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The following facts, taken from an article posted on Reuters.com by Cartridge World, are things that everyone should know before throwing those empty ink cartridges in the trash.

• It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new toner cartridge.
• A medium-sized business can use between 900 and 1,600 ink cartridges per year.
• Cartridges take up to 450 years to decompose in a landfill.
• Over 350 million cartridges are thrown out per year, and this number increases by 12% annually.
• Almost 8 cartridges are thrown away per second in the U.S.
• Every remanufactured cartridge saves nearly 3.5 pounds of solid waste from being deposited in landfills.
• 70-95% of used printer cartridges throughout the world are currently being thrown out.
• In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end; they would circle the earth over three times.

So the next time your ink runs out help the environment and contact LaserPlusUSA to recycle the old cartridge and we can help with any other printing needs you have as well!

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