We live in your community
For more than 20 years, Cartridge World has helped the environment and provided sustainability solutions for businesses and communities.
Learn MoreThis means each day we recycle more than 200 pounds of plastic, amounting to 40 tons of cartridges* a year that doesn’t end up in landfills.
Recycling Program
We provide a recycling program with our partnership with Environmental Office Solutions. Ask your local Cartridge World partner about specific recycling initiatives.
Educational Materials
We continually publish educational materials and present seminars on how businesses can print greener and reduce their environmental footprint.
*Based on internal data from GPC provider of remanufactured cartridges
Greener Business Solutions
A sensible managed print services like the ones we offer help business sustainability by lessening paper waste and optimizing office printers.
This includes potentially reducing:
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- Paper waste by 25%
- Energy use by 20-40%
The Environmental Impact of Printer Cartridges
It takes one gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
About 70% of used printer cartridges are being thrown out.
About 75% of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it.
A laser cartridge being thrown into a landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose – some components take over 1,000 years!
In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle over the earth over three times.
