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

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Running a printer cartridge recycling and collection scheme can be a time-consuming business.

It can be a bit messy too. When recycling and packing up the old printer cartridges sometimes the ‘not-quite-empty’ inkjet and toner cartridges can leak. It’s OK when it’s a small number of cartridges, every now and then, but if you are running a big collection scheme for your school or charity then it can be quite a pain.

We think we’ve come up with the answer to these problems and instead of encouraging you to run a collection scheme yourself we suggest you simply encourage your supporters to send their cartridges direct to us.

Simply by promoting our inkjet and toner cartridge recycling scheme on your charity and school website, and in your email newsletters, fund-raisers can generate the same amount of funds but without any of the hassle.

We arrange free courier pick-up from all your supporters, be they from parents, friends or local companies.

All you need to do is add a link on your website and emails to our website here http://www.gtrecycling.com/recycle .

Your school or charity will get paid the full amount that your supporter donates. All they need to do is fill in the form on our website, with your organisation’s name and we take care of the rest. You can also easily add this link to your Facebook Fan Pages/Linked-in profiles, even your blog, Twitter pages and more.

We’re a small but growing toner and inkjet cartridge recycling company in Peterborough and are having a big year since launching our online recycling cash calculator, on our website here; http://www.gtrecycling.com/recycle .

Our recyclers are saying nice things about the website since we display an ‘instant’ price we pay for their empty cartridges. And my colleagues here on the GreenTech Recycling Helpdesk are doing a good job organising free pick-up of their cartridges and then sending payments to all our recyclers and charities/schools within 14 days.  (more…)

There’s lots of free advice and money-saving tips on how to start recycling more in your office in this article at Recycle-More.co.uk (run by ValPak).

The website takes you through a set of simple slides with a handy checklist of ‘things to do’ to get started or to improve your current office recycling scheme.

We know all about that here at GreenTech, since our own inkjet and toner cartridge recycling scheme, where you can recycle printer cartridges and get paid up to £12, has been going strong for 10 years now.

Some of the advice from Recycle-More.co.uk includes:

• Nominate a waste recycling champion
• Create an environmental group/committee

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Here are some interesting facts about recycling in the UK:

Current UK recycling is estimated to save more than 18 million tonnes of CO2 a year.[1]

£36,000,000 worth of aluminium is thrown away each year. [1]

Incinerating 10,000 tonnes of waste creates one job. Land-filling the same amount creates six jobs but recycling it creates 36! [1]
Up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in the dustbin could be recycled [1]

On average 16% of the money you spend on a product pays for the packaging which ultimately ends up as rubbish. [1] (more…)

When you think of recycling, do you think about making money? Most people consider recycling in terms of reducing waste or going green. While these things are true, it is also true that you can make money by recycling. Here are top five ideas to make money by recycling old technology or gadgets.

1. Recycling your old mobile phone or iPod

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There are millions of phones in the UK either collecting dust or on their way to landfill sites. By returning your old mobile to a specialised recycling company that can dispose it of correctly will earn you some extra money. Online recycling companies will pay you between £1- £400 per handset that you send in depending upon the condition and actual worth of your handset. (more…)

GreenTech’s new inkjet and toner cartridge recycling website provides the simplest way, in 5 easy steps, to recycle your empty or waste inkjet and toner cartridges. Just follow these easy peasy steps.

Step 1

Find your cartridge: Enter the cartridge no. or short code in the text box here or you can click on the “Can’t find your cartridge?” link and select your cartridge from the step-by-step wizard.

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Going green may seem a hackneyed phrase (as my boss calls it) but it is very much essential for the survival of nature. Follow these simple but useful top 10 recycling tips from the Green Planet. Some excerpts from the post are featured below. (more…)

Fundraisers should be simple and easy and should have quick results. Here are five simple and fast fundraising ideas.

1. Ugly Tie Contest

Participants of an ugly tie contest / image source: laurinburgchristian.org

Let’s accept the fact that we all buy wearables and clothing over the years that are undesirable and we would rather forget about. Ugly tie contest can be a great fundraising idea that will not only help you raise funds but to give people opportunity to laugh. (more…)

Saving electricity results in direct energy saving. But you can’t be sure from where you can save the electricity in your home or office unless you know which appliances or electronic devices are using how much electricity. This website features not only a calculator that calculates your electric cost but the method to calculate the amount of electricity an electronic device use and a table that lists how much electricity most commonly used electrical equipment consume. It also suggests some ideas to save electricity.

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Many of us use at least 3 to 4 personal gadgets, which often includes an MP3/ iPod, phone, computer and TV. But have we ever thought that we could be wasting a lot of money in addition to the resources or energy? Following some simple and useful tips can not only save us money but we can also earn from recycling. Planet Green has some useful gadget recycling tips. We’ve picked up some excerpts to share with you here. (more…)

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Wind energy is one of the great alternate energy resources. Check out this DIY from Instructables that teaches you how to build a Lenz2 wind-powered turbine from recycled material in 5 simple steps. You can then connect this turbine to any suitable generator or motor to generate electricity from it.

Check the video below to see the turbine in action. (more…)