genericname
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I figured this was an individual enough issue to not revive any of the older threads on the subject of cartridge recycling.
I can't find of a decent way to dispose of these bloody things (Mimaki 440ml SS2 carts). I used to go through solvencartridges.com, but they've changed not just contacts on me a couple times, but also prices, despite their informational PDF not reflecting the changes, and now tell me that they not only don't accept my cartridges, but never did.
After that, I decided to try out Trimark Media, who offered $0.30 on the cart, but when I enquired about actually getting a shipment to them, they simply didn't reply with the necessary information, and then stopped replying entirely.
I refuse to simply throw these toxic things in the garbage, and can't believe that we're so backward up here that nobody sees the profitability in cartridge recycling. Everywhere else in the world, they treat it as part of a supply chain for an end product, but here they treat it as a service, where the operator needs to pay to have cartridges disposed of, as if trying to be environmentally concious is supposed to entail an expense.
On the flip side, I have no problem with the idea of donating the carts to some kind of charity drive organization, but because of the inverse attitude we have towards recycling, they're few and far between, and those that are around, don't accept solvent carts anyway.
Any Canucks out there know of reliable companies or organizations that can take these off of my hands? Shipping them half way across the continent is not an option... kind of defeats the purpose of trying to save a little cash, and be green while doing it.
I can't find of a decent way to dispose of these bloody things (Mimaki 440ml SS2 carts). I used to go through solvencartridges.com, but they've changed not just contacts on me a couple times, but also prices, despite their informational PDF not reflecting the changes, and now tell me that they not only don't accept my cartridges, but never did.
After that, I decided to try out Trimark Media, who offered $0.30 on the cart, but when I enquired about actually getting a shipment to them, they simply didn't reply with the necessary information, and then stopped replying entirely.
I refuse to simply throw these toxic things in the garbage, and can't believe that we're so backward up here that nobody sees the profitability in cartridge recycling. Everywhere else in the world, they treat it as part of a supply chain for an end product, but here they treat it as a service, where the operator needs to pay to have cartridges disposed of, as if trying to be environmentally concious is supposed to entail an expense.
On the flip side, I have no problem with the idea of donating the carts to some kind of charity drive organization, but because of the inverse attitude we have towards recycling, they're few and far between, and those that are around, don't accept solvent carts anyway.
Any Canucks out there know of reliable companies or organizations that can take these off of my hands? Shipping them half way across the continent is not an option... kind of defeats the purpose of trying to save a little cash, and be green while doing it.
