Public Interest Research Group – Lucas Gutterman: “Manufacturers lock us into buying ink cartridges at exorbitant prices. There are simple steps to end the ink trap… You might question if home printers are relevant, but 47% of American households still have one and our country spends more than $21 billion on ink cartridges per year.* I’ve calculated that Americans could save $10 billion per year by using refilled ink cartridges.* Refilling rather than manufacturing single-use plastic cartridges could save the plastic equivalent to 4 million single-use plastic grocery bags per year.* Unfortunately, we can’t choose refilled or third-party cartridges if our printers’ software pushes us into buying expensive name-brand ink…”