How to Recycle Ink Cartridges

Last Updated on August 14, 2023 by Christian Ralph

For many businesses, ensuring that they dispose of waste materials whilst adhering to environmentally-friendly procedures can be tricky.

Ink and toner cartridges are amongst the most popular office items that are left around unnoticed. Whether they’re stuck behind a desk or tucked neatly away in a drawer, it’s likely that you’ll have some old cartridges that can be disposed of.

We share how you can recycle ink cartridges and how your business can take advantage of recycling schemes to improve your green footprint.

Where can I recycle old ink cartridges?

Many printing manufacturers already have their own recycling schemes to encourage customers to recycle their old cartridges through their services.

Both independent operations and industry-sized businesses can take advantage of their schemes, with brands like OKI, Epson, Canon and Lexmark aiming to reduce the amount of waste plastic being thrown onto landfill.

Here at Printerland, we are able to help recycle old Xerox ink cartridges and we participate in the Green World Alliance Program.

This program was created by Xerox to help businesses become as eco-friendly as possible and its helped to keep more than 145 million pounds of plastic waste out of landfills all over the world since it began 20 years ago.

This scheme also supports the recycling of printers, fax machines and other office equipment; making it the ideal way to dispose of old products when upgrading to new!

Making your business environmentally-friendly

Otherwise adding to the enormous amount of plastic waste that is generated each year, old ink cartridges should be recycled – not just thrown in the bin.

Recycling old toner cartridges can help your business to become more environmentally-friendly as old printer accessories aren’t being thrown into landfill.

What can be made from recycled ink cartridges?

Because printer cartridges are essentially made from plastic, they can be used to make a number of products once they’ve been recycled.

Packaging for food items, street furniture and even bike paths are a handful of things that’ve been made from old cartridges and it’s likely that your business will be using products made from recycled plastic without even realising!

Since businesses and commercial operations can benefit from recycling ink cartridges, it’ll come as no surprise that ink cartridge recycling is on the increase.

To find out more about how we can help to recycle old printer accessories, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the team.

We’re here to help businesses of any size achieve a way to go about their daily operations whilst being as environmentally-friendly and cost efficient as possible, and we’re sure that we can help you. Getting rid of waste has never been easier!