Recycling Mystery: Should You Refill or Recycle Ink Cartridges?

Earth911
Jan 13, 2026, 8:05 am100 pts
From an environmental standpoint, reusing a product is almost always preferable to recycling it because reuse gives products a second life without consuming additional manufacturing resources. However, companies have been promoting recycling rather than the reuse of a single consumer product for years. That…

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