Donated Cartridges Help Animals Find Homes

According to courierpostonline.com, the spent ink and toner cartridges donated by businesses and consumers have enabled the Burlington County Animal Shelter to adopt over 650 animals this year.

Friends of the Burlington County Animal Shelter (Westhampton, New Jersey), a volunteer and non-profit group dedicated to helping animals find permanent homes, accepts ink and toner cartridges of any size, new or used. They recycle the cartridges and use the rebates to pay for materials that advertise events and adoption promotions sponsored by the group.

“We recycle the ink cartridges and get rebates,” said Sharon Stevenson, the group’s treasurer. “Then we use the rebates to pay for adoption posters, event fliers, signs and all printing materials. All the paper materials we needed for these events were free because of the toner and cartridge recycling program.”

Also, it is noted that people can drop off cartridges labeled “FOBCAS” at the Burlington County Animal Shelter, 35 Academy Drive, Westampton, New Jersey 08060.