What exactly is "green toner"?  It is different things to different people.  Remanufactured laser toner reuses the plastic shell which does help keep tons of empties out of landfills.  Some manufacturers offer recycling programs that allow you to ship back, sometimes for free, your empty cartridges to them; they will then reuse the cartridges either for refilling or for recycling the parts. 

What about the black laser powder that fills these cartridges?  The black toner is made from petroleum-based products.  While reloading the powder into a recycled cartridge definitely helps the environment we have an even better solution:

SoyPrint Laser Toner Cartridges

SoyPrint uses soybeans to create their laser toner, not a petroleum product.  This saves up to 1 pound of oil-based toner in every cartridge!

From Soyprint:

Sustainable printing now possible

In announcing SoyPrint™ cartridges, PRC contends any office can now choose to print in a sustainable manner. The Sustainable Printing Program incorporates the entire printing process. It starts with high quality, compatible SoyPrint™ toner cartridges using toner powder derived from soybeans instead of oil. These cartridges are marked with SoyPrint™ labels, making them easy to identify. The program then encourages use of recycled paper and disposal of used printers. Any office can choose to significantly reduce their environmental impact on our planet by adopting this program.

Sustainable Printing Components:

• Use SoyPrint compatible, recycled cartridges. Save 3 pounds of heavy plastic from landfills and use bio-based toner!
• Use SoyPrint's UPS return labels to send empty cartridges back to be recycled into various new plastic products.
• Use recycled paper, readily available everywhere.
• When you replace a printer, donate the old one to a local school district...no e-waste! SoyPrint can refer you to schools.

Encore Data Products is pleased to offer the ever-growing line of SoyPrint laser toner products.  We offer free shipping on the complete line and make ordering EASY on our online store:  Encore Data Products.

Priced as good or better than the HP OEM part numbers, SoyPrint cartridges come with full warranties from the manufacturer and will perform as well or better than the oil-based toner.

We work with individual users, offices, schools and more to benefit sustainability programs they have in place.  SoyPrint is an excellent option when going green is part of your plan.

Go Green and save in more ways than one!