FAQs – Get Paid Up To £12 To Recycle Toner Cartridges with GreenTech

Every year 55 million of printer cartridges are thrown in landfills of UK after they run empty. This not only increases pollution but poses threats to wildlife, humans and all other living beings. When the whole world is thinking about greener world, then why should we stay behind? Standup for a cause, and play your role in making this world green. Save the world by cartridge recycling today!

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Printer cartridges thrown in landfills contaminate the soil and thus cause deadly threats to the plant growth and those which feed on them. They are one of the major sources of increasing (more…)

Did you know that your old mobile phones or printer cartridges could be used to protect the environment and help preserve wild life? If you take a look around your apartment or house, you will inevitably find several unwanted goods that can be recycled. Recycle cartridges first, that are lying idly in your home.

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When you recycle cartridges, you do not only save money but you potentially play a role in savouring those of the future generations as well as saving many lives (both animal and human). Printer cartridges thrown in landfills and dumps take 1000’s of years to decompose and in the process release harmful gases like nitrous oxide, that pollute both the air and water. Recycle cartridges, and you will also help create (more…)

Is there a room in your office filled solely with used laser toner cartridges? Do your employees merely dump printer cartridges into the trash when printing, the text/images, suddenly go blank or turn light? If so, then it’s time for you to take a stand and unite your colleagues under one cause to recycle laser toner cartridges. There are many dire consequences of not to recycle laser toner cartridges. For one, the cartridges you throw in the garbage could end up in the many landfills that are already being mounded with toner cartridges.

The plastic in toner cartridges takes up to 1000 years to decompose and is hence environmentally hazardous along with many other materials disposed of in the process. Therefore, be more responsible for the sake of (more…)

Mother earth has bestowed us with many resources and it is our duty to protect and maintain them for future generations to the best of our abilities. Many of us might casually ignore the consequences by not doing so, while many others might be very environmentally conscious and linked with several recycling agencies as well as awareness groups. However, all you green people out there might not be fully acquainted with the concept of recycling cartridges. You might have unknowingly thrown away several of your printer cartridges without considering the harm you are causing to the environment.

There is more to recycle than your collected glass or plastic bottles. Each year approximately 375 million used cartridges are thrown away into incinerators or landfills all over the world. A used cartridge weighs about 3lb and is composed of (more…)

These days, multinational companies, educational facilities and hospitals, all keep their records and forms in a printed layout. This change in the form of data storage has definitely increased demand for printers and their complements, such as toner cartridges. To avoid mounting costs and inconvenience, the concept of recycling toner cartridges has increasingly gained popularity.

The materials used to make toner cartridges are plastic, metal, and minute proportions of rubber and foam. The components toner cartridges are made of are subjected to wear and tear, therefore they cannot be reused repetitively. Nonetheless, recycling of toner cartridges can be done three to four times, not only saving extra costs but (more…)

Many people are turning their attention towards charitable good deeds. Companies usually raise money as part of their corporate social responsibility, whereas individuals are charitable out of their own desire to help others in need. In the end, it all boils down to doing the right thing. One way to do charity work is to recycle laser toner cartridges. You help the environment when you recycle laser toner cartridges by preventing landfill sites from overflowing, plus you save money through buy-back offers and, most importantly, you can help out charities.

How can you help charities if you recycle laser toner cartridges?

It’s simple, really. You just have to send the empty laser toner cartridges to a third party manufacturer/recycler, such as GreenTech, stating the charity you’d like to donate and they will do the rest. Alternatively you can donate your empty laser toner cartridges to the charity of your own choice and they’ll sell them to a cartridge recycling company for cash.

Most manufacturers support a host of charities, a list of which can be found on their website. For example, GreenTech supports many UK-based charities and is estimated to have paid more than (more…)

Ever since the turn of the century, the concept of recycling has become increasingly popular amongst individuals and companies. The awareness created, with regards to the growing environmental hazards, has prompted this trend. One trend that has caught up recently with printer manufacturers and consumers alike is recycling toner cartridges.

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A staggering 20,000,000 toner cartridges used to fill up landfill sites in the United Kingdom per year. Even now, only 5% of all cartridges used get recycled. They don’t just take up useful land space and waste your tax money; they are environmentally hazardous! It takes centuries before even a single cartridge decomposes. Worse yet, any leftover toner that may leak from these used printer cartridges can (more…)

Recycling is both cost effective and good for the environment. Here at GreenTech, we’re very enthusiastic about recycling toner cartridges and encourage you to make use of our recycling scheme by sending us your used toner cartridges for remanufacture. However, we were curious as to what are other people around the world were doing with their old printing supplies, so we investigated further.

Cycle Path of Cartridges

West MacDonnell National Park in Australia had the ingenious idea of making a cycle path out of used toner cartridges!

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The path connects Alice Springs and Simpson’s Gap, a distance of just over ten-and-a-half miles, and is constructed almost entirely out of recycled printer cartridges. The path, plus a new viewing platform, was completed for $130,000 (just over £84,000 to you and me). The cost was kept low because (more…)

Small businesses have been the ones hardest hit by recession. Spiraling costs and barely breaking even have forced most of them out of business. To keep themselves in the game, they have to keep their costs low. Going green is the new way forward, and convincing small businesses to use recycled products at their workplace could help them cut down their costs without compromising on quality. One such way is through cartridge recycling.

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The idea behind cartridge recycling is simple: instead of purchasing new cartridges every time, buy remanufactured ones and send your used toner cartridges for recycling. This re-uses the constituent parts, preventing them going to landfill and providing a cheaper (more…)