HOW TO BE GREEN j
The Importance of Ink Cartridge How Much "Green"
Recycling Knowledge Do You Have?
Laura Hart
Contributing Writer
College students have
to write papers, print
reading assignments and
any number of other
things that involve the
use of a printer. As such,
we go through lots of
printer cartridges. It is
very important to dis
pose of these cartridges
properly, for printer car
tridges use oil, a resource
that is fast running out.
The production of a new
toner cartage for a laser
printer uses three liters
of oil. Another reason to
recycle printer cartridges
is that they contain haz
ardous chemicals that
can get into the ground
water if a cartridge if left
to sit in a landfill. The
third reason to recycle
printer cartridges is the
sheer space they take up
Maggie Bizzell
Contributing Writer
A year ago gas prices
were just below the
$3 mark. Current gas
prices around Raleigh are
between $3.53 and $3.80,
which really squeezes
wallets. When it come to
miles per gallon (mpg),
our cars looked bet
ter last year than they
do now. Never fear,
GreenCar.com has the
top cars of 2008 for fuel
economy.
Leading the under
$15,000 price range is the
Honda Fit. The Honda
Fit has a five-speed
automatic transmis
sion, a 109-horse power
VTEC engine, and gets
28 city/34 highway mpg.
The Ford Focus is a four
door sedan with a five
speed manual transmis
sion. It gets 24 city/45
highway mpg and can be
in landfills: 800,000 car
tridges are dumped into
landfills every day, which
adds up to about 300 mil
lion every year.
Recycling your printer
cartridges is an easy
thing to do. There are
boxes in every parlor in
the Meredith dorms for
used ink cartridges. At
http://www.askforink.
com/recycle.asp you
can send in your empty
ink cartridges for a
discount on purchases
from that site. At http://
recycleforbreastcancer.
org/about_rfbc.htm you
can send in your empty
cartridges and help fund
breast cancer research.
The chemicals in ink
cartridges cause breast
cancer, so that is why
breast cancer research
ers are concerned with
cartridge recycling. An
classified as a PZEV, or
a partial zero emissions
vehicle.
The $15,000 to $20,000
class boats a crossover.
The Nissan Rogue, not
a sedan but not a full
size SUV, has all wheel
drive, 170-horse power,
and 25 city/27 highway
fuel economy. Also in
this class is the Chevy
Malibu, a four door
sedan with 22 dty/ 30
highway mpg.
The Honda Civic
Hybrid has an impres
sive fuel economy with
40 city/45 highway mpg
and so does the Toyota
Prius, with 48 city/45
highway mpg. These
cars are in ^e $20,000
to $25,000 price range
and seem to be the best
cars for the money. You
can also buy the only
full-size SL)V on the list,
the Ford Escape Hybrid.
option of choice for many
is to take printer car
tridges to Staples stores
for a $3 discount off of
ink purchases there. With
so many easy options
for recycling printer car
tridges, why not recycle?
Reducing the harmful
effects of improperly-dis-
posed printer cartridges
is well worth dropping
an envelope in the mail
or a walk to the parlor.
For more information
visit these sites:
http://www.
cartridges4kids.
ca/environment/
environment.htm
http://www.une.edu.au/
fms/environment/recycli
ngprinterphotocopiercart
ridges.php
Per Gallon
It has 34 city/30 high
way mpg and is in the
$25,000 to $30,000 range.
However, if you want a
little luxury in your life,
try the Mercedes-Benz
E320 Bluetec. It has a V-
6 engine, runs on "clean
diesel technology," and is
only over $50,000!
No matter the size
or the cost, automakers
are moving towards the
"green" light and pro
ducing cars that are easy
on the environment as
well as on the wallet! For
more information, check
out www.GreenCar.com,
www.honda.com, wv/w.
toyota.com, or www.nis-
san.com.
1. What percentage of the
world’s forests is left?
A. 30%
B. 16%
C. 20%
D. 40%
2. How long does it take
a glass bottle, today, to
decompose?
A. 4,000 + years
B. 500 + years
C. 3,000 + years
D. 1,000 + years
3. How many acres of
rainforests are cut down
every minute?
A. 200 acres
B. 150 acres
C. 100 acres
D. 75 acres
4. In the U.S., 10,000 gal
lons of gas are burned
every
A. half hour
B. second
C. hour
D. minute
5 How much waste do
Americans create every
day?
A. 7.5 pounds
B. 3.5 pounds
C. 9.5 pounds
D. 4.5 pounds
Answers: 1.) C, 2.) A, 3.)
C, 4.)B, 5.)D
Compiled from:
www.bikeroute.com
Recycling Revolution
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