Why Toner Recycling Matter

Their are obvious reasons of course.  We like to think recycling with us matters even a little more.

What do you do with your empty toner cartridges?  Maybe you mail them back to the manufacturer.  Maybe not.  Whatever you do, don't trash them.  We make it easy to do good by the planet and help out the people of Kansas City.

We have partnered with Children's Mercy Hospital to take all of your used toner cartridges and keep them out of the landfill with our recycling process, and turn them into money for the children.  It is easy for everyone.

Just let us know you want to participate.  We send you a box with a prepaid UPS label on it.  You fill the boxes with your empty cartridges, tape it up, and hand off to UPS. We take care of the rest.

Each empty toner has value based on the need in the market.  Cartridges from older printers don't earn as much money as cartridges from the newest printers.  The old cores aren't used only to create remanufactured product.  That is why companies like Hewlett Packard include a label for you to return the product when you're done -- even OEM product has recycled material.

The End-of-life 6 Step Grinding Process

	1. Cartridge inspection All inbound units are inspected and designated for remanufacturing or grinding.
	2. Cartridges disassembled End-of-life units are disassembled.
	3. Cartridges sorted Components (plastic, blades, gears and PCR drums) are sorted for recycling.
	4. Grinding Cartridge plastic is inducted into the grinder to produce plastic regrind.
	5. Plastic ready for reuse Plastic regrind is reused in various injection molding processes.
	6. New product development New product is created utilizing post consumer waste which completes Clover’s closed loop process.