Ink and toner cartridges are mysterious items. That is, many people don’t give a second thought to what happens to them after they’ve outlived their usefulness - almost as if they will magically disappear. You might ask yourself: where do those old cartridges go?
The sad answer is that a great number of used cartridges end up being binned. That means that the ink or toner cartridge will either be incinerated or wind up in landfill where it poses a danger of leaching toxic chemicals into the ground or the atmosphere.
While there are a growing number of recycling programmes designed to recycle or dispose of used cartridges, many people are still unaware of them. In addition, many recyclers won’t accept remanufactured cartridges - that is, cartridges that have already been recycled and reused. Waycam Technologies Ltd hopes to change that.
UK based Waycam Technologies Ltd is a firm that specializes in recycling e-waste as well as used toner cartridges. Unlike many companies, Waycam has an innovative idea to turn even those “useless” cartridges into useful items such as garden furniture or fence posts. Eventually, Waycam wants to expand their line of environmental products to include TRI-wood (Toner Recycled into wood), a durable product that can be utilised in the building trades.
Currently, Waycam Technologies Ltd is the only UK based organisation with the ability to process all parts of discarded printers, providing recycling solutions for all toner and ink cartridges, fusers, and drum and transfer units.
For more information, go to: recycling4you.co.uk
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