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Written by Yasmin
• Tuesday, 12 August 2008 |
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EVERYONE PRINTS BLACK... NOW WE CAN PRINT "GREEN"
Maine company offers first soy-based toner
cartridges for offices and schools. Read the latest news release from Environmental News Network.
STANDISH, ME, August 12, 2008
--/WORLD-WIRE/-- PRC Technologies, a division of Print
Recovery Concepts Inc., announced today an environmental breakthrough in
printing for offices, public schools and colleges. This summer, PRC will
offer the first laser printer cartridges using toner powder derived from
soybeans. PRC reports they will supply cartridges for the most popular
laser printers under the SoyPrint brand at prices comparable to brand name
versions currently available. Soy ink has been available for some time but
this is the first soy toner cartridge for laser printers.
Debe
Overhaug, president of Print Recovery Concepts, reports a printer
cartridge contains one pound of toner powder and that U.S. businesses,
schools, institutions and governments consume over 100 million cartridges
per year. “That means the United States consumes as much as 50,000 tons of
petroleum-based toner powder each year. Now every office employee can help
reduce dependence on oil every time they put a toner cartridge in their
printer”, Overhaug says.
PRC has completed months of extensive
testing and reports the print quality and number of pages per cartridge
match brand name versions. Overhaug also noted soy toner does not harm the
printers. SoyPrint cartridges are manufactured in the US and will be
shipped from warehouses all over the country.
“Any office can
print in a “green” manner,” Overhaug said. She advised that an office can
use high quality, compatible soy-based toner cartridges, recycled paper
and, when a printer gets old, donate it to a public school during tight
budget times. Empty toner cartridges should be carefully recycled.
SoyPrint cartridges will be easy to identify as each will be
marked with SoyPrint labels. PRC refers its customers to recycled paper
suppliers, recycles all empty cartridges and arranges for businesses to
donate unneeded printers instead of discarding them.
“As we
developed this soy cartridge, we realized if we looked at the entire
printing process, any office can significantly reduce the environmental
impact on our planet,” Overhaug said. “This is truly the most
environmentally sustainable way to print.”
Print Recovery
Concepts, Inc. has been a leading provider of compatible toner cartridges
to business and education for 15 years. The firm recognized the potential
for soy toner in 2006. PRC is pleased to bring this environmentally
friendly product to market.
For more information, visit www.soyprint.net .
For
more information or assistance, contact:
Debe Overhaug (
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PRC
Technologies, 888-640-0062, ext. 103
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