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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 506422" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p>The piecemeal process of recycling <a href="http://www.techradar.com/search/results?searchterm=inkjet&dated=&datem=&datey=&show=&sort=date" target="_blank">inkjet</a> cartridges may be centralised soon if a trial in Japan involving six industry giants bears fruit.</p><p>The clean half dozen, including Dell, Lexmark and HP, this week started a trial that has placed collection boxes for ink cartridges of all six manufacturers <a href="http://www.post.japanpost.jp/about/recycle/cartridge.html" target="_blank">in 3,600 post offices across Japan</a> [Japanese link].</p><p>Posters encouraging customers to drop off their used cartridges are in place - they also explain that the entire collection is sorted and each piece of plastic is returned to its maker for recycling.</p><p><strong>Current rates are low</strong></p><p>The current system in Japan and many Western countries relies on individual companies placing collection boxes in electronics shops and supermarkets.</p><p>This yields a low 10 per cent recycling rate on all cartridges purchased - a figure the Japanese scheme aims to improve considerably. Given that Japan alone uses 200 million of the disposable ink shots a year, the scope for improvement is clear.</p><p>Although the two <a href="http://www.japanpost.jp/en/" target="_blank">Tokyo post offices</a> we visited this afternoon had yet to see their first ink deposit, the firms involved all have high hopes, saying they may take the scheme overseas if it works well.</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/peripherals/inkjet-recycling-scheme-aims-for-greener-times-314832" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 506422, member: 259515"] The piecemeal process of recycling [URL="http://www.techradar.com/search/results?searchterm=inkjet&dated=&datem=&datey=&show=&sort=date"]inkjet[/URL] cartridges may be centralised soon if a trial in Japan involving six industry giants bears fruit. The clean half dozen, including Dell, Lexmark and HP, this week started a trial that has placed collection boxes for ink cartridges of all six manufacturers [URL="http://www.post.japanpost.jp/about/recycle/cartridge.html"]in 3,600 post offices across Japan[/URL] [Japanese link]. Posters encouraging customers to drop off their used cartridges are in place - they also explain that the entire collection is sorted and each piece of plastic is returned to its maker for recycling. [B]Current rates are low[/B] The current system in Japan and many Western countries relies on individual companies placing collection boxes in electronics shops and supermarkets. This yields a low 10 per cent recycling rate on all cartridges purchased - a figure the Japanese scheme aims to improve considerably. Given that Japan alone uses 200 million of the disposable ink shots a year, the scope for improvement is clear. Although the two [URL="http://www.japanpost.jp/en/"]Tokyo post offices[/URL] we visited this afternoon had yet to see their first ink deposit, the firms involved all have high hopes, saying they may take the scheme overseas if it works well. [url=http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/peripherals/inkjet-recycling-scheme-aims-for-greener-times-314832]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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