Cartridge World Newmarket

Refilling ink and toner cartridges is not a new phenomenon. The original founders of Cartridge World started their journey in Adelaide, Australia about 20 years ago. That lead to franchising and currently there are over 1,600 locations is over 35 countries. Many others were also experimenting at the same time. Trial and error and experimentation from these pioneers over the last 2 decades has lead to advanced techniques and outstanding quality making refilling/remanufacturing products, components and services a multi-billion dollar industry.

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Refilling is the most environmentally responsible way to re-use a cartridge and reduce its carbon footprint. Most cartridges are manufactured overseas. The cost of getting a new cartridge to you in North America is a tough one on the environment. Some people send their cartridges back to the manufacturer in those bags they provide, but even this is an extra cost to the environment. Keep your cartridges local, have them refilled locally and reduce the carbon footprint. Every recycled laser cartridge saves landfill sites approximately 1.5kgs of solid waste. Did you know cartridges in landfill can take up to 450 years or more to decompose?

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If you were to take a guess at what percentage of printer users still throw out their printer and toner cartridges, what would you say? 30%, 65%, 80%?  Would you be shocked to find out that 80% of users still throw their cartridges in the garbage?  Did you know that most printer cartridges can be [...]

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THINK GREEN AND SAVE SOME GREEN! Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.  I am Karen Thompson, owner of Cartridge World Newmarket.  Since July 2005 we have been helping consumers and businesses reduce environmental waste.   We refill and remanufacture ink and toner printer cartridges.  Besides the green aspect, there are great savings to enjoy when [...]

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