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Cartridge recycling raises money for charity

A recycling scheme in Ireland has raised over €100,000 ($106,575) for charity since 2011. The Cork reported that Munster charities have benefitted from a recycling scheme started by Denis and John O’Donovan from Blarney, who started the appeal to raise money in...

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Recycling programme discontinued in US

A community group has had to discontinue its recycling of cartridges for fundraising due to lack of space. Hannibal Courier Post reported that the Douglass Community Services Kids in Motion (KIM) recycling programme is to cease with immediate effect, due to the lack...

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Cartridge retailer sued over junk faxes

A class action lawsuit has been filed against a cartridge business in the US for allegedly sending junk faxes. Northern California Record reported that Vahe Messerlian filed the complaint on behalf of others in the same situation with the US District Court of...

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UK business negativity examined

Research has shown that 63 percent of office workers are negative about their work environment. Small Business reported that research from Sharp revealed that UK workers were the “most likely to describe their working environment as uninspiring”, and the report said...

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Epson update on firmware issues

The Recycler previously reported that the OEM’s wireless internet printers kept crashing after a firmware update, and that Google Cloud Print may also have been a cause, and since then, the OEM has looked into the problem and discovered the problem lay with Google Cloud Print.

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Inkjet resins market growing

The global inkjet resins market is set to show expansive growth by 2024. In a press release it was reported that the “rising demands for printing inks from the end user industries is expected to drive the ink resins market”, and that there would be a high demand from...

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US identity thefts using printers

Oklahoma police arrested two people after finding alleged “stolen cheques, a printer and stolen mail”. Fox 23 reported that if it had not been for a hotel clerk’s observance, there could have been close to 150 identity thefts, and police said that his attention to...

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UK changes to salary sacrifice plan

The UK government has announced plans to restrict the tax-free benefits offered by the schemes. Perkbox reported in a document that Philip Hammond intends to restrict the salary sacrifice scheme of tax-free benefits in 2017. The schemes were introduced so that...

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KMP honours employees

The German remanufacturer honoured long-term employees at its Christmas party. In a press release, KMP said that it is proud of its workforce, and that long-serving employees were honoured at a Christmas party, which was the highlight of the evening. Amongst those...

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Canon’s African sustainability

The OEM is celebrating its second year of its Miraisha sustainability in Africa. Canon’s Miraisha programme has been running since 2014 and has trained over 2,500 participant in that time. The programme runs closely with Canon Central and North Africa and aims to...

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