China is expected to have 900 gigawatts of energy capacity by 2020, more than double what it had in 2003. Chinese energy supply creates 25% more emissions per unit than the US. By some estimates, only 1% of China’s 560 million city dwellers breathe air that would pass European Union safety standards.

2. “Challenges facing China's energy
needs”
China is expected to have 900 gigawatts of energy capacity by
2020, more than double what it had at the end of 2003. *
Chinese energy supply creates 25% more emissions per energy
unit than the US. **
By some estimates, only 1% of China’s 560 million city dwellers
breathe air that would pass European Union safety standards. ***
Sources:
*Global Change, 2009
** Irish Times, 2010
*** China Environmental News, 2007

3. “How can Recycle & Save help?”
OEM Cartridge Facts Recycle & Save solution
It takes about a gallon of oil to make a new laser A toner cartridge can be recycled up to 75 times
cartridge* thus potentially saving gallons of oil *
One toner cartridge thrown away, takes up to 450 97% of the combined components to manufacture
years to decompose ** the cartridge can be recycled and reused *
74.53kg of raw materials are used to produce 100 4.65kg of raw materials are used to produce 100
black toner cartridges*** remanufactured black toner cartridges ***
In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were Significant raw material savings are made by
stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth over remanufacturing a cartridge
three times**
Sources:
*Stopwaste, 2009
** Business Wire, 2009
***Best Foot Forward

4. “Carbon Emission Challenge”
“As became apparent at the failed Copenhagen climate summit,
China is not only an economic powerhouse, its now the
world’s largest polluter, emitting more carbon than the
United States, from whom it assumed the mantle in 2007.”
-Irish Times, 2010
“Even with the proposed environmental targets, China's output
of Carbon Dioxide is expected to increase by about 90% if the
economy grows by 8%”
-The Guardian, U.K , 2009

5. How can Recycle & Save help?
OEM Cartridge Facts Recycle & Save solution
China consumes more than three times the world The remanufacturing process saves approx 2.5 kg of
energy average to produce one dollar of GDP(4.7 times CO2 per cartridge compared to the production of a new
the average for the U.S., 7.7 times that of Germany, 11.5 cartridge, thus reducing pollution *
times that of Japan) *
China’s carbon intensity per GDP is 20 per cent higher A remanufactured cartridge has 46% lower carbon
than the US ** footprint than a corresponding new cartridge*
For each pound of new material used in
Each discarded empty laser printer cartridge adds remanufacturing, 5 to 9 pounds of virgin materials are
approximately three pounds of waste to our landfills conserved ***
***
Sources:
*Global Change, 2009
**Green Leap Forward. 2008
***Recycling appeal, 2009

6. “OEM vs. RS Carbon Footprint”
Components Used Per Year Recycle & Save OEM
Number Total Number Total
Used Weight (kg) Used Weight (kg)
Drums 708 63.0 1,995 160.2
Wiper Blades 116 9.8 1,995 172.3
Primary Charge Rollers 196 12.9 1,995 78.6
Mag Rollers 92 2.6 1,995 52.2
DR Blades 36 2.9 1,995 104.6
Other Components 0 0.0 n/a 888.9
Total 1,148.0 91.1 n/a 1,456.8
-Best Foot Forward, 2007

7. “A few facts”
Stacking 105 laser toner cartridges end-to-end equals the height of the Statue of
Liberty.
Every year over 300 million cartridges are thrown away. In terms of weight, that is
equivalent to over 30,500 African Elephants!
More than 1.1 billion inkjet cartridges are used annually around the world - laid end-to-
end this would be 129 times as long as the Great Wall of China
In the next 7 years, if all of the laser and inkjet cartridges are saved from landfills, a
bridge could be built from the Earth to the Moon!
-Image Source, Inc

8. “Remanufactured cartridges helps:”
Avoids wasting valuable resources
Saves energy
Reduces the carbon footprint
Shocking fact:
In 2002, China banned the import of printing cartridges waste
because it was discovered that a lot of the 'supposedly
recycled' cartridges imposed by these cartridge companies
all ended up in the Guiyu town in China.
-Imaging Spectrum, 2002

9. “Our sources”
The Guardian, UK Global Change
The Irish Times, Eire China Environmental News
Imaging Spectrum Stop Waste
Image Source, inc Business Wire
Recharger Magazine Global Change
Recycler Trade Magazine Green Leap Forward
Recycling appeal Best Foot Forward