“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi.

May we all be leaders on a path to a more sustainable future!

• Quality cartridges perform as well as, or better than, new cartridges.
• Support small businesses that care for the environment rather than the “big box” retailers.
• Reduce, Reuse and Recycle is the desired model for the lifecycle of manufactured products according to US Department of Energy and the EPA.
• King County, Washington purchased 7,250 remanufactured cartridges at a total cost of nearly $270,000 in 2005 and saved $300,000 compared to the cost of OEM cartridges (King County, undated).
• The City of Toronto reduced costs by 60% per cartridge when switching to remans (City of Toronto, 2006).
• By federal law in the United States, the use of remans cannot be the basis for voiding manufacturer equipment warranties (Nikolayev, 2008).
• 22 printer cartridges are thrown away every seconds—8 of them in the US—almost 700 million each year.
• HP Ink costs more than human blood!  (http://consumerist.com/2009/12/hp-ink-costs-more-than-human-blood.html) Ben Popken on December 29, 2009 4:00 PM
• Inkjets and toner cartridges are consumables; therefore, once the cartridge is empty, it must be replaced in order to continue printing. The “consumables” or “expendables” market is the most profitable cash flow business model ever devised. Inkjet and toner cartridges have joined the ranks of Gillette disposable razors, toothpaste, Q-Tip, automobile tires, ball-point pens, batteries, and a host of other well known products that are used everyday. (Ecotoner)