What is empty goes in the trash? Those times are long gone. Many things have no place in household waste. However, they can often be reused or recycled – including printer cartridges.
If the cartridges of inkjet printers or the toner cartridges of laser printers are empty, it is obvious: refills are needed. But what about the old printer cartridge or cartridge – just throw it away? This is an absolute no-go, so TECHBOOK shows five ways you can do with it.
Never throw away printer cartridges and ink cartridges
The way in the residual waste is ruled out for many reasons. This is because neither further use as a whole nor recycling of individual components is possible. In addition, toner cartridges and ink cartridges, which usually also contain electronic components such as chips, have to electrical law nothing lost in household waste anyway.
So it is important to take a closer look at the environment and often also at your own wallet. These options are considered:
refill
In many cities there are printer and ink shops that refill empty cartridges relatively cheaply with ink or toner suitable for the respective printer.
Also interesting: Should I buy or refill printer cartridges?
Sell
There are a number of purchase service providers that can be easily found using an online search engine. Depending on how rare or widespread a certain cartridge or cartridge is, you can get a few cents or a few euros for it. Even if no money is offered at all, the service providers should at least pay for the shipping.
send in
Otherwise, almost all printer manufacturers take back the original cartridges and cartridges from their own production free of charge. As a rule, they provide franked return envelopes or package labels, which can be requested on the company’s website.
Recycle
Municipal collection points such as recycling centers, recycling centers or pollutant mobile accept cartridges and cartridges. There are some there too “Red Bin” extra for cartridges and cartridges as well as CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays. 55 percent reuse and 30 percent material recycling are promised for this system.
Hand over
Last but not least, you can simply hand in your empty cartridges and cartridges to the dealer as electronic waste, free of charge. This is not only possible with technology markets, but also with large grocery stores or discounters who sell electronic items, explain the consumer centers.
Online retailers are also obliged to take back items free of charge. Compared to the many other alternatives, this route is only worthwhile to a limited extent, because transport costs can be charged here.