Comments on: Cartridge World Aims to Make a Dent in Ink Cartridge Waste

By: Ko

Ko — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:17:23 +0000

I don’t think this is true. Many companies such as Canon and HP have long-standing cartridge take-back programs, Canon just marked the 20th aniversery of it’s program. If the retailers selling these products refuse take-back or cannot provide information on this you should report them to the company providing the cartridge.

On the other hand, inkjet cartrige refill kits are available to do it yourself and this is simpler, faster and more energy efficient since it eliminates shipping.

For example:

Take-back

1. Ship new catriduge to store.
2. Consumer travel to/from store.
3. Consumer travel to/from store to return catridge.
4. Ship back to factory for refill.
5. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for each refill.

Wow, that’s a big carbon footprint for that little thing.

If you buy 2 or 3 refils when you buy the carridge and keep them handy, lots of shipping is avoided.

Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

Work smart.

By: Ko

Ko — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:04:03 +0000

A very simple way to reduce theft and packaging is for stores to display handing cards or tags hich are then exchanged at a counter for the products.

This is very commonly done in Asia such as Japan, China and Taiwan.

Using such system, products like ink cartridges can be sealed in a bag (to prevent drying) and placed in a minimally sized recycled cardboard box, which minimize shipping costs and energy as well.

Regarding refills, in Asia we can commonly buy refill kits at the computer or stationary shop which contain the ink required. This eliminated shipping cartridges back for refill.

By: tech goddess

tech goddess — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:52:18 +0000

Everyone is happy to sell you reman’ed inkjets and laser cartridges, but no one is willing to take back someone else’s reman’ed product to recycle again. It’s a warranty issue. If they reman a cartridge someone else already goofed up, they may have to pay to replace it. We have lots of reman’ed cartridges, but no place to send them to for either recycling or reman’ing.
PS, sometimes you can get your HP to reaccept your inkjet if you take it out of the printer and reinstall it as if you were putting in a new one. Often the printer will think you installed a new one. I think the printer only counts how many sheets are printed, so it gives the signal to replace when it thinks you need one. Many of us can see for ourselves that the ink is getting worse.

By: william rozar

william rozar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:09:17 +0000

Magazine is a division of the laser copier. At what time it do has ink it will not be talented to publish the stuff. Some magazine does not have good eminence that is it is ink and a little has high-quality of print. Sound recycle sealed unit is not an awful initiative as it would diminish the outlay.
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By: william rozar

william rozar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 05:08:03 +0000

By: rajesh

rajesh — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:33:34 +0000

cartridge is a section of the printer.when it does`t has ink it will not be able to print the stuffs.some cartridge does`t have good quality that is it`s ink and some has good quality of printing. Well recycling cartridge is not an bad idea as it would decrease the cost.
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By: jerryflower

jerryflower — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:17:04 +0000

Redesigning of ink cartridge is really a tough task. You feel it was wasteful, but you learn something new from this project. This is satisfactory for you.
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By: rajesh

rajesh — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:08:43 +0000

By: anthony pascale

anthony pascale — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:25:07 +0000

Good Morning,
You wanna sell ink cartridges I have the right audience. I house and maintain opt-in email and postal on over 11 million B2B records with full contact information. And I’m not talking about Dry cleaners and Laundry Mats. I’m talking companies that are fully office based. If you do not make your companies decision then forward this to the one that does.
I’m looking to get in-touch with the person or the agency that handles your online marketing efforts. Can you please send me the marketing departments’ phone and/or a contact in that department. Hope to hear from you 
Thanks in advance.
Anthony Pascale
COO- DATA GURU, the guy that tossed out the box
SMA Communications LLC | W: http://www.smacomm.com
P: 954.566.2510 Ext 104
Over 1 billion records delivered in 2007

By: Brett

Brett — Sat, 13 May 2006 00:11:36 +0000

I hope Cartridge World don’t steal your idea!! Cartridge World provide a good and valuable service for those who don’t want to refill their own cartridges, but according to an article I saw they have a few challenges to face:
http://printer.ink-cartridge.com.au/cartridge-world-doomed-to-failure
Brett

By: haiki

haiki — Fri, 05 May 2006 16:21:05 +0000

Think about any ink cartridge, for example, HP ink cartridge that has a warranty. Bad ink cartridge, color bad, light ink which appears watery, what-ever, they give you another one. That’s the way a warranty works. You buy a recycled ink cartridge, with no HP warranty. It may work momentarily, but then you get these same messages, remove cartridge. Why should my printer shut down after purchasing a recycled ink cartridge? But then if you buy an HP ink cartridge, your printer is up and running again. Or until that time HP thinks you have printed long enough, even if you have plenty of ink.
HP forces you, according to HP predetermined usage, in order for your printer to work, to buy their ink cartridges, or HP will shut your printer down.
But HP said the [HP initiated lawsuits] aren’t a change in HP’s policy that customers have a right to refill legally purchased cartridges or buy refilled cartridges. “We still believe it’s the customer’s choice,” said spokeswoman Monica Sarkar, adding that HP believes its products have better quality and reliability.
HP printing executive Pradeep Jotwani said in a 2003 interview, “We consciously make sure that our cartridges are reusable and refillable,” [He's talking about cartridges returned to HP for recycling] The company does put some limits on the practice, such as adding software that makes some of its cartridges unusable after a certain expiration date–either four-and-a-half years after its manufacture or two-and-a-half years after its installation.
Can Mr. Potwani tell the world, under what specific technical conditions, and reason, has determined that the ink cartridge has failed…..before the expiration date, or after purchasing a recycled ink cartridge, making my printer inoperable? And can he tell the world, a consumer would like to know exactly what is the meaning of legally purchased cartridges or legally refilled cartridges. An answer would be crucial to HP’s credibility on the issue.
Don’t focus on the ink cartridge, focus on the fact HP, and other printer manufacturers, stop your printer from working, because of some silly game they are playing of cheating customers before the ink runs out, or wrong ink standards, or what-ever. I say, go ahead send these stupid messages, but don’t stop my printer from working. This is anti-competitive, and in violation of anti-trust laws.
To be perfectly clear
Hewlett Packard recycles their ink cartridges by promoting that HP cartridges be returned for recycling, using a self addressed, stamped envelope. Allowing HP, through their “refurbishing and reselling” effort to conserve resources, using the various recycling facilities of manufacturers around the world contracted by HP. Thus, the mere fact that there also are other recyclers available to refurbish, and recycle ink cartridges, but except for lower cost, and the free choice of the consumer, HP has restricted the consumer the full use, and the operation of HP printers.
Smith and Roberson’s Business Law, ninth edition. West Publishing. Chapter 43; ANTITRUST.
“Characterizing a type of restraint as per se illegal therefore has a significant effect on the prosecution of an antitrust suit. In such a case, the plaintiff need only show that the type of restraint occurred, she does not need to prove that the restraint limited competition…..Tying arrangements. A tying arrangement occurs when the seller of a product, service, or intangible (the “tying” product) conditions its sale on the buyers purchasing a second product, service, or intangible (the “tied” product) from the seller….Because tying arrangements limit buyers’ freedom of choice and may exclude competitors, the law closely scrutinizes such agreements.”
Hewlett Packard has, unbeknownst to customers who purchased HP printers (tying product), tied as a condition, the purchase of new HP ink cartridges (tied product), or HP recycled ink cartridges, through the use illegal anti-competitive consumer practices.
After all, what are we talking about, it’s a ball point pen refill morphed into a printer ink cartridge. It’s a recycled auto part! Again, I say Hewlett Packard, and the rest of the conspirators, play your silly games by cheating consumers on ink cost, and supplies. I say go ahead! But don’t stop me from the use of my printer.