Collecting and recycling your company's used cartridges can save money on waste disposal and the costs of replacement cartridges, as well as helping your company fulfil its Duty of Care - Empty cartridge Ltd is a registered waste carrier. 

Businesses' extensive usage of printer cartridges makes recycling by individual companies a vital element in environmental protection. During the year 2000, over 48 million ink jet and over 7 million laser toner cartridges were consumed in the United Kingdom - many of these will have been used by businesses like yours. 

Empty printer cartridges and mobile phones in most cases have a value that would be paid either directly to your account, or make a donation of the value across a broad range of UK charities or to the charity of your choice.

 

Money for your empty toner and inkjet cartridges

As one of the UK’s largest collectors of used printer cartridges, we will save you money on a commodity which might otherwise cost the environment dearly.

We firmly believe in protecting our environment from unnecessary waste.

More than 48 million ink jet and over 7 million laser toner cartridges were used in the United Kingdom during the year 2010. This consumption has steadily increased year-on-year, deepening the need for efficient and environmentally friendly disposal and recycling.

Fund raise for Charity

Save your empty printer cartridges and earn money for your local charity, school, business or even for yourself.

We also provide a free collection and recycling service for your surplus / unused items, allowing you to reduce waste in your home or work place as well as supporting the environment.

Sign up and recycle for FREE

Registering with us only takes a minute or two. Once the account is activated (usually within 24 hours) you will be able to log in, gaining access to the full cartridge price list. Here you can look up your specific brand of cartridge or cartridges, and find out just how much money we will be able to offer you.

After the first printer cartridge collection your account will display a summary of the items received with their corresponding monetary values.

We work throughout mainland UK and Northern Ireland, as well as all the main offshore islands, including The Isle Of Wight, The Isle of Sheppey, The Shetland Islands, The Isle of Man, The Hebrides, Guernsey, Jersey and the Channel Isles. If you live in Ireland, please click on the link at the top of this page to be redirected to our Irish website.

Apple, Brother, Dell, HP, IBM, Lexmark, Canon, Epson, Xerox and other manufacturer brand names and logos are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any and all brand name designations or references are made solely for purposes of demonstrating compatibility of ink cartridges and toner.

 

It earns you money

We will pay you for every printer cartridge from our published price list that you recycle with us. While doing your bit for the environment, you are also helping out your bank balance at the same time.

In fact, recycling your used printer cartridges is beneficial to both you and the environment.

 

while saving the planet

As well as cutting down on office or household waste, and saving money on on-going business or home printing costs, ink cartridge recycling helps to protect the environment in various ways.

Firstly, up to 85-90% of the material used for cartridges is reusable. Recycling these products lessens the need for large-scale production of this important office and home equipment. Not only does this help contribute towards a reduction in carbon emissions; it also preserves the planet’s natural resources that are used in ink printer cartridge production.

Limiting our impact on the environment

Recycling these items also directly reduces the amount of non-perishable material that is added to our waste disposal.

With the continual build-up of non-biodegradable waste, landfill sites get bigger and more numerable. This is to the detriment of areas of natural beauty and a great deal of this non-biodegradable material causes direct ground pollution. Incineration of these materials may produce further pollution, in the form of potentially harmful gas emissions.