Remanufactured Cartridges

Landfill Issues Global Concern
Most trash throughout the world will end up in landfills, some will be remanufactured or recycled, some will be burned and some will be illegally dumped on land and into oceans. In the United States, 90% of solid wastes are disposed of in some sort of landfill. In the last 20 years, there has been growing awareness of the need to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills. This is due to lack of space as well as waste of resource involved in this disposal method.

Problematic Dumping of e-Waste
Many products are being transported to areas without strict environmental controls. These may easily be products that consumers think are being recycled, but end up dumped where they pollute water, ground and air.

Reduce, Reuse and then Recycle
Around the world, environmental organizations and government regulators have adopted the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle mantra for making a positive impact on the environment. It is a hierarchy of preference. This means reuse, or remanufacture, is a superior choice to recycling. Recycling is only slightly more environmentally and economically efficient than disposal, where remanufacturing utilizes recovered parts and extends the product life.

United States EPA agrees:
In 1997 the United States Environmental Protection Agency stated that remanufactured products are as good as new in its publication WasteWi$e Update. The publication promotes the benefits of purchasing recycled products, and is distributed to businesses that are WasteWi$e Partners, government agencies and other subscribers. The EPA update defined "remanufacturing," and contrasted the benefits of remanufacturing and recycling. The article concludes that remanufactured and reused products are far more beneficial than recycled products with specific reference to remanufactured toner cartridges.

Cartridges in Landfills
In 2001, remanufacturers likely saved from the landfill:

• 29.7 million toner cartridge
• 136.5 million ink cartridges

But … there were 695 million more toner and ink cartridges that probably did go into the landfill!

Compared to the OEMs:
HP says that it “recycled” 1.8 million inkjet cartridges in 2003 That sounds nice, but there were more than 900 million inkjet cartridges shipped worldwide that year (all OEMs), so that is only 0.2% of the total

Service and Other Benefits
Local remanufacturers and resellers can provide personalized individual service at a level that OEMs cannot deliver. Consumers are price conscious. Consumers deserve a choice in vendor as well as product. Local service and repair offerings are a value-add.

Warranty Issues
A common myth is that using a remanufactured, compatible, or any cartridge other than that of the OEM, will void the equipment warranty. Limited warranties usually will not cover damage due to a non-OEM consumable, but warranty is still in effect for other problems. Fact: for U.S., Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975 states that the warranty can NOT be voided because of use of aftermarket products. Known as the “anti-tying” provision. Warranties must be available at the point of sale (also required in the UK, for example).

Remanufactured Cartridges Will Save You Money

Using our remanufactured cartridges will save you an average of $200.00 per printer every year.

Have you tried a remanufactured cartridge lately? Over the past two years, the science of rebuilding toner cartridges for laser printers has improved dramatically. In fact, independent studies now show that remanufactured cartridges are higher quality than new ones.

Here's how we do it: In the old days, we used to clean and refill our cartridges. But times have changed at Saratoga Technologies and we now pride ourselves on having the best cartridges in the industry. Every component of every cartridge is tested, inspected, and replaced as needed with higher quality parts than the originals. The result is a cartridge that produces better quality text and graphics than originally-manufactured cartridges.

Our remanufactured cartridges are only 60 percent of the cost of new cartridges. And your savings don’t end there. We use replacement parts that exceed the specifications of factory original parts and we load our cartridges with extra toner, to ensure you hundreds of extra prints in every cartridge.

Many people believe that buying a recycled toner cartridge is a gamble. In the past, that may have been true, because parts were often not available to replace wearable parts, making it difficult to produce a reliable cartridge. But that’s not the case any longer. Saratoga can replace every wearable part to make our remanufactured products as trouble free as the originals.

When you put a cartridge in your machine, you expect great results for the life of the cartridge. And with our toner cartridges, that’s just what you’ll get . . . cartridges that work the first time, every time.

Every cartridge comes with our personal guarantee of your satisfaction. You won’t find any fine print or loopholes in our warranty – if you’re not happy with any of our products, we’ll gladly refund your money with no questions asked.

If we haven’t convinced you to try our remanufactured toner cartridges, we’d still like to do business with you by buying your used cartridges. So give us a call and we’ll tell you how Saratoga will pay you for your empty cartridges.