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By Gareth Davies / Published on June 26th, 2008 / Environment
Did you know that your empty ink cartridge can help you earn money or raise money for your favorite charity by simply not throwing it away! John Sollars of Mega Office takes a look at making the world a better place through recycling.

Did you know that your empty ink cartridge can help you earn some money or fund your favorite charity simply by not throwing it away! 
Very often we do not know what to do with the empty cartridges and they invariably find their way to the trashcan. Given these cartridges are made of plastic, they are not biodegradable and end up polluting the environment in various ways.  
A recent study done by a US based agency the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has found that 67% of the empty cartridges are sent to landfills, 15% are burnt to ashes and a mere 18% are recycled.  [..]
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