COMPUTER users in Blackburn with Darwen are being urged to recycle their empty printer cartridges in a bid to protect the environment.
A survey by Cartridge World, Bank Top, reveals that 82 per cent throw away their empty printer cartridges.
And 26 per cent of respondents stated that they had seen no evidence of any printer cartridge recycling in their workplace.
Cartridge World, which refills and remakes empty cartridges, has launched a Plant a Tree not a Cartridge initiative in partnership with the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
This will result in the planting of 6,000 trees at designated sites across the UK.
RSA fellow and tree lover, Griff Rhys Jones officially launched the initiative by helping Duncan Berry, general manager of Cartridge World to plant the first tree at the launch of the Tree Council's National Tree Week, which runs until to December 5.
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