St. Ignatius Martyr School

ARE YOU THROWING MONEY AWAY?

Every time you change the cartridge from your printer, fax machine, or copier and throw it away, you could be throwing away CA$H! That also applies to old cell phones, laptops, Palm Pilots, and iPods. Cash that could be used for library books, computers, printers, scholarships, and more!! This is an opportunity for everyone to help St. Ignatius, Martyr, Catholic School raise funds and help future generations by protecting the environment. Bring the above items to the drop box at the school office. If you own or are employed at a business that would like to help, please contact us at (512) 442-8547.

Cartridges for Kids Fun Facts

• Every year, 300 million cartridges end up in landfills world wide
• Almost eight (8) cartridges are thrown away in the U.S. every second. Thats is almost 700,000 cartridges per day.
• It takes almost 3.5 quarts of oil to produce one laser cartridge. That is almost one gallon of ice cream!!!
• A half a gallon of oil is saved each time a laser cartridge is remanufactured.
• A cartridge takes at least 1,000 years to decompose. That meas a cartridge thrown away today will not decompose until you have Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great ... Grandchildren!!!! That's a really long time!!!!

• On average, Americans purchase a new cell phone every 18 months.

Cartridges for kids is a recycling program that pays schools and non-profit organizations CA$H for empty laser and inkjet cartridges, used cell phones, laptops, PDAs, and iPods.