How to Recycle Copier Toner Cartridges
As the Earth911 website notes, nearly 100 percent of recycled toner cartridges can be refurbished and reused, keeping a significant amount of plastic waste out of landfills. Many companies that manufacture copier toners provide free recycling programs, but you have a wide array of recycling options to select from if you don't want to mail the used cartridge back to the company. Recycling copier toner is easy, beneficial to the environment and takes nothing more than a few phone calls to determine the best method for you.
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Contact the manufacturer of your copier toner to determine whether it has a mail-back toner recycling program. As the Earth911 website notes, many companies offer a toner cartridge recycling program, then refurbish and reuse the old cartridges. Sharp USA offers easy copier toner recycling for those who use its toner.
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Call office supply stores in your community to determine whether they run a toner cartridge recycling program. If they do, drop your used cartridge off at the store on your next visit.
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Find out what grade of plastic your toner cartridge is to determine whether you can recycling it through your community by checking for a number written inside a recycle symbol on the cartridge body. Then check with your town's recycling program at the Department of Public Works to determine whether you can recycle the used toner cartridge with household plastic goods by telling it the number you found on the toner. Some communities accept toner cartridges for recycling either at a recycling center or landfill or as part of a curbside collection.
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References
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