Recyclers found profit in Printer INK catridges There has been major buzz around

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Recyclers found profit in Printer INK catridges There has been major buzz around schools and non profit groupscollecting empty ink cartridges from computer printers fro recyling. What makes the catridges valuable is strong demand from anemerging industry of companies called remanufactures. Question . What is the incentive fro end users of printer inkcatridges to recycle (sell) them?                  Whatare the incentives fro the printer ink catridge recylers to buythem                  What is the incentive for printer ink catridge manufactures such asHP to offer a take back      program froits catridges Recyclers found profit in Printer INK catridges There has been major buzz around schools and non profit groupscollecting empty ink cartridges from computer printers fro recyling. What makes the catridges valuable is strong demand from anemerging industry of companies called remanufactures. Question . What is the incentive fro end users of printer inkcatridges to recycle (sell) them?                  Whatare the incentives fro the printer ink catridge recylers to buythem                  What is the incentive for printer ink catridge manufactures such asHP to offer a take back      program froits catridges

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a) The incentives for end users to recycle ink cartridges aresimply that they get paid for them. They could throwcartridges away, or they could make a few dollars by recyclingthem. Making money is obviously preferable. b) The ink cartridge recyclers buy the ink cartridges becausethey know that they can refill and resell them at a profit. The ink in the cartridges in relatively inexpensive, and they caneasily profit even if they must pay for the used cartridges. c) Companies such as HP will lose business to the cheaperused ink cartridge companies. If they offer a takebackprogram however, they may be able to compete and still have ahealthy profit in this market.

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