I've got at least one empty old inkjet cartridge and a couple empty old toner cartridges (the drum has probably gone bad long ago). I'm looking to get rid of them but want more than $0 for them. To be clear, the toner cartridges are ones that have toner and drum in one (for HP laser printers). It looks like Office Depot and Office Max give $3 credit for each (Toner Recycling | Ink Jet Cartridge Recycling at Office Depot and OfficeMax MaxPerks Recycling - About MaxPerks Recycling), Staples gives $3 credit but only towards future ink or tuner purchases (Staples.com | Staples Soul - Recycling). Anyone have better ideas for places to bring them to/send for some credit or money? I don't mind dropping them off as long as it's the South Bay portion of the SF Bay Area or sending them as long as shipping/postage is covered.
It totally depends on the type of cartridge though the Stapes and Officedepot offers are the way I go. I pass by a Staples on the way to the gym. Four times a month I stop in to stapes and to recycle the max of 3 cartridges a visit (that they pay for for, they take more they just don't pay). They send me $30 coupon each month that I can use for anything. Since I am turning in canon carts with no built in print head, the offer of $3 each is really good!
Bummer, none of them take my Kodak cartridges. Oh well, the Kodak ones are a whale of a lot less expensive than HP, Canon, Epson or any others, I get prepaid mailers to send them in at a number of locations so they don't go into a landfill anyway.
does officemax still do this? for members who've tried this one out.. got bunch of printer ink cartridges here which should just be disposed. ink cartridges
My printer does not use cartridges, just blocks of solid ink, which melt inside the printer. Xerox claims I generate 20 pounds of waste for every 250 pounds a laser printer generates. (Disclaimer: I install Xerox products) http://www.office.xerox.com/latest/SLDFS-01U.PDF
Brother includes a shipping label with their cartridges, so I just mail them back. I don't receive anything, other than the satisfaction of knowing they're reused.
brother's company is really great. they're so easy to deal with. i also mailed my ink cartridges upon reading your post. thanks..
Thanks for bringing this thread back from the graveyard. I have a bucket full of empty cartridges and didn't know they were worth anything till now. I have a staples rewards card and it looks like they are offering $2 per cartridge up to 10 per month. Still not a bad deal for free stuff I can purchase at staples! Weird that the staples URL still says $3 ink recycle in it.
