HP ink cartridges are recycled by first shredding the plastic cartridge bodies What happens to the shredded material?

Question

Options

• AIt is sold for use in shipping containers, auto parts, and carpet fibers.
• BIt is used to make new print cartridges.
• CIt is cleaned, compressed, and disposed of in the land fill.
• DIt is used to make HP recycled paper, which is exclusively used on HP campuses worldwide.

• A
  86% (19)
• B
  5% (1)
• D
  9% (2)

Explanation

Option A is correct because HP's cartridge recycling program shreds the plastic bodies and sells that shredded material to manufacturers who repurpose it into products like shipping pallets, auto parts, and carpet fibers - this is a well-documented closed-loop recycling initiative.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is incorrect because the shredded plastic is not reformed into new cartridges; new cartridges may use some recycled content, but that's a separate process from what happens to the shredded material.
• C is incorrect because the entire point of the recycling program is to divert material away from landfills, not into them.
• D is incorrect because HP does not produce recycled paper from cartridge plastic, and the premise of "exclusively used on HP campuses" is fabricated.

Memory tip: Think of the three end-products - Shipping containers, Auto parts, Carpet fibers - as "SAC." When HP shreds cartridges, the plastic goes into a "sack" of industrial products, not back into cartridges or paper.

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