Got a desk drawer bulging with old printer cartridges? Epson will now send you a Freepost envelope so you can post them off for recycling, provided you're using an Epson printer.
There's already a bunch of charity cartridge recycling schemes including Cartridges4Charity and Traidcraft, plus HP and Dell offer postal cartridge recycling, so Epson is really playing catch-up here.
It says the recycled plastic will be used for new cartridges, and the metal smelted for industrial uses.
To order your Epson Freepost envelopes, just fill in the form here.
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Anonymous 5 October, 2010 13:46
I was delighted to find this site as I am committed to recycling and have 28 epson TO801 -TO806 empty cartridges. I sent for envelopes and got 4! I spoke to an advisor and was told the can only send 4 at a time. Do you really want people to take part in this scheme? It's a little off-putting to have to keep filling in the form time after time to get envelopes 4 at a time. I was told to order a box and it would be picked up when it was full but having tracked it down online it does not apply to my type of cartridges. Your scheme is a great idea but couldn't it be simpler? Judy.
Anonymous 14 February, 2011 12:09
HI,...hello. I require more envelopes to return empty inkjet cartridges...BUT...I`m unable to find any location on your site to re-order the returnes envelopes. Has this service been discontinued ??
Thanks & Best Wishes
`George`
anonymous 18 October, 2011 11:55
I entirely agree with Judy (5.10.10) Why do you have to make it so complicated and time-consuming, just to apply for another FOUR envelopes, in order to return Epson Inkjet Cartridges to you? Jenny.
anonymous 29 November, 2011 15:00
I am a keen recycler and do go to great lengths to recycle things. I also know people that barely bother to recycle. Things have to be made easy to get lazy recyclers to do it in the first place, so I dont think this complicated system is going to much to encourage them to do it at all. I will however battle tooth and nail to keep up my recycling so I will use "your" system. Come on Epson, sort this out to encourage everyone else to look after our planet too!!