Why You Should Recycle Empty Inkjet Cartridges

- Over 30 million inkjet cartridges are dumped each year in North America

- Plastics used to engineer inkjet cartridges can take over 1000 years to decompose

- Worldwide this figure increases to over 400 million

-Statistics reveal that only 5% of all empty inkjet cartridges are currently being recycled

- More and more inkjet cartridges than ever are being thrown away each year. Email has increased the amount of paper used in offices by almost 50%

- 95ml of oil is used to produce each inkjet cartridge

- In the last six months alone, inkjet cartridge recycling has saved more than 50 million litres of oil. This is more oil than what was tragically spilled by the Exxon Valdez in Alaska's Prince William Sound in 1989

- Carbon-based gas is a major cause of global warming. Inkjet cartridge recycling helps reduce carbon emissions as well as to conserve resources and reduce waste.