The Recycler Issue 333

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Which should have ensured that printer
cartridge manufacturers produce toner
and inkjet cartridges that can not only be
recycled but will also have the capacity to
be reused in print devices without adversely
affecting a manufacturer’s warranty.
TR: Thirty-seven years means
you have been successful, but
what challenges have you
faced along the way?
LH: We can honestly say we’ve been
through it all in our 37 years since we began
back in 1983 – A serious recession in the
1980’s and now another just beginning;
the rise of office computers, laser
printers, inkjet printers, faxes, websites,
emails, cell phones, smart phones, cloud
phones, BACS, and the demise of impact
printing. We still have our ribbon stuffer
and Branson welder for the handful of
customers who still use us for reloading
their ribbon cartridges – some have been
reloaded dozens of times. Because the
cartridges have been obsolete now for years
it’s the only source they have in order to
keep their printers working.
Then there was the flood damage,
lightening damage, theft of copper wiring
You knew the decision maker
personally and they knew you
from roof, break- in by tearing down a
concreted-up door, 8-foot-tall windows
smashed (that was twice). And yet, each
time we got through it never succeeding in
stopping us for even one day. The Head
Office of Woolworths was just up the road
and we were with other companies in a
trading estate. When the trading estate was
set for demolition (it was the old
Dunlop Cotton Mill, at one time the
largest cotton mill in the world with
its own internal railway). In 2013 we
moved the company closer to the Town
centre and the only vandalism so far
touch wood was stealing one of our
CCTV cameras.
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August 2020
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