The company will provide specially marked receptacles to interested companies.  Individuals from these companies will then put all empty printer, fax machine and photocopier cartridges in these receptacles.  When full, the bins will be collected and a discount coupon issued to the company, to be used toward the purchase of the remanufactured cartridges.  The remanufactured cartridges will then be re-sold by the company at discount levels starting at 32.5 per cent of the original price.

MAIN INTENTION

Edward Chin-Mook, manager of Global-Inks, said the main intention behind the programme is to create new employment opportunities for Jamaicans, as well as to help to preserve the environment and provide remanufactured printer ink cartridges at drastically reduced prices.

"If we get the response that we hope for from business places, then we will be able to employ people in several different areas.  We will need administrative personnel, technical servicemen for the printers and workers to take care of the manufacturing process of the cartridges," he said.

POTENTIAL BENEFIT

Obviously enthusiastic about the potential benefits the programme holds for the preservation of the environment, Mr. Chin-Mook said for every remanufactured cartridge purchased, it is one less new cartridge that needs to be produced, saving it from entering the waste stream and from draining the planet's natural resources.

Interested companies may contact Global-Inks for details on how to go about becoming a participant in the programme.

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