Keep Your Printer Cartridges Out of Landfills with Toner Cartridge Recycling

In today’s environmentally-conscious climate, consumers are more interested in patronizing businesses that are focused on sustainability and corporate responsibility.

This eco-conscious consumer attitude means that any action you take toward preserving our environment, like participating in recycling cartridges and responsible cartridge disposal, can set you apart from your competition.

​Adopting programs that encourage sustainability is a win-win situation for your business — and our environment. Make no mistake, toner cartridge recycling represents a considerable benefit to the health of the environment as toner cartridges, when not properly recycled, make an enormous negative impact on our planet.

The Importance of Toner Cartridge Recycling for Sustainability
If you think that little toner cartridge doesn’t impact the environment, think again. From production to disposal, toner cartridges can be an eco-nightmare if not handled with sustainability in mind.

Let’s look at some fast facts on the enormous environmental impact of toner cartridges as well as the benefits of adopting a toner cartridge recycling program:

Environmental Impact
Recycling your toner cartridges can make an enormous positive impact on the health of our planet as well as help your company achieve a reputation for sustainability and corporate responsibility.

Here are some quick facts about the impact of toner cartridges:

● In the US, 300 million cartridges are consigned to landfills each year
● It takes 450 years for just one of these cartridges to break down
● Each new toner cartridge takes 3.8 kg of oil to produce
● Not including the toner, each cartridge emits 4.8 kg CO2
● Remanufactured toner cartridges keep over 38,000 tons of waste from being deposited in landfills

The facts are clear: Just participating in a toner collection program can help show your customers that you’re committed to protecting and nurturing our environment.

The Green Office Advantage
Companies worldwide are making a move toward transforming traditional office spaces into sustainable environments to benefit not only their employees, but also their bottom lines.

In fact, research has proven that offices who include green practices, like recycling, in their daily operations, show a boost in employee productivity and provide an environment that encourages employee satisfaction.

Importantly, adopting a toner recycling policy can assist in increasing your triple bottom line (TBL). The triple bottom line adds environmental and social impact on profits and ROI to determine your business’s actual standing in the public eye.

Cost Savings
Programs that focus on toner cartridge recycling are created to be easy and free. You simply box up your cartridges in the original box and print a pre-paid return label to send them off.

Many programs offer rewards and savings for participation in recycling efforts, so your business not only participates in sustainability practices that help protect our environment, but you may realize cost savings on top of that.

Also, purchasing remanufactured cartridges (toner cartridges that have been recycled to meet or exceed OEM standards) can reduce your costs by up to 54%.

Ready to Recycle Your Toner Cartridges? Get Started Now

At Guy Brown, we make it easy to increase your company’s sustainability practice by offering free toner cartridge recycling to our clients. With our program, you can recycle up to 6 or more cartridges at a time. All you have to do is repackage the cartridges in their original box (or any box you have handy) and place our free shipping label on the exterior.

Next, give your package to your friendly UPS driver or drop it off with your other mailings at any UPS location. Individual customers will be able to qualify for rewards based on procurement and recycling program participation.

All customers who participate in our program will be able to show a commitment to sustainability and corporate responsibility — a big plus when looking to differentiate yourself from the competition.

If you’re ready to get started with toner recycling, click here to print your first free label and start your journey toward sustainability. If you want more information about our remanufactured toners for increased cost savings and outstanding quality, get in touch with one of our consultants today.

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