Green Ink is Picture Perfect
Ok, so from time to time I have to have a serious sit-down with my printer. It usually goes something like this:
“Pleeeeeeease print, pleeeeeease…I don’t know what you want…ink? Paper? Re-start? Control P, print, Control P, print. Pleeeease…” My dignity aside, there is a reason I’m particularly fond of my HP printer and that’s their new inkjet cartridge made from recycled water bottles. We have the technology, we can rebuild it.
As of now, only HP uses this first-of-its-kind Earth-huggin’ process, turning empty water bottles and old recycled ink cartridges into brand spanking new ones…now numbering more than 200 million strong. This is wild and wonderful news for those of us with persnickety printers that crash every time we try to use a refilled cartridge. Oh and it crashes hard. I think it’s some kind of plot devised by HP to force me to only buy the expensive pack o’ ink…I guess I don’t mind so much now.
The recycled plastic cartridges work just as well as any other made of virgin plastic and HP guarantees that inkjet cartridges returned through HP Planet Partners are never simply refilled, resold or sent to a landfill. The folks at HP say they are committed to using 10 million pounds of recycled plastic this year, double what they used last year.
Of course, if you can, I implore you to refill the cartridges you have now…you can do it over and over and over again saving the energy, power and resources needed to recycle or simply buy cartridges that have be refilled already. Reuse, renew, recycle baby!
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Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
Wow, so much to learn! But initially the idea is a pretty simple one: Let's change the world through information, education and action.
Rox & Stacy are a lot like you: ecologically minded but sometimes just plain overwhelmed when charged with the task of making a far-reaching difference in the environment. They have jobs, families, homes, lives and pets.
But what if doing better was a simple as a light-bulb change, a reusable canvas grocery bag, recycling that soda can or a cold-water wash?
These eco-chicks just hope to have a little fun, learn a little more, share a lot of information and maybe make the planet a happier, greener, cleaner place.
Buying green is not the only thing, printing green and smart is even more important.
Start economizing - both your wallet and Nature needs it.