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Re-cycling old ink cartridges and phones
vinylmusic
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in England
Ink cartridges
I found a company that takes virgin cartridges and pays between 5p and £3.50 each for them depending what they are. There is a price list on their site along with all other details. the postage is free, unfortunately they use a dreaded 0870:eek: phone number and my email queries were ignored so I have no idea how reliable they are
They are found at www.cybahouse.com/empties
One of my questions was if they only take virgin cartridges does that mean cartridges already recycled can onlly be put in the bin?
I only use a cheap brand and pay around £2 for each of 4 coloured ones my epson printer takes. about a quarter of what original epson's cost. Even though they never seem to last as long as originals I estimate that I still save around 65% overall.
If anyone is thinking of buying a new printer consider buying one for which recycled cartridges are cheaper and readily available. Buy one that takes individual colour cartridges otherwise when one colour runs out you have to throw away the cartridge possibly still half full of perfectly good ink
Mobile Phones
I've been sending old phones to Tesco's using the freepost envelopes they provide. Each time I've sent one I never got the points promised until I phoned to complain.
I took a wad of their envelopes about a year ago and last time I asked they said they were still accepted even though I don't see them in their stores anymore
I found a company that takes virgin cartridges and pays between 5p and £3.50 each for them depending what they are. There is a price list on their site along with all other details. the postage is free, unfortunately they use a dreaded 0870:eek: phone number and my email queries were ignored so I have no idea how reliable they are
They are found at www.cybahouse.com/empties
One of my questions was if they only take virgin cartridges does that mean cartridges already recycled can onlly be put in the bin?
I only use a cheap brand and pay around £2 for each of 4 coloured ones my epson printer takes. about a quarter of what original epson's cost. Even though they never seem to last as long as originals I estimate that I still save around 65% overall.
If anyone is thinking of buying a new printer consider buying one for which recycled cartridges are cheaper and readily available. Buy one that takes individual colour cartridges otherwise when one colour runs out you have to throw away the cartridge possibly still half full of perfectly good ink
Mobile Phones
I've been sending old phones to Tesco's using the freepost envelopes they provide. Each time I've sent one I never got the points promised until I phoned to complain.
I took a wad of their envelopes about a year ago and last time I asked they said they were still accepted even though I don't see them in their stores anymore
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