| If you are in the market for inkjet cartridges, you | | | | sensors that are present and refill them with the |
| might be interested in a green alternative to OEM | | | | highest quality ink. |
| products. OEM means original equipment | | | | The remanufactured inkjet cartridges cost a little |
| manufacturer. They are made from all new | | | | less than OEM. But, the big savings is to the |
| materials. | | | | environment. |
| For example, when buying new HP Inkjet | | | | Statistics indicate that remanufactured ink and |
| Cartridges, they are OEM, made from all new | | | | toner cartridges could save as much as 283 million |
| materials. OEM is not the greenest option. | | | | gallons of oil every year and keep 570,000 tons |
| Remanufactured inkjet cartridges are the | | | | of plastic out of the landfill. Your toner cartridge |
| greenest alternative. When cartridges are | | | | probably came with an option to return it for |
| emptied, they can be reused and refilled. You | | | | recycling. This is how the remanufacturers get |
| have probably seen the do-it-yourself kits in a | | | | started. |
| local department store. | | | | You might be wondering how buying |
| Trying to refill the cartridge yourself is not as | | | | remanufactured rather than OEM Dell inkjet |
| easy as the commercials make it seem. It's | | | | cartridges could save so much oil. Plastics are |
| messy and they rarely work properly. In fact, | | | | petroleum products. Every plastic item that you |
| some Dell inkjet cartridges and other brands | | | | buy and then throw away is like throwing away |
| cannot be reset without a special tool. Even if you | | | | non-renewable resources. If the item cannot be |
| refill them with ink, the sensor will still say that the | | | | reused or recycled, it will sit in a landfill for |
| cartridge is empty. | | | | hundreds of years, because plastics are not |
| The tools to reset the cartridge are quite | | | | biodegradable. |
| expensive. You would need to go through at least | | | | As everyone is looking for the greenest |
| 10 or more HP inkjet cartridges to get your | | | | alternatives, they continue to buy plastic and they |
| money's worth out of the tool. Plus, the tools are | | | | fail to recycle. If you normally recycle or reuse in |
| difficult to find, even online and they don't always | | | | your home, you are doing everything that you |
| work. | | | | can to protect the environment. |
| Professional companies take the previously used | | | | Buying remanufactured ink cartridges is simply |
| OEM cartridge. They clean them and inspect them | | | | one more thing that you can do. You will save as |
| for breakage or imperfections. They reset any | | | | much as 60%, too. It's a win-win-win situation. |