Reload Makes Recycle Sense

Newcastle Herald

Friday May 11, 2001

WITH the environment high on the world's priorities these days, Cartridge World Charlestown is certainly contributing in a meaningful way.

`Instead of disposing of used cartridges, we simply refill them for you,' said franchise owner Brent Fox, who opened the Charlestown store on April 2.

Cartridge World Charlestown specialises in the refilling (recycling) of ink, bubble jet and laser cartridges resulting in savings to the customer of up to 50% compared to the price of new cartridges.

The new store is at Shop 2/115 Pacific Highway, Charlestown, next door to McDonald's.

Mr Fox also owns the franchise for the Newcastle store which is at 11/810 Hunter St on the corner of Hunter St and Stewart Ave.

A full-time sales representative services both shops.

`All our technicians are professionally trained through our main training facility in Adelaide,' Mr Fox said.

Consider these facts - more than 38,000 tonnes of plastic and metal are saved from landfills every year as a result of recycling; the plastic used in each printer cartridge takes more than 100 years to decompose; and the average remanufacturer salvages and restores enough cartridges each year to equal the height of a 120-storey building.

Mr Fox said Cartridge World Charlestown was set to make a huge difference to businesses and individuals in the area through cost savings.

By contacting Cartridge World, high quality remanufactured cartridges could be delivered to the door.

`We offer 100% back guarantee and a pick-up and delivery service to all businesses,' he said.

`And quality is not sacrificed.

`Remanufactured cartridges contain high quality components and toners which yield outstanding results.

`The technology has become so precise that remanufactured cartridges often exceed the original equipment manufacturer's standards.'

With the backing of an Australia-wide franchise group that started in Adelaide about 12 years ago, Cartridge World is one of 18 stores in NSW and nationwide.

As well as the refilling service, Cartridge World's product range includes genuine and generic ink, laser, photocopier and fax consumables, copy, speciality, photographic and business paper as well as a range of printers in popular brands.