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 OUR MISSION
To recycle toner and ink jet cartridges that otherwise would end up in a landfill and at the same time, provide employment for the disabled and disadvantaged.

Toner cartridge recycling has become an important segment of the copier and printer industry. Toner recycling technology has advanced to a point where the typical customer cannot differentiate an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) virgin cartridge from a recycled cartridge. This has allowed recycled toner cartridges to gain acceptance by end users.

The environmental benefit that is derived from recycling toner cartridges is significant. A typical toner cartridge weighs about three pounds and requires 3.5 quarts of oil to produce. Each year, more than 275 million new toner cartridges are placed into US landfills. To further describe this magnitude, in one year discarded toner cartridges placed end to end would circle the earth. Virgin cartridges can be recycled into new toner cartridges and remanufactured toner cartridges can also be recycled. When broken down by material content, the average cartridge consists of about 40% plastic, 40% metal and small amounts of foam, rubber, paper and toner. Approximately 97% of all these components combined are recyclable, equaling about 120 million pounds of recyclable material that can be diverted from landfills each year through the widespread use of cartridge recycling programs.

Most OEM's have a toner cartridge-recycling program whereby the customer can return a used cartridge to the manufacturer. Some of the existing parts are reconditioned to "likenew." Parts that cannot be reconditioned, such as plastics, are ground up and used in making other products. The packaging used to ship the cartridges is even recycled. The OEM will then recycle that cartridge into what is often sold as a virgin cartridge.