Printer cartridges are seen as a single-use product by printer and vartridge Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). But they are not. As a matter of fact most of today’s printer cartridges fall within the scope of the WEEE-2 directive. When considering the use of raw materials, repairing and remanufacturing are the most preferable alternatives to landfill and/or recycling because the geometrical form of the product is retained and its associated economic value is preserved. Currently around 30,000 jobs exist in Europe alone directly related to the remanufacturing/repair of printer cartridges. Unfortunately, printers and cartridges OEMs have a narrow view when it comes to protecting the environment. They believe that capturing raw materials before they end up in landfill, and that the recycling of the raw material used in their cartridges is good enough. But the waste hierarchy clearly prefers re-use over mere raw material recycling.