Recommend me free toner recycling companies

[timbo343]

Years ago we had charities that collected old toner cartridges for free, they gave you a cardboard box, fill it toner cartridges and call them up.

 

Well it seems the one we used to use is no longer in business as it's being that long since we rang them for a replacement box as the number of unmanaged printers has considerably dropped so we have a box of old toners being a dust collector.

 

Can anyone recommend any companies that would collect old toner cartridges for free.

[3s-gtech]

Free ones all seem to have gone. I think the reduction in printer use has hit the economics. We use https://www.zerowasterecycling.co.uk but there's a cost to each box.

[machy]

Our boxes are simply recycle, but not sure if they are free because its managed by our print provider. 

[timbo343]

Cheers for the responses.

 

It does seem that we have to pay to have them taken away now, even under our managed print provider we have to pay to have them taken away.

[ITGuyNW]

Yeah free ones are no more. We pay £30 a box through our print lease.

[psydii]

If you've got an HP print fleet, their recycling programme still seems to be 'free', its part of the 'value proposition' of the brand.
HP Ink & Toner Cartridge Recycling | HP® United Kingdom

 

Similar with Sharp

Toner Recycling Scheme | Sharp

 

And Oki

OKI Consumables Free Recycling Services | Support | OKI Europe Ltd | Printers and Solutions

 

and Kyocera
Toner Take-Back Service | Support | Kyocera

and Konica Minolta
Recycle Your Toner Cartridges | KONICA MINOLTA

Canon claim to too, but their language is a little less decisive, so YMMV
How to recycle printer ink cartridges and toners — Canon UK Store

 

[itskdog]

Under the WEEE regulations, cartridges have to be collected for recycling by the manufacturer and/or seller for free.

 

Cartridge People recommend Empties Please, who used to give a small kickback to the school for each cartridge - it seems they've stopped now but their homepage now has links to all the OEM pages for where to get them collected, even more than @psydii listed, as well as linking out to The Recycling Factory and Recycle4Charity, who appear to still be operating their schemes.

 

I'll include the links below for long-term preservation, too, as I doubt the above link will be active for too much longer.

 

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Brother: https://www.brother.co.uk/recycling

Canon: https://www.canon.co.uk/about-us/recycling/

Dell: https://www.dell.com/en-uk/lp/recovery-recycling-consumer-solutions

Epson: https://epson-recycling.cycleon.eu/en/home

HP: https://inktoner-recycle.ext.hp.com/ui/index.html?languageCode=en&countryCode=GB#/recycle

Konica Minolta: https://www.konicaminolta.co.uk/en-gb/about-konica-minolta/customer-support/recycle-toner-cartridges

Kyocera: https://www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.co.uk/en/support/return-your-toners/toner-take-back-service.html

Lexmark: https://www.lexmark.com/en_gb/supplies-and-parts/reuse-and-recycling-program/cartridge-collection-program.html

Oki: https://www.oki.com/uk/printing/support/consumables-recycling/index.html

Ricoh: https://www.ricoh-return.com/

Sharp: https://www.sharp.co.uk/sustainability/toner-recycling-scheme

Toshiba: https://www.toshibatec.co.uk/sustainability/recycling

Xerox: https://www.xerox.co.uk/en-gb/about/recycling