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Paper-based office supplies ‘may not disappear’

By Paperstone on 9 August 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

Despite the growing popularity of technological communication, Paper office supplies are still popular, it has been a claimed. An article in the Yorkshire Post describes how the use of hi-tech communication such as mobiles, email, texts and instant messaging is growing; however, it also points out that this increase has not led to traditional office […]

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Company recycles office supplies

By Paperstone on 8 August 2007 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

Telecoms provider GO has introduced a new policy to further its eco-friendly policies by calling for Paper-based office supplies to be recycled, it has emerged. Various office supplies such as promotional material, letterheads, envelopes, business cards and stationery were handed in by employees of the company as part of the scheme, the Malta Independent reports. […]

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Printer cartridges donated to school

By Paperstone on 8 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

Students at a Cambridgeshire school are set to benefit from a donation of £2,000 worth of printer cartridges for the upcoming school year, it has emerged. Pupils at Southfields Junior School in Stanground – a suburb of Peterborough – will received the printer cartridges thanks to a donation from local housing association Cross Keys Homes. […]

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Recycling of printer cartridges to benefit arts centre

By Paperstone on 8 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

A Surrey arts centre could benefit from a new programme which recycles printer cartridges, it has emerged. The office supplies which are collected by local stationers Solicitations for recycling are sold and the proceeds go to Cranleigh Arts Centre, housed in a historic village school from 1847. More than £250 was generated from selling the […]

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HP wins award for printer cartridges

By Paperstone on 7 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

HP has won an imaging industry award relating to the inks used in a line of its printer cartridges, the company has announced. The office supplies company won the Best Indoor Inks of the Year gong for its Vivera Inks with HP 91 ink cartridge at the European Digital Press Association (EDP) awards. This award […]

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Recycling printer cartridges is ‘environmentally sound’

By Paperstone on 6 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

The practice of recycling printer cartridges is comparable in its environmental benefits to that of re-manufacturing them, according to HP. In a letter to TechWorld magazine, the printer supplies company said that although "re-manufacturers point to the reduce-reuse-recycle waste hierarchy" and claim their practice is greener, their environmental records do not back up the claim. […]

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HP resolves lawsuit over printer cartridges

By Paperstone on 6 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

A lawsuit involving HPprinter cartridges and patent infringement has come to a close, the company has announced. German company Pelikan has admitted that it infringed several HP patents connected with printer cartridges, three months after the Palo Alto, California-based office equipment company made the allegations. Pelikan was ordered to cease importing and distributing the printer […]

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HP: Printers are safe

By Paperstone on 3 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

HP has responded to claims that printers are one of the more unhealthy types of office equipment. Recently, Australian researchers claimed that printers, which use printer cartridges, emit dangerous levels of particles which are not filtered by the lungs. However, Tuan Tran, HP‘s vice president of marketing for printer supplies, said that the company did […]

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Lexmark ‘seeks to expand’

By Paperstone on 3 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

HP has responded to claims that printers are one of the more unhealthy types of office equipment. Recently, Australian researchers claimed that printers, which use printer cartridges, emit dangerous levels of particles which are not filtered by the lungs. However, Tuan Tran, HP‘s vice president of marketing for printer supplies, said that the company did […]

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Printer cartridges to be sold for a good cause

By Paperstone on 2 August 2007 in Ink Cartridges And Toners with 0 Comments

Printer cartridges made by ActionAid Recycling’s new brand Greensource Imaging are set to contribute to a good cause, it has emerged. For every one of the printer cartridges sold, the organisation has pledged to give £2 to help fund its educational work abroad, the Recycler reports. Benefits of the new brand of printer cartridges which […]

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