Refill Not Landfill By Cilla

What do you think about the price of printer cartridges? I can't afford them. My printer has long periods of rest between bouts of frenzied use while the colours still give any semblance of anything other than black and white. The very idea of the printer being useable is a treat for the whole family!

So this week, with the prospect of producing hundreds of www.thisisull.com pre-launch flyers, I visited Cartridge World at 34 Cottingham Road armed with my sad selection of dried up HP empties to see if they could be revived and refilled without costing both arms and both legs. I've used the recycling envelopes provided at places like PC world for years (to do my bit to avoid contributing too much to the ink cartridge mountain) but not really investigated the re-use option before. Empty printer cartridges can be refilled or remanufactured by Cartridge World.

While I waited for the verdict on whether or not revival was an option for my cartridges, I noticed a petition on the counter: 'The Department of Trade and Industry is considering passing legislation that will enable cartridge manufacturers to produce cartridges that cannot be refilled…' Can you believe that? Outrageous! I spoke to John Clough, who runs the Cartridge World outlet. Companies such as his will be out of business should a new EU law be applied in the way the British government have chosen to interpret it. He told me that the issue is whether or not a printer cartridge is judged to be a 'consumable' or a piece of waste electrical equipment, which European law requires to be re-used or recycled. continued below...

Refill Not Landfill continued By Cilla

If the DTI decides to go ahead with the view that printer cartridges are consumables, therefore not covered by the directive: British companies employing over 2,000 people will be out of business within 3 years An extra 20,000 tons of waste will go to landfill each year as per usual, poor Joe Public gets charged ludicrous prices for their printer ink forever more

Scandinavian countries have decided that ink cartridges are covered by the directive and require cartridges to be made reusable. Why can't we? If you feel as I do, that I wish to continue to save money and our environment, get down to see John Clough (34 Cottingham Road) and sign his petition which is to be presented to the House of Commons and in turn, assist the DTI in reaching the right decision. Cilla Author. Email : Cilla@thisisull.com REFILL NOT LANDFILL

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