We've all heard and learned the mantra of the environmentally conscious - "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." How many of use actually follow it as closely as we could? What's the first thing that comes to mind when you run out of printer ink? Throw that old thing away and get a new one, right? WRONG!! Throwing an old ink cartridge in the trash is possibly one of the worst things you can do to your dear old Mother Earth. First, those things take up room. And there's a lot of them out there, believe me. Let's not forget that they'll be hanging around a long time, too. Next, those things are made out of some good stuff. I'm talking nonrenewable stuff that once it's gone, it's gone forever. Then there's the energy used to make the things. It takes a lot of electricity to run a factory, if you know what I mean. Lastly, there's the waste of good old fashioned money. Yep, it really does pay to recycle, at least where ink and toner cartridges are concerned.
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