the environmental impact of toner cartridges
- About 70% of used printer cartridges are being thrown out.
- Energy use by 20 – 40%
- About 75% of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it.
- A laser cartridge being thrown into a landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose – some components take over 1,000 years!
- In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle over the earth over three times