The Environmental Impact of Printing

The Environmental Impact of Printing 65 million printer cartridges are used in the UK each year Only 30% are recycled 45.5 million end up in landfill That's enough to cover Old Trafford football pich TRETFOR DA 17 times or build a new Blackpool Tower or cover Brighton Pier 10 times or fill Big Ben or stretch the length of Hadrian's Wall 15 times!! That's 1,095 miles! Decomposition rate - 450-1000 years CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A NEW PRINTER CARTRIDGE - 4.8KG OF CO2 That's 200,000,000 litres of oil per year and 480,000 metric tonnes of CO2 or the equivalent of a medium sized car driving 4 BILLION kilometres CARBON FOOTPRINT OFA REMANUFACTURED PRINTER CARTRIDGE - 2.8KG OF CO2 46% LESS Or 92,000,000 litres of oil per year and 220,800 metric tonnes of CO2 * Cartridge World At Cartridge World we pride ourselves on being an environmentally-friendly company. By using our ink and laser toner cartridges you are saving the planet's limited natural resources. www.cartridgeworld.co.uk The Environmental Impact of Printing 65 million printer cartridges are used in the UK each year Only 30% are recycled 45.5 million end up in landfill TRETFOR DA ENO That's enough to cover Old Trafford football pich 17 times or build a new Blackpool Tower or cover Brighton Pier 10 times or fill Big Ben or stretch the length of Hadrian's Wall 15 times!! That's 1,095 miles! Decomposition rate - 450-1000 years CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A NEW PRINTER CARTRIDGE - 4.8KG OF CO2 That's 200,000,000 litres of oil per year and 480,000 metric tonnes of CO2 or the equivalent of a medium sized car driving 4 BILLION kilometres CARBON FOOTPRINT OFA REMANUFACTURED PRINTER CARTRIDGE - 2.8KG OF CO2 46% LESS Or 92,000,000 litres of oil per year and 220,800 metric tonnes of CO2 * Cartridge World At Cartridge World we pride ourselves on being an environmentally-friendly company. By using our ink and laser toner cartridges you are saving the planet's limited natural resources. www.cartridgeworld.co.uk