Rapid Refill totally green
inked
it’s own method for reducing waste. Since 2002, the company has found
success refilling and remanufacturing inkjet and laser toner cartridges
for printers, copiers and fax machines. Drop boxes in video stores,
supermarkets, bookstores and dry cleaners make it easy for people to
drop off their empty cartridges, instead of just throwing them away.
Customers can then buy remanufactured toner cartridges at Rapid
Refill’s retail locations for 40 to 70 percent less than the price of a
new one.Dan White, president of Rapid Refill and a biologist by
education, estimates that the average Rapid Refill store remanufactures
5,000 inkjet cartridges a month, which would otherwise get shipped out
of the country and burnt as waste.But they don’t stop there. “We also
decided you can’t be in the recycling business if you don’t walk the
walk,” White says. In each store, “the countertops are made out of
sunflower seeds, the carpeting is made from post consumer content… we
even use floor tile that was partially reclaimed building
materials.”Those that walk the walk may also want to dress the part.