New uses for old cartridges
August 17, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: Dealers & Channel, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Printer manufacturers are finding new ways to use your old ink cartridges.
Take the progress HP has made with recycling. The company estimates it recovers 50-70% of the plastic in each cartridge it recycles, ZD-Net reports. And where’s all that plastic going?
A lot of it is used to make new cartridges. But HP’s also found another appropriate use: building printers.
For example, the printhead for the Photosmart D5460 is, on average, made of 55% recycled material. Most of the plastic is taken from cartridges collected through HP’s Planet Partners program.
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Tags: D5460, HP, Photosmart, recycling
