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The Injustice of Printer Ink Prices Exposed

INK INJUSTICE EXPOSING THE SHOCKING TRUTH PRINTER INK COSTS MORE THAN. With the prices manufacturers charge for ink cartridges, you'd think they're filled with liquid gold. In actuality, that price comparison isn't too far off. Is printer ink really worth more than milk, gasoline and human blood? 1088x 789x 483x 105x 22x 2x SODA GASOLINE MILK LATTÉ WINE BLOOD THE COST OF INK IS Americans spend $24 800 OUTRAGEOUS MILLION BILLION inkjet and toner cartridges are sold in the U.S. every year. on ink and toner cartridges yearly. One gallon of printer If stacked end-to-end, all printer cartridges used in 2008 would circumnavigate the globe more than 5.5 times. ink would cost $3,385 and the average printer owner spends $400 on ink cartridges over the 3-year life of a printer. Did you know? Ink has origins in ancient China and Egypt, where ingredients were said to be soot and lamp oil mixed with gelatin from donkey skin. THE ENVIRONMENT SUFFERS TOO Despite recycled alternatives, ink cartridge manufacturers do their best to keep you buying brand-new replacemente. The impact reaches much further than your finances. Are extra corporate profite worth an additional 38,000 tons of waste in our landfills? 375 1.8 97. 4.8 MILLION BILLION of the materials that KILOGRAMS Ink cartridges are disposed of every year In the U.S. ink cartridges were dumped into landfills in 2012. comprise an Ink cartridge can be reused or recycled. of carbon dloxide Is emitted during the manufacturing of one Ink cartridge. 38,000 TÖNS Remanufactured toner saves of plastic & metal from landfills. OEM IS THE PROBLEM Most original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are doing their best to keep you spending more on ink. Some have even gone as far as to install special chips so no other cartridge will work in your printer. With cheaper, less wasteful options readily available, why do manufacturers continue to ignore them? ar 80% A BLACK OEM CARTRIDGE ROUGHLY costs 10 cents per page VS of the replacement Ink market ls controlled by printer manufacturers. To combat third- party vendor pricing, some priter makers are offering cartridges with less ink in them and selling them at a reduced price. A BLACK REMANUFACTURED CARTRIDGE that coste 2.6 cents per page. Some cartridges contaln up to 80% 40% less energy is expended when producing remanufactured Ink cartridges versus creating one of their total Ink after the priter Indlcates the cartridge Is empty. from new materials. Sources: 1st-ecofriendlyplanet, DataGenetics, Earth911, InkSaver, lowa Dept. of Natural Rosources, NPR, PCWorld, Preton, TheRecycler INKJET WILLYCOM Fighting the INJUSTICE of High Printer Ink Prices

The Injustice of Printer Ink Prices Exposed

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Learn the shocking truth about the outrageous cost of printer ink and the impact ink cartridges have on the environment.

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