Donate Full, Unused Cartridges

We take ink and toner cartridges of the most popular brands: Hewlett Packard, Brother, Canon, Dell, Epson, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Lexmark, Panasonic, Ricoh, Samsung, Xerox.

There are thousands of models, so we need to check your specific models have enough value to cover our costs and raise funds for charity — if not, we'll help you find a free alternative recycling option for them.

We definitely cannot take any of the following — please hold any of these to one side:

• Used / part-used / empty cartridges
• Generic / 'compatible' / off-brand versions not made by the genuine original printer manufacturer
• No longer factory-sealed items — where both the inner sealed packaging and outer box of the cartridge have ever been opened

We cannot take any generic / 'compatible' / off-brand versions not made by the genuine original printer manufacturer as they simply don't have any secondary market value — we'll help you find a free alternative recycling option for any of these.

In many cases, yes we can use expired cartridges. There are some particular models and manufacturers that this is important for, and we will ask in due course if we need to check this.

The easiest way is to send us a clear photo of your items — we can check the model numbers, quantities, and verify their condition for you without you having to list them.

We need to check that we can reuse your items and raise funds for the AMF before we collect because we pay for the shipping, staff to process and check consignments, and disposal/recycling fees for any cartridges that can't be reused.

If you can't send us photos, or you have a large number, we don't need exact quantities and every detail, but we will need to know that we can reuse most of what you're sending us and that any items we definitely can't use are recycled elsewhere — if you have a list that's great, and we may have other questions or ask you to check certain details.

Any reusable unused cartridge that we take could be worth anywhere from 0.5 to 100 long-lasting anti-malaria nets in terms of donation for the Against Malaria Foundation — our chosen partner charity that benefits from items you send us. That's equivalent to about $2USD per net.

Long-lasting insecticidal sleeping nets are a highly effective way to prevent a disease that kills 400,000 people a year. So next time you upgrade your printer, or are clearing out your office or drawers, think of the benefit that any full and unused printer cartridges could have on lives of people in sub-tropical countries.

Yes, the service is completely free! Because of that we do need to check that we can use the particular cartridges you have.

Your cartridges are reused as they were originally intended — as full cartridges that we find homes for in an appropriate printer.

This reduces the number of printer cartridges that needs to be manufactured, which reduces use of oil to produce plastics, precious metals, and energy used in construction.

Recycling — breaking cartridges down into component materials for use in different products — may be better than sending products to landfill, but is a last resort for items that can't be reused as it still uses much more energy and oil and other natural resources.

Nothing we receive is sent to landfill.

We operate across the entire United Kingdom by using nationwide couriers to transport your items. In some cases, if you have a large number of more valuable items and are within 100 miles one of our warehouses we may be able to collect your cartridges loose without having to pack them up into shipping boxes.

If you're in the US or Canada, try our partner CartridgeForest instead.

Please do not open the boxes or packaging that the cartridges came in — we need to receive the items in their original packaging and as good a condition as possible.

We mostly use nationwide courier networks to ship your items, so you will need to put them (in their original packaging) into a sturdy outer protective shipping box — if you have a large number of items, we can supply these free of charge if you cannot find a suitable box of your own to use.

In some cases, if you're within 100 miles of one of our warehouses we may be able to collect directly from your site in our own vans.

The facility we use to process unused cartridges is a lean operation, and we do not have the space or facility to handle any waste or empty cartridges on site — empty items and other items we can't reuse must be sent using different recycling partners, and not with your unused items.

You are welcome to cover the costs of shipping your full printer cartridges to us — this may be easier and more straightforward for you if you have existing arrangements with a courier, or want to send using a Post Office — and this will increase the amount that we are able to donate to the AMF from your items.

We will still need to do a quick check to see that we can usefully reuse your items before we allow you to send though, as there are costs in handling and processing, and it actually costs money to dispose of and recycle items that we cannot actually reuse.

If you have some suitably-sized cardboard boxes you can reuse, that's ideal as it means we can pass on more to the AMF, and you're reusing existing resources.

If you have a larger number of big unused cartridges to ship, and will not be able to find a suitable box, then we can provide sturdy shipping boxes and tape.