{"id":891,"date":"2015-05-19T17:31:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T21:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=891"},"modified":"2023-12-14T03:05:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T08:05:55","slug":"turning-empty-ink-cartridges-into-park-benches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=891","title":{"rendered":"Turning Empty Ink Cartridges into Park Benches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-886\" src=\"http:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/cartridge-bench-nwsltr.png\" alt=\"cartridge-bench-nwsltr\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Recently, Simmons Technology received an innovative donation from our printer vendor, Toshiba\u2014a park bench that uses recycled and compressed ink cartridges instead of wood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">The bench is the result of a partnership between Toshiba and a recycling program called\u00a0<a style=\"color: #06529e;\" href=\"http:\/\/closetheloopusa.com\">Close the Loop<\/a>. This initiative takes empty cartridges and other disposable parts and reuses the material to make 100% recycled products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">For example, the park bench slats are made from compressed recycled plastic, called eLumber, that is waterproof, insect-proof, and UV retardant. In 2013, more than 170 tons of plastic from cartridges was recycled and used to construct benches, fencing, and other outdoor products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">As part of our ongoing printing initiative, Technology will continue to recycle all materials used in our multi-function devices and send them back to Toshiba for reuse in new products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\">If you\u2019d like to see (and try out) the new bench, it&#8217;s located in the seating area just outside of Lefavour Hall (near the Kotzen Room).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Simmons Technology received an innovative donation from our printer vendor, Toshiba\u2014a park bench that uses recycled and compressed ink cartridges instead of wood. The bench is the result of a partnership between Toshiba and a recycling program called\u00a0Close the Loop. This initiative takes empty cartridges and other disposable parts and reuses the material to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[331,336],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technews","tag-331","tag-336"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":892,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions\/892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}