when it gets empty. Most of the people do not know what to do with blank cartridges. So, it is dumped into the landfill sites.

What happens after throwing a cartridge into landfill?

Sending a cartridge to landfill instead of recycling actually causes multiple effects:

Environmental harm:

Discarding or disposing a toner cartridge is a kind of threat for total environment and miniature life (small creatures like insects, different small plants and underground seeds). It takes 1,000 years for the toners to decompose cartridges naturally as it contains multiple engineering grade polymers.

Health hazards:

Unsafe disposal of ink deals with acute health hazards like skin irritation, redness, swelling and other difficult problems. It creates trouble in respiratory system for prolonged inhalation. The International Agency of Research on Cancer (IARC) has diversified carbon black as a carcinogenic material. It is harmful enough for health and sometimes it is also responsible for causing cancer. Its excessive use in toner powder can create a harmful effect on human health. It arises question about one’s survival instinct.

Economic harm:

A new toner is made of 55%-65% Styrene Acrylate Copolymer. It consists of harmful carbon black, 30%-40% of Iron Oxide and also 3-4 quarts of oil. An amount of sensitive plastic and Aluminium materials is also applied to create the ink. All these ingredients are very expensive which is responsible for a great economic loss specially when the cartridges are thrown into landfill sites after using.

What is next step?

The best solution is to avoid these negative impacts which is recycling the empty cartridges. Many companies are interested to recycle the cartridges and they want to buy the old one. They recycle the empty cartridge after getting it from you. Some of the companies offer money for an empty cartridge.

The recycling process starts by sending the empty toner to an existing recycling company. They separate the components of cartridge and also clean them thoroughly. This is the process to refill and re-manufacture the cartridge. In UK, more than 15% of empty cartridges are being recycled.

 

Tonertrader is an existing company in UK who has realized the necessity of recycling cartridges. The team is committed to recycle empty toner cartridges for the sake of environment.