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zakezuke
Who knows where they all end
Well, sometimes recycling means recycle into engery.... i.e. burning
them.
Well, sometimes recycling means recycle into engery.... i.e. burning
them.
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Arthur Entlich
Might I suggest you ask where they go and what is done with them.
There are a number of inkjet companies paying for supposed recycling
efforts with their ink cartridges. In general, the cartridges are
either refilled or striped down and recycled by materials.
But certain cartridges (and Epson seems to be the principal) do not
reuse their cartridge. Instead they are just incinerated (there is a lot
of "greenwashing going on behind the services they provide.
Art
There are a number of inkjet companies paying for supposed recycling
efforts with their ink cartridges. In general, the cartridges are
either refilled or striped down and recycled by materials.
But certain cartridges (and Epson seems to be the principal) do not
reuse their cartridge. Instead they are just incinerated (there is a lot
of "greenwashing going on behind the services they provide.
Art
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measekite
Arthur said:Might I suggest you ask where they go and what is done with them.
There are a number of inkjet companies paying for supposed recycling
efforts with their ink cartridges. In general, the cartridges are
either refilled or striped down and recycled by materials.
I WOULD NOT SELL THEM BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO PLAGUE OTHER PEOPLE
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amde
Wal-Mart can get $10 per ink cartridge that people sent in to recycle with their
envelopes! Forget their lies about helping the community by recycling.. it's
all about wal-mart making money.
envelopes! Forget their lies about helping the community by recycling.. it's
all about wal-mart making money.
J
John McWilliams
Wal-Mart can get $10 per ink cartridge that people sent in to recycle with their
envelopes!
From whom?
M
measekite
John said:From whom?
NOBODY CARES
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measekite
YOU CANNOT BELIEVE ANYTHING WALMART SAYS. IT IS ALL OVER THE NEWS AS TOWal-Mart can get $10 per ink cartridge that people sent in to recycle with their
envelopes! Forget their lies about helping the community by recycling.. it's
all about wal-mart making money.
HOW THEY MISTREAT THEIR EMPLOYESS
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AllEmailDeletedImmediately
Wal-Mart can get $10 per ink cartridge that people sent in to recycle with
their
envelopes! Forget their lies about helping the community by recycling..
it's
all about wal-mart making money.
the ups store near me has begun collecting them and cell phones. i'm sure
they get sold off.
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Steve
I have had terrific success with Lasermonks (www.lasermonks.com), excellent
ink and funding cherity work...
Seems win/win to me!
Steve
ink and funding cherity work...
Seems win/win to me!
Steve
M
measekite
SOUNDS LIKE A SPAMMER
I have had terrific success with Lasermonks (www.lasermonks.com), excellent
ink and funding cherity work...
Seems win/win to me!
Steve
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SoCalMike
home depot has a bin for worn out tool battery packs. ive taken a fewAllEmailDeletedImmediately said:the ups store near me has begun collecting them and cell phones. i'm sure
they get sold off.
apart, and theyre usually rebuildable if youre handy with a soldering
iron and can find the right replacements online or at fry's
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thanatoid
Well, sometimes recycling means recycle into engery....
i.e. burning them.
Does burning plastic actually produce any worthwhile "energy"
AOT lots of goo and stink? Seriously, I'm curious.
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zakezuke
Well, sometimes recycling means recycle into engery....
Well, a good burning plant which burns things from leaves to plastic,
where plastic does actually have more stored engery than wood may
require 5 megawatts/day to operate and produce 30 megawats of powe/day.
In all fairness, an inkjet cartridge is likely to produce somewhere
between coal and oil's level of engery. However companies that have a
cartridge to engery recycling program are not nessicarly as efficent as
large waste burning plants, and may not actually sell the electricity
to others. Odds are it takes more engery to make a cartridge as to
burn one, and not to speak of the polution issues. These thing can be
easily designed to be reused, but no one is interested.
Does burning plastic actually produce any worthwhile "energy"
AOT lots of goo and stink? Seriously, I'm curious.
Well, a good burning plant which burns things from leaves to plastic,
where plastic does actually have more stored engery than wood may
require 5 megawatts/day to operate and produce 30 megawats of powe/day.
In all fairness, an inkjet cartridge is likely to produce somewhere
between coal and oil's level of engery. However companies that have a
cartridge to engery recycling program are not nessicarly as efficent as
large waste burning plants, and may not actually sell the electricity
to others. Odds are it takes more engery to make a cartridge as to
burn one, and not to speak of the polution issues. These thing can be
easily designed to be reused, but no one is interested.
E
Edwin Pawlowski
Well, sometimes recycling means recycle into engery....
Styrene plastic contains 18,000 Btu of energy per pound. It can be burned
properly with very little pollution, no more than any other fossil fuel.
There are advantages of it burning also. Trash to energy plants get all
sorts of stuff, some very hot burning, some soggy and hard to burn. With a
proper mix of high energy materials, it is possible to burn the other
garbage easier and cleaner.
Some years ago I worked for a plastics company and we used to have hte scrap
hauled to an incinerator. The operator used to keep some aside for the
reason I just described.
I work for another plastics company today. We recycle over 95% of our scrap
and take in some from consumers. We invested $100,000 dollars for the
equipment to do this.
Styrene plastic contains 18,000 Btu of energy per pound. It can be burned
properly with very little pollution, no more than any other fossil fuel.
There are advantages of it burning also. Trash to energy plants get all
sorts of stuff, some very hot burning, some soggy and hard to burn. With a
proper mix of high energy materials, it is possible to burn the other
garbage easier and cleaner.
Some years ago I worked for a plastics company and we used to have hte scrap
hauled to an incinerator. The operator used to keep some aside for the
reason I just described.
I work for another plastics company today. We recycle over 95% of our scrap
and take in some from consumers. We invested $100,000 dollars for the
equipment to do this.
T
thanatoid
<SNIP>
Thank you both for you very informative answers. Too bad there
aren't more people like you on the Usenet.
Thank you both for you very informative answers. Too bad there
aren't more people like you on the Usenet.
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Arthur Entlich
The problem with Epson's incinerating of their cartridges is that they
aren't styrene plastic. In fact, they are made up of numerous different
types of plastics, which probably burn at different temperatures, so
getting a clean burn wouldn't be easy. Further, they are still
partially filled with the water based inks, pigments, glycols, and other
chemicals, which likely synergistically produce a soup of toxic gaseous
output.
Art
aren't styrene plastic. In fact, they are made up of numerous different
types of plastics, which probably burn at different temperatures, so
getting a clean burn wouldn't be easy. Further, they are still
partially filled with the water based inks, pigments, glycols, and other
chemicals, which likely synergistically produce a soup of toxic gaseous
output.
Art
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