Ink Cartridges - Do You Use Recycled Ones?

This post was inspired by Kathleen Elim's post on 2/26/08  NEW Ink Cartridges Need a Home.  I purchase my printer cartridges at Cartridge World  here in Las Vegas.  They are recycled cartridges.  After googling Cartridge World I find that they are located all over the U.S.,  with more than 600 stores and still growing.  There are three of them located in the Las Vegas area.

Cartridge World takes your used cartridges in exchange for giving you a reduced price on a recycled cartridge.  They also sponsor fund-raising through the schools...you donate your old cartridges to the schools that are collecting them and Cartridge World  in turn donates money to the school for each one turned in.

I have only had one problem with cartridges purchased this way and Cartridge World  replaced it with no questions.

Kathleen's question on her post though was what to do when you've bought a new printer and it does not use the same cartridges?  What do you do with the cartridges made for the old printer, they are brand new?  It's a shame to just toss them.  I think places like Cartridge World might exchange them out, although I did not check on this.  I did spend a little time today calling some of the non-profit organizations in town...what I found out was each place has different printers at any given time.  So my suggestion is rather than just tossing them is to try and donate them maybe by using Craig's List in your area, or just call some non-profit organizations and maybe you can find one that have printers that are compatable with your old ink cartridges. 

Just one more suggestion to help save the environment and 'go green'.

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