Cartridge World helps reduce carbon emissions by 1 million pounds in 2007
Refilling and Remanufacturing Printer cartridges locally reduces global transportation requirements
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The franchise chain revealed that its customers will help avoid 1 million pounds of carbon emissions annually by reusing its printer cartridges instead of buying new. This is the equivalent of taking almost 100 passenger cars off the road for one year and recycling 150 tons of waste instead of depositing it in a landfill.
The study, performed by Brown & Wilmanns Environmental, LLC, estimates the transport-related carbon dioxide emissions of transporting original equipment manufacturer (OEM) cartridges from overseas production facilities to
“With the idea of carbon footprinting becoming a household term, we believe consumers and businesses want to know the impact products have on the environment to get from factory to retail,” said Cartridge World CEO, Burt Yarkin. “Not only do we extend the life of a useful printer cartridge, we do so with more local content than the OEM manufacturers which is more environmentally friendly.”
The study compared the carbon dioxide associated with the transport of three different ink and toner cartridges from their countries of origin to three
The results were remarkable. The study showed the transport of Cartridge World inks and toner can emit less than half the carbon dioxide than that of OEM cartridges. And across the three city average, with typical refill percentages of one-color inkjet, three-color inkjet and laser cartridges, the average carbon dioxide transportation footprint of Cartridge World ink and toner operations is 40% lower than what might be expected from OEM cartridges. Also notable is that the carbon dioxide reduction of transportation-related carbon dioxide is over 70% f