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Like the wise man once said, THINK before you INK!

We all know printer cartridge recycling is great for the environment, but did you know that it could be great for your wallet too? Anyone who uses printer cartridges can make money from recycling them – from massive corporations all the way down to small households with a single home printer.

The principle is the same as recycling bottles and cans at the grocery store – you turn in used cartridges and they hand you cash! The only difference is that you’ll need to find recycling centers that specialize in used printer ink/toner cartridges since they have the proper equipment needed to extract all of the properties that make up the cartridges.

Some recycling centers accept piece by piece whereas other centers only accept in bulk. If you want to raise money for charities, many nonprofit companies do work with recycling centers making this a perfect way to donate money.

Before you can determine how much money you’ll make varies depending on the condition and the type of printer cartridge. It’s important to inspect the cartridges before you turn them in for recycling. You could end up without any money back or worst case scenario, some remanufacturing centers may charge a penalty for every cartridge that they consider too damaged to reuse.

To make sure this doesn’t happen to you, be sure that your used cartridge isn’t cracked and to wrap it up in bubble wrap or newspaper before placing it in a box. The packages you purchase your printer cartridges in include directions on repackaging them properly.

Having a cracked cartridge defeats the whole purpose of recycling to make those extra bucks!

After your cartridges are inspected, wrapped up properly and ready to recycle, you can then choose a company that accepts your cartridge type and request that they send you a recycling package designed for ink/toner cartridges.

Most recycling centers will send you a postage-paid, self-addressed, protective package to help you securely mail your used cartridge to them. There are very few centers that will require a shipping fee if you’re sending in bulk amount but more often than not, recycling centers will either pre-pay your shipping or else send someone to come and pick it up.

Most places typically accept used cartridges for between $1 USD to $4 USD for each approved cartridge. It’s also good to note that recycling centers usually pay more for toner cartridges than they do for inkjet cartridges.

Recently, with a bigger realization of how important recycling cartridges can be to our environment, many people have realized the goldmine laying within ink/toner cartridges and have made businesses out of it, paying up to $20 USD for each accepted cartridge!

Now that you have the know-how of recycling your printer cartridges – how much money will you get back?