About the program

Planet Ark wants to see a world without waste! Cartridges 4 Planet Ark is one pathway towards this future. By recycling used printer cartridges with our zero waste to landfill program, you're supporting a reduction in landfill and the reuse of valuable resources.

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Why recycle printer cartridges?

Printer cartridges are made up of a complex combination of plastics, metals, foam, ink and toner. Therefore they are not suited to the collection systems and sorting facilities used for home collections by councils.

Throwing them into landfill represents a waste of resources and can impact the environment.

Planet Ark joined with Close the Loop and industry leaders and manufacturers at Brother, Canon, Cartridge World, Epson, HP & Kyocera to set up the innovative Cartridges 4 Planet Ark program. This program collects and returns cartridges for remanufacturing and recycling - keeping them out of landfill.

The program, including its recycler and participating members, are independently audited on an annual basis for its zero waste to landfill guarantee. 

Small actions with BIG impacts

Some of the environment benefits of recyling your cartridges include:

•Divering waster from landfill. More than 3,440kg of cartridges are diverted from landfill every day through the program
•Recovering resources. Cartridges can be reprocessed or recycled to make new products from the plastics, metals and inks.
•Saving water and energy. Making most products from recycled materials uses less water and energy than making them from new materials