Honest Inks’ Owner, Suzanne Reeveley
Nottingham-based Honest Inks nominated for Nottingham Post’s Environmental Business of the Year award.
Nottingham Post reported that Honest Inks’ achievement in reducing the amount of ink cartridges going to landfill has led to it being nominated for Nottingham Post’sEnvironmental Business of the Year award, with the company’s owner, Suzanne Reeveley, explaining that it only sells cartridges that can be recycled and buys ink cartridges “only from reputable companies who manufacture to a high standard and work as sustainably as possible”.
Reeveley, who set up the company three years ago after working for large ink cartridge companies, added: “Products bought through Honest Inks are environmentally-friendly enough to be reused. I’m trying to keep products out of landfill by making sure I sell only items that can be recycled.”
Honest Inks states on its website that it buys only from manufacturers recommended by ETIRA “because we know that the components and grade of toner they use during manufacturing are of a superior quality to that used by other suppliers”, and also remanufactures “original products wherever possible”.
In addition, the company runs a cartridge recycling scheme, Cash 4 Cause, allowing people to deposit used ink cartridges at recycling boxes located in Co-op stores around Nottingham to raise money for local charities; with Reeveley explaining that “so far we have stopped 2,068 inks from going into landfill sites around the world. Any inks that cannot be sold are sent separately to a company that reuse the plastics.
“We have remanufactured 882 of these into high-quality products. Through this we have raised £675.54 ($1,102/€865) for local good causes and charities in Nottingham and Derby”.
Commenting on the award nomination, Reevely said: “I am very pleased to be part of these awards. It’s a key time because the UK is far behind the rest of Europe, so it’s time to get our act together.”