Kodak may advertise a lower per-page printing cost than any of its competitors, but as any businessperson who prints a lot of graphic-intense documents can tell you, using a HERO or ESP printer on a ...

Ink cartridges are recyclable, which is great news for the planet. It takes almost a gallon of oil to make a single laser printer cartridge and, after they’re used and thrown away, ink cartridges ...

Printer toner has been around since 1969. The first laser printer for commercial use appeared in 1976, and the first mass-market laser printer bumped off the dot-matrix printer in 1984. Today, ...

The plastic used in manufacturing inkjet toner cartridges is made up of engineering-grade polymer plastics, which can take more than 1,000 years to decompose. Although no federal or state laws exist ...

Printers are complicated machines featuring a mix of plastics, metals, electronics, and components, some of which are potentially flagged as hazardous waste. In 2023, it’s more important than ever to ...

In one year, if the world’s discarded cartridges were stacked end-to-end, they would circle the earth more than three times. Seventy percent of used printer cartridges throughout the world are ...

When I finally admitted my old desktop and wheezing inkjet were never coming back into regular use, I assumed getting rid of them would be expensive or a hassle. Instead, I discovered that I could ...

Amy Axworthy is a travel journalist and product reviewer. She was shortlisted for Best News Writer at the BSME Talent Awards in 2023 for uncovering consumer harm. We can reveal that around 3 in 10 ...