Greensource Solutions is proud to announce its online cartridge search tool is now live and ready for use!
Printer cartridge recycling is a subjective thing. Sadly not every cartridge can be accepted by us (and other collectors in the industry) as not every cartridge is refilled.
We've always published a cartridge guide that people could look at online, or receive from us. However, if you don't live, eat and breathe cartridges like us it could be a tad unwieldy.
After some thought and a lot of development there is a new way to check whether we can accept the cartridges you want to recycle.
The idea is simple, you have cartridges you want to check can be recycled?
Go on the cartridge search tool and select the brand of the cartridge. Then check the list and hey presto we hope you have cartridges we can accept!
We also provide information in the subsequent email sent out which can direct you to what to do with cartridges we can't accept - you can also check out this previous blog
All of this is done to reuse, reduce landfill and raise money for our charity partners
Friday, 24 September 2010
Thursday, 16 September 2010
3d Printing!!!!
A supporter of Greensource Solutions passed this onto me recently. 3D printing!!!!
It's not like that though! 3D printing is not about making blurry pictures, these printers actually make physical things like prosthetic limbs, quirky lampshades or houses!!!
I only found out about this, because Greensource Solutions is involved in printing, but not NASA style printing.
The principals seem similar: The machine gets a design sent to it from computer and adds layer upon layer of whatever material it uses and hey presto there's your finished product.
Apparently this technology has been around for sometime, but it feels very 21st century to me.
It's not like that though! 3D printing is not about making blurry pictures, these printers actually make physical things like prosthetic limbs, quirky lampshades or houses!!!I only found out about this, because Greensource Solutions is involved in printing, but not NASA style printing.
The principals seem similar: The machine gets a design sent to it from computer and adds layer upon layer of whatever material it uses and hey presto there's your finished product.
Apparently this technology has been around for sometime, but it feels very 21st century to me.
Battery car, or Diesel - which has least impact?
Straying from the normal fare, my boss passed me this interesting report produced by the Swiss Government which calculated the impact of a battery powered car compared to a diesel powered vehicle.
Believe it or not, diesel vehicles come off better in the study. The clincher is the source of energy that battery cars use to power up - if the electricity comes from a dirty power station then it doesn't look good.
This study most importantly (in my mind) raises that age old dilemma of how people perceive change. In this particulat example, Battery power has clear advantages if its power can be obtained from clean sources. But the transition will always cost dearly.
Believe it or not, diesel vehicles come off better in the study. The clincher is the source of energy that battery cars use to power up - if the electricity comes from a dirty power station then it doesn't look good.
This study most importantly (in my mind) raises that age old dilemma of how people perceive change. In this particulat example, Battery power has clear advantages if its power can be obtained from clean sources. But the transition will always cost dearly.
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