Our free-to-use US services help you to fulfil your environmental obligations for empty cartridges and unwanted mobile phones, and raise funds for deserving charities at the same time.
The vast majority of your cartridge or phone donations are reused: a much better use of energy and raw materials than simply recycling.
All the net profit raised from reusing your cartridges is split between these three deserving charities.
Though equally deserving in terms of the work they do, these smaller charities are often overlooked, have small marketing budgets and will greatly benefit from your support.
Via: recycle4charity.com
Lexmark Cartridge Collection Program
The Lexmark Cartridge Collection Program diverts millions of Lexmark toner and inkjet cartridges from landfills annually by making it easy – and free – for Lexmark customers to return used print cartridges to Lexmark for reuse or recycling.
How easy? To return an individual toner cartridge, simply place the used cartridge back in the new cartridge box and apply the pre-paid return label provided. To return an inkjet cartridge, simply use the postage-paid return bag that was provided in the box or go to Lexmark’s Web site to request one.
Lexmark’s collection program is growing every year. Currently, the program is available in more than 50 countries, which represents approximately 90 percent of our global market.
Via: lexmark.com
Laser printer cartridges are easily recycled, refilled, or re-built. Some forward thinking companies, such as Hewlett-Packard, include a postage-paid return label with each cartridge so they may manufacture new cartridges out of used ones. Both laser and ink jet cartridges can also be refilled. Check search engines such as Yahoo for a list of companies that offer recycled printer supplies.
As paper use in printers continues to increase, it is more important than ever to recycle. Setting up a paper recycling program at your work can help. Businesses should consider printers that seamlessly print on both sides of a sheet, termed “duplex printing.” Individuals, especially those with home-based businesses, should also push for the manufacture of economical printers that print on both sides of a sheet.
Uniform, clean white paper from impact printers is among the most valuable types of recycled paper. Used laser printer paper is less valuable because of the melted plastic toner. Very high quality recycled paper for use in printers is readily available. Due to the finer grain of recycled paper, the print quality is often better than that of virgin paper.
Via: dpw.lacounty.gov