An increasing issue as we become ever more aware of the need to recycle properly. In fact over the last few years a few Toner Recyclers have in fact disappeared, I personally put this down to the Free trade agreement with China. The effect has been that prices of imported compatibles has dropped therefore making it very unattractive for Toner Recyclers to re-manufacture the cartridge in New Zealand.

If you are interested in Recycling in general please take a good look at this site http://www.recycle.co.nz as here you will find vast information, including some facts on how poor New Zealand attitude is to Recycling.

We at www.tonerdirect.co.nz take responsibility in this area and although the landscape has dramatically changed in recent years, we are looking at new technology on how to re-use the broken down plastic, hopefully more to follow on this.

Call us on 0800 8559660800 855966 or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for return details.

Each New Zealander consumes approximately 36 kg of plastic packaging per year and recycles 8.64kg (Packaging Accord).

97% of New Zealanders have access to household or community recycling (MfE).Plastic recycling has more than doubled since 2004 (Packaging Accord).

In 2005 New Zealanders recycled 39,100 tonnes of plastic (Environment NZ 2007 report).

25-30% of PET (1) and HDPE (2) packaging produced in NZ are recovered (PNZ, 2002).

Quick Facts

Did you know:

It takes 7 gallons of crude oil to produce one car tyre

75% of a tree harvested for paper does not wind up as a paper product

Toothbrushes represent over 100 million pounds of plastic waste each year

27% of the food produced for human consumption in the US is thrown out as
waste

Total construction waste from an average 2,000 sq. ft. home adds up to
about 8,000 lbs., taking up 50 cu. yards of space

Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates 1 job, land-filling it creates 6
jobs, and recycling it creates 36 jobs

Facts from http://www.oregonmetro.gov/