Top Toner is proud to be a part of the compatible/remanufacturing
industry and we look forward to providing you with quality, environmentally
beneficial products
We have a proven track record for maintaining the highest standards of quality and service at competitive prices. Our toner cartridges meet or exceed OEM standards. This means you can expect our cartridges to last as long or, usually, longer than a new toner cartridge.
The manufacturing process involved in making a new cartridge requires the burning of fossil fuel, specifically oil or natural gas. On average, three quarts of oil are burned to make each new cartridge shell.
In recent years 100 million new cartridges were manufactured, but only 1/3 were remanufactured.
Of the 20,000 landfills operating in 1978 only 6,000 remain. And with every man, woman, and child in this country discarding 4 1/2 pounds of refuse daily, landfill space is dwindling. According to subscribers of World Wastes, 33 percent of the remaining landfill operators plan to close their sites in less than four years.
As an industry, our ecological contribution is staggering. At our current rate of production, we remanufacture more than 24 million cartridges each year, and keep 38,000 tons of plastic and scrap metal out of landfills. We save taxpayers more than one-half million dollars each year in landfill expenses. The combined savings realized from landfill costs and oil costs is approximately $14 million per year.
Just mention the words Exxon Valdez, 1989, and images of Alaska's Prince William Sound, oil-soaked sea otters struggling to cling to life, dead and dying birds, and frantic hordes of people trying in vain to save the coastline are all to vivid and equally horrifying. In that one environmental death blow, 10.9 million gallons of oil was spilled. It was the worst in United States history and in a matter of hours created a cataclysm for indigenous wildlife that will rock the foundation of life as we know it for centuries to come. The volume of the oil spill was staggering and the negative impact incalculable.
Using that same figure of 10.9 million gallons of oil as a positive, in just seven months of each year, the remanufacturing industry conserves more oil than the 10.9 million gallons that spilled into Prince William Sound.
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