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To many people an empty printer cartridge is just waste, Right? actually Wrong, OK it is not exactly treasure but it is a raw material. Most cartridges can be refilled at least once so it really is a waste to throw them in the bin. Not only a massive waste of cash but consider the environmental impact that this kind of waste has.

Empty cartridges contain many different chemicals within the plastics and metal they are made from. These materials will take hundreds of years to decompose, that's if they ever do. Recycling ink cartridges through our scheme is an ideal way of interrupting the landfill cycle. All the ink cartridges we collect are either recycled by way of remanufacture or recycled for their plastics and scrap metals.

Q: Does Recycle Aid recycle ALL ink cartridges and toner cartridges?
A: No this scheme is FREEPOST based and is intended for Original Ink Cartridges only. We can recycle toner/laser cartridges but we need to know which toner cartridges you intend to recycle, use our Contact Us page to send a list of the toner cartridges you have for recycling.

Q: Does Recycle Aid recycle Ink Tanks?
A: No unfortunatly we do not collect ink tanks this includes EPSON tanks, HP tanks(HP88,HP10,HP11etc) and Canon (CLI 8, BCI, etc), nor do we collect Kodak cartridges,Ribbons,Toner bottles,Fuser Units or Waste Toner bottles.If you are unsure what you have, email us we are happy to help, or you can use our contact us page.

Q: Does Recycle Aid collect remanufactured or compatible ink cartridges?
A: NO, this printer cartridge recycling scheme is for ORIGINAL cartridges only, we need printer cartridges for our own remanufacturing process, in order to obtain maximum print quality we usually only refill an ink cartridge once.

Q: Is the scheme FREE to join?
A: Yes, our ink cartridge recycling scheme is absoloutley FREE, plus we also pay for the ink cartridges to be posted back to us, all you need to do is apply for FREEPOST bags.

Q: Does Recycle Aid pay for empty ink cartridges?
A: YES, we pay for all the recyclable ink cartridges we collect, you can have the cash back to you, your company or you can donate it to charity, it is totally your choice! See Cash for Cartridges for prices paid.

The morale of the story is that if you have empty cartridges don't bin them send them to US. If you browse this site you will find out how your cartridges can raise cash for yourself or benefit a charity.

Using recycled printer cartridges also helps helps to lower your carbon footprint, for every recycled inkjet that is used it means that a brand new one has not been sold, less sales leads to less manufacture, less manufacturing from raw materials is always good news for our environment. If you would like to buy recycled inkjets please visit www.cartridgeexpress.net