Only about 15% of the 65 million printer ink and toner cartridges used in the U.K. are recycled. The majority end up in landfill, where it can take more than a thousand years for them to break down. Although some of these ink and toner cartridges can be refilled, once toner bottles are empty, they cannot be refilled or reused. Consequently, many third party refillers do not collect them, resulting in a large proportion ending up in landfill sites.
Ricoh Toner Recycling
At Ricoh, we take our responsibility to the environment around us seriously and seek out opportunities to make the way we do business, more sustainable. Corporate social responsibility has been ingrained in our corporate values since our creation.
As one of the many initiatives our environmental management office have implemented, the recycling of Ricoh ink and toner cartridges is one of the most significant.
We have partnered up with eRECO, a leading WEEE disposal specialist to offer Ricoh customers the option of recycling their Ricoh ink and toner cartridges. By enrolling in the scheme you can help reduce the environmental impact of your own organisation by ensuring our toner cartridges and bottles never reach landfill sites and are instead re-used.
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The Ricoh Toner Recycling Service
The Ricoh toner recycling scheme is straight forward and user friendly:
• Sign up to the scheme to receive specially designed toner collection bags and cable ties. On average, the bags hold approximately twenty four units
• You will also be able to recycle the cardboard packaging in which the toner is packaged in the same bags
• Once full, please call (0800 121 6331) to arrange collection
• The scheme accepts toner bottles and cartridges from any manufacturer
• Materials recovered in the process are used to manufacture a variety of products including washing machine parts, traffic cones, building materials, fire alarm casings and games consoles- products which can, in turn, be recycled again
Participation in this scheme costs just £34.50 per bag, which includes provision of the bag, collection and recycling of consumables
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