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Guy and Vincenza Ciampa at Cartridge Depot based in Bedford Town centre are 
celebrating the fact that since they opened their doors in 2012 they have recycled over 30,000 printer cartridges and prevented them from going to landfill! This has been achieved by the help of local Customers, Businesses, Schools, Charities and not-profit organisations dropping off or arranging collections of their empty or no longer required printer cartridges. Cartridge Depot has now been trading for over 7 years so it works out to be just over 4000 cartridges per year being recycled!
Business partner Guy Ciampa says “We believe being able to offer a free printer cartridge recycling service is so important. We sell these products to our customers so we really want to be able to continue our service after the cartridges reach the end of their life and stop them going into landfill. We know it can be difficult to find places to recycle empty printer cartridges which is why we try to make it as simple as possible for people who want to recycle with us. If you have any empty cartridges you would like to recycle just contact us to see how we can help.
Business partner Vincenza Ciampa says “Studies show that over 350 million cartridges are dumped and put into landfill each year. The fact that it can take anything between 450 to 1000 years for cartridges to decompose is staggering. We are always looking to increase the figure of cartridges we send for recycling as we know our environment will benefit from this, so we ask all Local People, Businesses and Organisations to join us in recycling empty printer cartridges. You do not even need to be a customer or buy anything from us, it is free, and actually in some cases you may be able to earn yourself a bit of extra money”
Now, more than ever is the time to be aware of our actions when it comes to our waste disposal. The whole world is already beginning to see the effects of climate change and recycling empty printer cartridges will in part help future generations. So next time you have an empty cartridge please think and rather than throwing it in the bin, help Cartridge Depot continue their good work by popping in and recycling yours. If you have a large quantity of cartridges and need them collected contact Cartridge Depot to find out how they can help.
Cartridge Depot is a local independently run award winning business specialising in the supply of original, compatible and remanufactured printer cartridges, printers and paper. They supply many local and national customers and offer their unrivalled customer service and advice to anyone looking to save money on their printer cartridges. They offer free impartial advice to anyone interested in finding out more information and free print audits for anyone looking to try and save money on their printer running costs. No contracts or overpaying on a monthly print service, just simple one to one personal advice on how to save you money. Cartridge Depot is your one stop shop for all your printing needs, contact Cartridge Depot now or visit their store to see how they can help you.
Cartridge Depot offers a hassle & stress free personal service to Local Schools, Charities, and Businesses, which alongside many other benefits, includes FREE recycling of empties and delivery of replacements. (Please contact us for more information about our Business Customer Services.)
Cartridge Depot would like to say a big THANK-YOU to our existing customers for supporting us over the last 7 years of trading, and for playing a part in helping us to reach this phenomenal milestone number of Cartridges being sent to recycling.
This news has also been published on the Love Bedford website
Article published in the February 2020 editions of The Mid Beds Bulletin (page 5), The Bedford Borough Bulletin (page 5), Kempston Calling (page 5).
Article published in the January 2020 edition of The Recycler.
As winners of the SME Bedfordshire Business Awards 2017 we have made it through to the SME National Business Awards 2017 Final in the Green Award Category! This is amazing news for us, we are very proud and thankful! Just being in a national business awards final is a great achievement in itself! Thank you to all that have helped and supported us since we began trading!
finals of the SME Bedfordshire Business Awards 2017! What makes it even more special is that we are finalists in two categories, they are ‘Bedford Business of the Year’ & ‘Green Award’! Reaching the finals of the awards reflects the hard work we, our customers and the local community have put into helping a local independently run business grow and run successfully. We are so grateful to all our customers and the local community that have helped us
businesses from all around the East of England. Unfortunately we did not win the Bedfordshire Business Champions category that we were finalists in, but we were more than privileged and proud to be chosen and invited as finalist at such a prestigious event. We would like to again thank all our customers who have supported us since we began trading, we look forward to many more milestones like this one.
Business Awards 2016. We enjoyed a great evening at the awards ceremony on Thursday 7th July 2016 which was held at the Luton Hoo Hotel and are delighted to announce that we were runners up in our category of ‘Young Business Person of The Year’. Although we did not win the category we feel honoured and proud to have made second place in a category entered by many businesses across Bedfordshire. It was a great evening, being able to meet so many different people and successful businesses. We would like to thank all that have supported us since we began trading, without you we would have not been able to acquire this great achievement!