How an empty laser toner cartridge effects environment?

Do you know what happens to your empty laser toner cartridge and how it affects environment?
An empty laser toner cartridge contains no environmental friendly components. It contains chemical drum, plastics and a powder called carbon; and when the cartridge is empty and you throw it away into a dustbin, or when it arrives to the landfill, it will takes 450 years for its decomposition.

An empty laser toner cartridge contains no environmental friendly components. It contains chemical drum, plastics and a powder called carbon; and when the cartridge is empty and you throw it away into a dustbin, or when it arrives to the landfill, it will takes 450 years for its decomposition.

This product isn’t biodegradable. And this causes an enormous damage to the environment like water resources animal kingdom etc. We can easily see that these non reusable or empty cartridges are moved to the landfills.

So, what to do to prevent the ill effects of Empty Laser Toner Cartridge to the environment?

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle — The basic mantra of
environment is to Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle.

Reduce:The first one is ‘’Reduce’’. Reduce your printings, more specifically your unnecessary printings. When you reduce them, you’ll reduce also the involved ink, that reduces the toner on the paper; reducing this, you’ll reduce the paper. And reducing the number of papers, you’ll reduce also the storage required for those papers. It will consequently reduce the use of electricity.

Reuse:After following the first mantra of ‘’Reduce’’, the second one is ‘’ Reuse’’.Send your cartridge to an Indian manufacturer, who will use this cartridge to produce compatible or remanufactured cartridges. In this way, your cartridge will be reused.

Recycle:We finally come to the third Mantra, ‘’Recycle’’. This cartridge has to be safely disposed. You must give it to an authorised E-waste recycler, who will safely dispose this cartridge without affecting the environment.