Discarded printer products are a serious problem in landfills: over 1 million used cartridges are thrown away each year! When the replacements are made from virgin materials that adds up a lot of waste - hundreds of thousands of tons of it - and you pay good money for that waste. But don't worry! You can save money by ink cartridge recycling, and you can help the environment by toner cartridge recycling.
Where do I start?
It can take time to save up the necessary number of cartridges to mail to recycling companies. Instead of you saving up cartridges and shipping them to a recycler, we suggest taking them to a place locally and recycle them at your convenience. We have found that there are many places, in the community, that take back used Ink and Toner cartridges. To find the facility closest to you visit Earth911.com and enter what items you are looking to recycle (Ink or Toner) and your zip code. From there it will give you a list of local facilities that will take your used cartridges.