Did You Know You Might Be Throwing Money Away !
Did you know that some laser printer cartridges are worth over $20.00 each? Many people are throwing money down the drain. I’ll tell you how you can make money or even start a part or full time business. The cartridge remanufacturing business is growing by leaps and bounds. There are now Franchises setting up businesses across the US By the thousands. Empty ink and toner cartridges are in high demand and the demand is growing rapidly even some of the small ink cartridge empties are selling for $6.00. Some empty toner cartridges are worth over $20.00.
There are companies that specialize in buying empty toner cartridges. You can easily find them by doing a search on Goggle or any Search Engine. Just type in Cartridge recyclers and several will show up. Some of the companies will even give you a business plan and tell you the best methods for collecting the empties. Typically they will buy in small or large quantities. Sign up is free and they will have a price list that you can print out. This is one business that you can start with virtually no money.
Not all cartridges are suitable for recycling. Type one has the print head built into the cartridge this is the one to collect as they are the expensive ones suitable for recycling .You can tell these by the brass colored electronics on the back of the cartridge and the brass colored print head Type two is just a plastic container with a sponge in it. Ink is injected into the sponge these are very inexpensive to produce and several companies make compatible cartridges that is very inexpensive. Hewlett Packard and Lexmark are the main one that you will need to find. Lexmark makes many printers for other companies like Compaq and Xerox for example. So these are the good ones also The ones to ignore are Epsons, Brothers, most Canons and some Xerox cartridges. I have found one company that takes Epson’s.
So far we have been talking mostly about ink cartridges. There’s probably more money to be made in recycling the toner cartridges. These are the cartridges used in laser printers and many businesses use as well as some home printers almost all of these are recyclable. You can get a list from the company you sign up with. You can companioned with a recycling company to stockpile and recycle empty printer inkjet cartridges, and empty toner cartridges from laser printers and copiers. For every empty cartridge that is sent, you will receive you payment and usually All shipping supplies and fees are pre-paid by the recycling company so there is no cost to you.
Nearly a million “empties” are thrown away in the United States every day, so they shouldn’t be hard to find. Don’t hesitate to be creative! Here are a few examples of how some people have gotten involved. A member in Ohio ordered a tabletop baggie aerosol dispenser and printed several of them She made a small display in the waiting room of her dentist’s office promoting awareness and support . A family in New Jersey has been gathering empty toner cartridges and inkjets from the local school district. There are several buildings in the district and they all use printers and copiers. They collect the empties every week or so from the schools and send them in. To date, they have gathered and shipped ended 1,000 empties! Several people have taken collection boxes to their work place. Generally, people are very supportive of the recycling effort and are excited to participate.
Why recycle cartridges? Recycling unceasingly large amounts of plastics outof landfills. Every year over 300 million cartridges are thrown away. This means for year-end cartridge, about 2.5 pounds of plastic is thrown into a landfill. It will never go away! Recycling saves natural resources. To imagine a single new laser cartridge, over 3 quarts of oil are used. In contrast, a recycled cartridge only requires 1 quart of oil to be able to be reused. Recycling saves two quarts of oil per cartridge. This year alone, toner cartridge remanufacturing will save over eleven million (11,000,000) gallons of oil.
Richard Sherland
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March 9th, 2010 at 4:59 am
Do you believe it is "throwing your money away" to live in a rented townhouse?
My fiance and I recently moved into a nice roomy townhouse which is rented, not bought. It is 2,000 square feet, 2 bedrooms and 2 and 1/2 baths in a very nice complex/neighborhood. We are getting married in June but are planning on staying here 4-5 years and hopefully having a couple children before we get a house. Although ideally we would love to get a house right after we’re married, we want to start a family right away and will need fertility treatments, so we have decided to put our money toward that first and a house after (we have more square footage than the average home here, so I didn’t feel like this was a poor decision). However, we have had many people tell us we are throwing our money away because the rent we pay each money could be put toward a mortgage. Granted, they don’t know our fertility situation and might understand better if they did, but I’m curious as to whether most people feel it is a poor decision to rent rather than buy. One of my best friends is also getting married soon and says she would never even think of "bringing a baby home to a townhouse"…I was really offended by it because we are paying good money so that we can have a place large enough and nice enough to start a family, even if it’s not a house yet.
I guess I am starting to ramble…just looking for some opinions, thanks!
March 9th, 2010 at 10:01 am
You should do what you want, but please get some new different friends.
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March 9th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Housing prices are dropping and will continue to drop for a few years. You are better to rent now and buy later when the prices are near bottom.
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March 9th, 2010 at 10:05 am
Many Americans are renters and there are nothing wrong with renting a town house. If your neighbors are nice and quiet then the town house is probably a decent place to live even with a child. Once you think you are financially ready to purchase a home then do it. If you want to buy a place, try to save up to at least 20% of the house’s value for down payment so you don’t have a huge mortgage. My girl friend and I also getting marry soon and are currently looking for places to buy as well. As we started looking we realized that owning a house is not just mortgage but property, insurance, utility, and association fees if applicable. We are thinking about borrowing 300k and the monthly mortgage is about 3k even with the low interest rate of today. So if you are tight with money I wouldn’t suggest you buying a house right now. Save up some money first, take care of your fertility situations, then when your financial status stabilize then think of buying a house. Just remember, being a good parent is much more important than just bringing a baby home in a big house. With less money problems come with less stress, and parents with less stress can spend more time with their babies. The last thing you want is to let the house own you. Congrats on getting marry and good luck on your fertility treatments.
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March 9th, 2010 at 10:07 am
So many Americans are pressured into buying homes when the time isn’t right for them. It is up to you and your immediately family ONLY to decide when and if you’re ready to purchase a new home. There is nothing wrong with renting, and I encourage most of my first-time buyer clients to rent for a year or two prior to purchasing to experience the burden of housing expenses.
Live within your means, make solid investments and you’ll come out ahead of your friends that didn’t have the discipline to wait before spending.
Good luck to you and congratulations on starting your family!
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Me, mortgage broker/banker – 6 years.
March 9th, 2010 at 10:09 am
Some people aren’t meant to own a house. It could be for lots of reasons ie: they like being to call a landlord when things break, they don’t want to have upkeep a yard, the house they can afford is too far away from where they really want to live, being in that much debt scares them, and the list goes on.
None of these reasons are BAD. If it’s how you feel it’s a valid reason. It your right to own land if you feel you want it. It’s also your right not to.
Also, keep this in mind for your future baby. If you can only afford to buy in an area where the schools are bad, but can rent in an area where the schools are good, that’s not a waste, that’s an investment in your baby’s future.
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March 9th, 2010 at 10:11 am
i dont think so
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