Cartridge World, an Australian speciality cartridge retailing chain, has emphasised the need to refill cartridges since the procedure promotes reuse and recycle.
According to Cartridge World, globally over 900 million empty cartridges are thrown into landfills every year and it is continuously increasing.
A laser printer cartridge is said to take over 450 years to decompose naturally. More than 3.4 litres of oil is needed to manufacture a laser cartridge.
In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth more than three times.
Cartridge World plans to open 250 stores across the Indian sub-continent by the year 2010, the company said.
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