- In landfill an ink cartridge can take up to 1,000 years to decompose.
- In the UK alone more than 30 million inkjet cartridges go into landfill.
- If you places all of the ink cartridges end to end that are thrown away every year they would be able to circle the earth.
- Fuel for space shuttles cost less than ink cartridges.
- Across Europe in 2005 17 million ink cartridges were recycled, saving 6 million litres of virgin oil.
Mobile Phones:
- In the UK there are now more mobile phones than people.
- Every year in the UK there are 15 million mobile phone upgrades, totalling to almost four tonnes of silver and 600 kg of gold.
- Approximately 90 million mobile phones are sitting in cupboards and drawers in the UK.
- The average owner of a mobile phone has two mobiles that they do not use.
- Buying a new mobile phone leaves a carbon footprint of 32 global square metres.
At Office Green we provide recycling plans for both ink cartridges and mobiles phones. We have the simplest and most recycling focused scheme.
To learn more about recycling with Office Green visit our website at:
http://www.officegreen.co.uk/
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