Looking Ahead
Beyond Landfill Waste Reduction...what's next
When diverting ink and toner from landfills is simply not enough.
The numbers are staggering. Each year nine hundred million pounds of imaging waste makes its way to already over-burdened landfills. In recent years manufacturers and retailers have instituted mail-back and store return programs for empty cartridges. Those programs have certainly helped ease the strain on landfills however they come at a tremendous cost to the environment.
Although these mail-back and store return recycling programs prevent landfill waste they purposely bypass an important sustainability process, reclamation, to ensure higher profits. Certainly profits are important but not at the disastrous effect that the bypass process is having on the planet. Bypassing the reclamation process forces millions of tons of CO2 emissions into our air while draining global oil reserves of hundreds of millions of gallons in oil annually. Unlike most of these “recycling” programs, NCS Renewable puts the environment first and is committed to best environmental practices. The fact is, recycling alone is not enough.
NCS Renewable’s Closed Loop Imaging Waste Management Program™ for ink and toner cartridge waste combines industry best diversion, reclamation, and recycling practices delivering the most sustainable and environmentally responsible imaging waste solution possible. Closed Loop Imaging Waste Management halts the massive carbon footprint and environmental damage caused by manufacturer mail-back and store-return programs. Organizations implementing this program will receive an important E-Waste recycling certification from the Environmental Protection Alliance. Companies across the country are taking environmental responsibility much more seriously and entrusting their electronic waste management to NCS Renewable. Shouldn’t you?