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The RecycleFirst laser cartridge recycling program is our longest running program. Last year we had over 10,000 individuals and companies participate in returning over 65 tons of laser toner cartridges. Our laser program is one more way for your organization or business to be green. Our collection boxes are designed to make recycling as easy and user-friendly as possible.
Our laser toner recycling program also allows you to promote your organization as environmentally sensitive. The best part of our program is that all the collection materials are Free of charge and Free of risk. RecycleFirst is committed to the most advanced environmentally responsible solutions for the recycling of your toner.Program Features:
- Free, postage paid recycling containers
- Bulk pickup on skids or in gaylords. Call 888.777.7359 to schedule your pick up today!
- Canadian customers welcome (look for CN suffix)
- Remanufactured cartridge recycling program available
Ordering Collection Materials:
We are always updating our online store to make ordering even easier. Don’t forget to use the My Account feature which will allow you to track your shipments online any time day or night.
Getting Started:
If you are a first time customer, please enter our site, add the recycling products you would like to use, and at check out the system will prompt you to enroll. Please choose the recycling account option. Your account information is used in the bar code on the collection boxes to track your shipments. Click Here to Enter
Need Help?
RecycleFirst can assist you in determining what and how many materials to order. Please give us a call at 888.777.7359 or e-mail us at info@recyclefirst.com.
Click here to establish your account Enroll
If you are a current customer, click here to order: Enter Store
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Terms:
The term non-virgin cartridge describes a cartridge that has been remanufactured at least once and in some cases several times. These cartridges should be labeled remanufactured or like new or replacement cartridges. There are very few truly virgin clone cartridges. Store brand cartridges or cartridges without the printer manufacturer’s logo are more than likely non-virgin. Therefore, a virgin cartridge is one that has never been remanufactured and will have the logo of the printer manufacturer on the box.
- Empty inkjet cartridges, laser toner cartridges and cell phones are returned to one of four North American Recycling Centers for sorting and grading.
- All qualified cartridges are reused within the remanufacturing process to produce inkjet and laser toner cartridges which significantly reduce the need for using additional natural resources.
- Cartridges that cannot be remanufactured due to damage, defect, or having been previously remanufactured, are completely disassembled to the base components are handled as follows by the Waste Recycling Facility:
- Plastics - Wiper blades, scrap inkjet cartridges are provided to recyclers for melting down and forming park benches, garbage cans and other items.
- Aluminum – The OPC drums are collected from each cartridge and are recycled.
- Corrugated – All corrugated packaging is compressed into baler machines, located on-site and the tightly compressed bales are picked up by corrugated recyclers.
- Steel – The metal pieces, such as screws, pins, blades and magnetic rollers are made available to scrap metal recyclers.
- Polystyrene - To further support RecycleFirst “No Landfill” policy, grinding machinery has been installed in the Waste Recycling Facility to grind the hard shell polystyrene scrap cartridges into ground material that can be reused within the injection molding manufacturing process.
- Remanufacturing cartridges uses 80% less energy than making new ones.
- A typical cartridge takes 1,000 years to decompose.
- It takes the energy equivalent of ½ gallon of oil to make a cartridge. Help reduce on dependence on Foreign Oil.
- Each laser cartridge consists of 2.5 lbs of plastic, along with rubber, steel and aluminum.
- Every year, nearly 400 million cartridges are thrown away filling up our landfills.