The environmental impact of printer cartridges
It takes one gallon of oil to make a new laser cartridge.
Nearly eight cartridges are thrown away per second in the United States alone.
About 70% of used printer cartridges are currently being thrown out.
Over 75% of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it.
A laser cartridge thrown into a landfill can take up to 450 years to decompose - some components take over 1,000 years.
In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth over three times.
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