Recycling Used Konica Minolta Toner Cartridges

[Tech Helpdesk]

Good afternoon all,

I am based in the UK and it would appear that all recycling of used Konica Minolta Toner Cartridges is a chargeable service. Having looked around various manufacturers it would seem that many now offer a free service as shown below. My question is do Konica Minolta in the other parts of the globe charge for free recycling or is it a case of ripoff Britain ?




Brother Earth Free ink & toner recycling

Lexmark Cartridge Collection Program

Xerox Green Alliance Recycling

[SalesServiceGuy]

Re: Recycling Used Konica Minolta Toner Cartridges

In Canada, if a customer will pay to ship their empty toner cartridges and waste toner containers back to one of several Toshiba HQ offices, Toshiba will absorb the cost for a 3rd party to ecologically repurpose these items.

All OEMs promote their green ISO 14001 credentials of which recycling is one requirement.

Some dealers will collect the "empties" from their customers and ship back in bulk, at their expense, to Toshiba for recycling.

Most customers are reluctant to pay for recycling and expect the OEM to pay the cost.

Most companies want to know that their empties will not go to a landfill.

Some dealers will tell customers that they recycle their empties, pick them up and then secretly throw them in the garbage back at the office.

[Synthohol]

Re: Recycling Used Konica Minolta Toner Cartridges

The US market for konica has a clean green earth thing. They send a big box for all the empties and a prepaid shipping label to send out when full
Its totally free here.