FAQ's
Inkjet cartridges are smaller cartridges that fit into printers usually used at home or in small office environments. As suggested by the name they work by allowing ink to flow onto the paper. They come in both colour and black varieties.
You wouldn’t throw away your printer just because it ran out of paper; you certainly wouldn’t throw away your car because you run out of petrol. So why throw away a perfectly good print cartridge just because it runs out of ink? We can recycle many types of inkjet cartridges, but please use our checker on the the left hand side to double check your items are the kind that will also raise money for charity. Recycling reduces the amount of landfill waste and reduces the amount of raw material needed to produce new products.
Around 700 million cartridges were thrown away worldwide in 2003 and this has risen year on year since. The recovery and reuse of printer cartridges reduces landfill by millions of cubic feet of non-biodegradable material. Cartridges account for as much as 15,000 tonnes of waste plastic and metal in the UK alone. The plastic used in each printer cartridge is estimated to take 1,000 years to decompose.
Undamaged inkjet cartridges are 100% recyclable. The cartridges are physically and electronically checked, cleaned, refilled, and repackaged for resale. Inkjet cartridges that do not pass our stringent quality control are recycled as scrap and the plastic is used in other products such as canal lining.
Mobile phones are checked and refitted for use in developing countries. Phones that cannot be salvaged are broken down into their component parts and recycled.
Unfortunately not. Please use the checker on the left hand side to identify if yours is suitable for recycling and reuse and if we can give a donation to your chosen charity.
Unfortunately, because of the design of the Epson cartridges, it is not financially cost effective to remanufacture these cartridges. This is not unique to us, but the case for all recycling and remanufacturing companies. We cannot give a donation to charity for Epson cartridges.
Please contact the original equipment manufacturer to dispose of these cartridges environmentally though their own recycling programmes. www.epson.co.uk/collect_recycle
We are only able to accept inkjet cartridges and mobile phones for recycling, as indicated by our online checking tool. For recycling plastics, paper, cans and cardboard please contact your local authority.
The WEEE directive does not cover cartridges. Mobile phones will be accepted for recycling by your local retailer. However, to ensure the best use of your old phone, please send them back using our freepost recycling bags.
No. Once you have checked that your items are recyclable using our checker you can request recycling bags or call us freephone on 0800 435576. We pay all postage; it won't cost you a penny.
You can request recycling bags or call us freephone on 0800 435576.
The bag registration number is a unique code that allows us to link your donation to you and your chosen beneficiary. It is below the freepost address on your recycling bag and looks like this.
If your recycling bag does not have a registration code, or the code is not accepted when you type it in, it may be that you have an older charity recycling bag. Please return your items using the recycling bag and we will make a donation as usual to the charity. However, as these recycling bags cannot be registered, we cannot link this donation to you personally and your donation will not be eligible for Gift Aid on this occasion. If you wish to add Gift Aid, please order new Each One Counts recycling bags.
