Push to Include Cartridges for Single-Use Plastic Ban in USA

Push to Include Cartridges for Single-Use Plastic Ban in USA

Industry advocate Tricia Judge has teamed up with US Congressman Joe Morelle (both pictured) to support the federal push to stop the consumer purchasing of single-use plastics.

Morelle has been a supporter of printer cartridge remanufacturing for 30 years.

Tricia Judge, the Executive Director of the International Imaging Technology Council (Int’l ITC), travelled to Washington, D.C. to drum up support for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) which is targeting the federal purchases of single-use plastics.

“The agency proposed an action this month that environmentalists have called an encouraging step,” said Judge. “The world’s largest consumer is considering halting its purchases of single-use plastics.”

“The US government is the largest consumer of goods and services in the world, and to assure that they buy only remanufactured cartridges would be a huge victory for the industry,” Judge said. “The current administration is very environmentally friendly. President Joe Biden has issued several executive orders that highlight the need for federal agencies to prioritize purchases of reusable products.”

Related:

• The Time and Tide Were on Our Side: Tricia Judge remembers how the epic battle at the US Supreme Court definitively decided the issues of post-sale restrictions and effects of foreign first sales.
• Remanufacturing: From Dirty to Debutante: Reman has been perceived as the garage-based “aftermarket” that produces dirty, worn products that may cost less, but also perform less. No more.

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