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60 – 80% of all used toner cartridges go directly into trash cans and end up in landfill. 1000 YEARS is how long it takes for a print cartridge to fully decompose in a landfill site. 350 MILLION Worldwide is the annual amount of print cartridges disposed of in landfill sites.
When we ship out the empty ink and toner cartridges they are remanufactured or recycled.
Items that do not work are broken down into the various components such as plastic, metal, wire, glass, and circuit boards. These items are shipped to smelting factories that purchase or accept them for recycling.
Charitable Recycling follows the highest standards for data destruction (DOD 5220.22-m) offering destruction receipts upon request. Also you can choose to drop-off your items or we can arrange to have them picked up from your location.
60 – 80% of all used toner cartridges go directly into trash cans and end up in landfill.
Batteries. We accept car batteries, laptop batteries, APC batteries, marine. (Unfortunately we do not at this time have a source to recycle "Home use batteries." AA, AAA, C, D, etc.)