Cartridge World
Description:
Cartridge World is the world leader in printer cartridge refilling and remanufacturing.
Opportunities:
Franchises available in the U.S., Canada and several countries internationally.
Business Type:
Franchise.
Minimum Investment:
$117,100.
Training Provided:
Yes.
Home-based:
Yes.
Reduce Your Carbon Footprint with Cartridge World
January 30, 2008
Cartridge World North America has announced that its customers will help avoid one million pounds of carbon emissions annually by re-using printer cartridges instead of buying new.
This is the equivalent of taking almost 100 passenger cars off the road for one year and recycling 150 tons of waste instead of depositing it in a landfill.
The average carbon dioxide footprint of Cartridge World ink and toner operations is 40 percent lower that what may be expected from OEM cartridges. “Not only do we extend the life of a useful printer cartridge,” says Cartridge World North America CEO, Burt Yarkin, “we do so with more local content than the OEMs, which is more environmentally friendly.”
The carbon dioxide reduction of transportation-related carbon dioxide is over 70 percent for toners specifically. “Just like food, anything coming to the final consumer from within a couple of hundred miles is going to be far more ecologically efficient than goods shipped over thousands of miles,” says Josie Elbiry, owner of the Kamm’s Plaza Cartridge World location.
In addition to reducing product transport emissions, Cartridge World customers also keep cartridges out of landfills and reduce the need for manufacturing. Both of these results conserve resources and energy, reducing your environmental footprint.
Cartridge World at Kamm’s Plaza recycles all internally used papers, plastics and metals; currently runs recycling programs with nearly 20 different schools, churches and businesses; and currently spends at least 10 percent of its monthly grocery budget on local and organic foods.
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