| The first rule in business is make money, | | | | practical business use a re-use strategy is |
| sell for more than your costs and create | | | | probably not a realistic proposition and the |
| value, keep yourself cash flow positive and | | | | time spent on actually refilling and cleaning |
| you will not go far wrong. With this guiding | | | | cartridges will probably outweigh any |
| capitalist principle in mind, recycling and | | | | commercial benefit from the cost saving on |
| adopting a environmentally green strategy has | | | | buying new or recycled products. |
| commonly been regarded as dead money that | | | | |
| provides no return or business benefit. In | | | | Recycled ink and toner cartridges offer the |
| this article we will be taking a brief look | | | | best way of reducing the environmental impact |
| at the business sense that should be driving | | | | of your ink use. Using recycled ink and |
| you to adopt a cleaner, greener approach and | | | | toner cartridges also makes a great deal of |
| reduce your business environmental footprint. | | | | economic sense as the cost can be a fraction |
| | | | of that of buying a brand new product. You |
| The slogan for environmental friendliness is | | | | can quickly find suppliers of recycled ink |
| Reduce, Re-use, Recycle so before you even | | | | and toner cartridges but you do need to |
| get to thinking about using recycled ink and | | | | ensure that you are getting a good quality |
| toner cartridges, consider how you can | | | | product. Check that the recycled cartridge |
| actually reduce using ink in the first | | | | is refilled with a good quality ink as poor |
| instance. Most of the ink that we use in our | | | | ink will not give the print quality that you |
| work and personal lives simply ends up in the | | | | demand while you may need more of it to |
| trash as workers get into the habit of | | | | produce the same amount of print thus |
| printing their work out to check it through | | | | increasing your cost and environmental |
| rather than proofing it on their computer | | | | impact. Also check that the ink or toner |
| screen. Changing worker attitudes and habits | | | | cartridges are actually being completely |
| will lead to a reduction in the use of ink, | | | | refilled as some unscrupulous suppliers cut |
| environmental waste and a direct saving in | | | | costs further by reducing the amount of ink |
| expense on ink and toner products in your | | | | that is used to refill the cartridge. |
| office budget. | | | | |
| | | | When it comes to disposing of an ink or toner |
| You can re-use your ink cartridges however | | | | cartridge you can strike a deal with recycled |
| this requires that you buy an ink refilling | | | | cartridge suppliers to take your used |
| kit and the procedure can become quite messy. | | | | cartridges off you. Very often they will |
| You will also find with a do-it-yourself ink | | | | actually pay you to take them away so |
| refill approach that the print quality may | | | | avoiding increasing local landfill (where |
| suffer as the cartridge becomes clogged and | | | | many cartridges end up) and defraying your |
| dirty while the ink is not dispersed as well | | | | business printing costs. |
| as it needs to be when printing. For | | | | |