No. Your local recycling centre won’t usually accept printer cartridges for recycling; neither can they be collected as part of your local authority’s kerbside collections.
However, there are other organisations that will recycle them for you.
In 2003: 14,000 tonnes of inkjet and toner cartridges ended up in landfill
Cartridge World has 280 stores in the UK, where you can take your empty cartridges to be refilled. You can save up to 60% on the price of a new cartridge!
Refilling ink jet cartridges is straightforward and can be done on a DIY basis, with a number of companies supplying the ink and refilling equipment:
When buying your printer, choose one that uses cartridges that can be easily refilled or that can easily accept generic or refilled cartridges.
Donate them! These charities will use your empty printer cartridges to raise money by refilling and reselling them:
