Laser Friend and UKCRA

UKCRA & Recyclers GB   Setting the standards for   cartridge remanufacture.

Why UKCRA ?

With the number of remanufactured cartridges sold in the UK expected to exceed 1,500,000 in 1996, the need to provide an industry standard for remanufacturing process and business practice has grown.

As with any relatively new industry, there is a huge gulf between the best and worst products available. At best, a remanufactured cartridge is a quality, reliable product, virtually indistinguishable from the original, but the printer user has had, until now, few ways of telling good from bad.

At the same time the good remanufacturer has needed a way of proving to potential customers that he at least meets a set of minimum standards in the production methods he uses and the way he conducts business.

With the merger of UKCRA ( the United Kingdom Cartridge Recyclers Association and Recyclers GB ( The Association of British Cartridge remanufacturers ), the UK now has a single voice for cartridge remanufacturers.

What is UKCRA ?

Those rernanufacturers who recognise that need form the UK Cartridge Recyclers Association, with the expressed aim of providing the printer user with proven high quality products that are a cost effective, environmentally friendly alternative to imported cartridges.

All UKCRA members have to meet, and then comply with codes of practice in a number of areas, these include:
Conforming to minimum codes of remanufacturing practice.
Conforming to labelling and packaging standards.
Meeting standards of general business practice.
Having a bona-fida warranty system in place. Accepting mediation by UKCRA in disputes with customers.

Buy with confidence

Now the printer user can confidently take advantage of the environment and cost benefits of a recognisable, high quality, well tested remanufactured cartridge.
In addition the close co-operation amongst members has already brought about benefits with exchange of technical information and added purchasing power bringing better quality product to the printer user.

Variety and choice

However, UKCRA membership, although a major step, is not to be viewed as an end in itself. Within the guidelines set, each recycler continues to develop individual products, product ranges, and variety of services and means of marketing that ensures the printer user has a genuine set of alternative options within the UKCRA framework.

The UKCRA rosette can only be used by fully licenced members of the Association, who have met, and continue to abide by, the UKCRA codes of practice.

The UK Cartridge Recyclers Association, PO Box 4 1, Eccles, Manchester, M30 ORT