How to Recycle Color Laser Toner Cartridges

Think "green" two ways today. You can save the environment by recycling your laser toner cartridges and earn money while you do it. Organizations like eCycle Group will buy your empty laser toner cartridges. They will even send you a prepaid envelope to return your empty printer cartridges. Printer manufacturers are also offering recycling in order to keep empty cartridges from filling up the landfills. As a bonus, many people can now buy recycled laser toner cartridges directly from the manufacturer completing the "reduce, reuse, recycle" circle and saving money in the process.

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  Visit "eCycle Group" and select "Toner" from the drop down menu and then select the "brand" and "model" from the subsequent drop down menus. This will tell you the current price that eCycle will pay for each empty cartridge.

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  Click the "Sign up" button and provide your home address and contact information so that eCycle can mail you a prepaid return envelope. Be sure to include a proper first and last name on the form that matches your bank account so that you can cash the eCycle check when it arrives.

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  Place the empty laser toner cartridges in the prepaid envelope and return according to the eCycle instructions. You can put several cartridges in an envelope at one time in order to use fewer return envelopes. eCycle will also let you donate your pay to a charity if you wish.

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  Visit the manufacturer's website to recycle specific brands of laser toner cartridges. Canon, Ricoh and HP are a few manufactures that have recycling programs for printer cartridges and offer postage-paid printable return labels from their website.