*NEWS*1 BILLION CTGS A YEAR IN LANDFILLS

[Anonymous]

TONER INK CARTRIDGES BY THE NUMBERS
450 years
Length of time it takes one inkjet cartridge to decompose in a landfill.

1,000 years
Length of time it takes one laser-toner cartridge to decompose in a landfill.

350 million
Number of new inkjet cartridges dumped in landfills in North America annually.

1 billion
Number of cartridges put in landfills worldwide annually.

70
Percentage of them that were used once.

One gallon
Amount of oil it takes to produce one new laser cartridge.

Six or more
Number of times an inkjet cartridge can be refilled.

Three
Number of times discarded cartridges would circle the world in one year if stacked end-to-end

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January 6, 2006 at 10:22 AM