CORL Recycling Program Update. 7-13-04
As of 7-13-04 over 500 used inkjet and Laser jet cartridges have been collected in American Samoa to recycle. The funds derived from this project will be put toward the creation of a coral reef education program at CORL-American Samoa’s new office in the village of Auto on the Island of Tutuila.
As of 7-13 -04 we still have to receive one cartridge from anyone in the Mainland United States.
That’s a score of 500 AS to 0 USA mainland!! how can you let a little Island in the South Pacific whoop you?
Come on!!!! send in those printer cartridges you can make a difference without digging into your pocket!
CORL-USA needs your support and help, Please at least contribute to this no cost to you funding project.
To make things even more appealing CORL-AS will plant 1 coral fragment onto a damaged reef here for every $4.00 that CORL USA receives in printer recycling funds!!!!
We have 2 areas that are ready for transplants at this time (Alofau and Masausi) and you can help restore these reefs by just donating what little time it takes to collect and send the printer cartridges to the recycling center!
If a club, group, business or an individual can collect and send in $2000.00 worth of recyclable printer cartridges we will send them a box of Aquacultured corals and zooanthids along with CORL’s mariculture certificates from our CORL farms here in American Samoa (you must make any arrangements with a store, wholesaler or importer to receive the shipment CORL will take care of any CITES paperwork needed). We will have corals and zooanthids ready for export to you in 6-8 months so you have plenty of time to collect the cartridges. We will also still place 500 corals on the reefs for the $2000.00 of cartridges received.
How many cartridges does it take to make 2000.00? well the average value per recycled cartridge is about $2.00 with some laser cartridges bringing as much as 15.00 ea so it would take 1000 standard ink jet cartridges or about 200 laser jet cartridges (depending on maker) Shipping is prepaid so your cost (donation) is the amount of time it takes to collect, pack, and ship them to the recycler. Please read the instructions on our website at
www.corl.org for full recycling details.
Contact me at
mike@corl.org or
recycle@corl.org for more info.
If you would like to donate directly to help save the only Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs in the United States donations can be sent to:
The American Samoan Coalition of Reef Lovers (CORL-AS)
P.O. Box 2435
Pago Pago
American Samoa 96799 USA
We are a 501-c-3 public charity so all donations are tax deductible.
Thanks
Faafetai Lava!
Mike King