In North America, Epson is offering to recycle used cartridges, which of course is a great idea; however they are charging a fee to the consumer to do so. Most consumers would argue as to why they should pay to recycle the Epson cartridges when they wish to return them for recycling. One such company that is currently working on a viable solution to re-use empty Epson cartridges is Printcountry.com. Their new recycling program focuses greatly on ways to successfully recycle Epson ink cartridges. When Epson ink cartridges are returned they are usually messy and difficult to be disassembled. They also have a strong smell which is emitted in the air by the remaining ink. This makes it a problem storing them in a warehouse and to work on, however Printcountry.com is determined to find a way to reuse the Epson cartridges. Printcountry.com does offer a buyback program for recycling other ink cartridges like Hewlett Packard and Canon models, but Epson cartridges that are taken back have no value other than they will be used to research a way that they can be recycled. Recycling Epson ink cartridges is definitely not a waste of time as the ones thrown away add to the millions that end up in landfills annually. In landfills they leak their toxic ink into the soil making it difficult to use if environmental restoration is to take place there later on. The ink can also make its way into waterways killing fish, frogs and other aquatic life. Recycling Epson cartridges is an issue that needs to be looked at more closely and an appropriate answer needs to be found. The solution is near, but in the mean time people should consider recycling the alternative models by such companies as Hewlett Packard, Cannon and Lexmark since there is already an established recycling market for these cartridges.
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