Brother is proud to be a full funding partner of the 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' recycling program. This Australia wide program collects and returns cartridges for recycling with a zero waste to landfill guarantee.

The program is free for consumers, is independently audited, and coordinated through a network of over 30,000 businesses and over 3,000 retail outlets. Brother makes sure the product life-cycle doesn’t end up in landfill, through its support of producer responsibility programs to create a culture of recycling.

In 1990, Canon introduced the first toner recycling program of its kind in the world, with our own toner recycling plants in Europe, Japan, China and USA.Canon Australia is proud to be a founding partner of the 'Cartridges for Planet Ark' program. Our cartridges collected through the program are returned through Canon's global reuse and recycling program or recycled in Australia by Close the Loop.

Free collection boxes are delivered to Canon customers and picked up when convenient.

HP is a participating manufacturer of the retail collection component of the 'Cartridges 4 Partner Ark' program. This means that individuals, householders, and small businesses who use HP cartridges can drop off their used cartridges at any retail or public ‘Cartridges 4 Planet Ark’ collection points. Larger businesses and workplaces that predominantly use HP cartridges are encouraged to contact HP directly to see if they are eligible for a HP Planet Partners collection box.

Epson is a founding member of Cartridges 4 PlanetArk – an innovative program that provides printer users with an easy and environmentally accredited way to recycle used printer cartridges and consumables.

As part of Epson Australia's program of environmental awareness and consideration, it was accredited to the international standard ISO 14001 - Environmental Management Systems in May 2001.