Almost everyone has a printer - at home or in the office. One of its elements is a cassette with ink consumables, or cartridge. Over time, the pigment is consumed and this part of the printer requires replacement and subsequent disposal. Previously, these cassettes could be refilled and reused. Now this is impossible, and office equipment owners are wondering: where to take printer cartridges for recycling? Since 2008, the EcoProf company has been receiving and processing waste of I-IV hazard classes. Including recycling of used cartridges from inkjet and laser printers, copying machines and other electronic devices.

Prices for recycling cartridges

Why shouldn't you throw the cartridge in the trash?

The cartridge body consists of plastic, which, when decomposed, releases toxic substances. In addition, it contains toner residues, which also contain harmful particles: magnetite, vinyl acetate, styrene polyarylate, ethylene copolymers, venyl acetate, aluminum oxide, titanium dioxide, magnetizing additives - FE203. The size of paint particles does not exceed 3-4 microns, and once they enter the body, they are not excreted, settling in the respiratory tract, lungs and bronchi, covering them with a dense black film. This can cause allergies and chronic diseases.

Every year in Moscow alone more than 10 million cassettes with coloring pigment fail. Their storage in offices, closets, basements, warehouses, as well as improper disposal of laser cartridges from HP and other manufacturers threaten to become not only an environmental, but also a medical problem.

Fines for legal entities

The Federal Law “On Industrial and Consumption Waste” requires that old cartridges be recycled as soon as their resource expires. Depending on the design, manufacturer and chemical composition toner, they belong to III-IV hazard classes. For improper disposal of used cartridges, the legislation provides for legal entities administrative liability - a fine of up to 250 thousand rubles and/or suspension of activities for up to 90 days. Rospotrebnadzor monitors compliance with the requirements of the law.

Cartridge recycling procedure

• Conclusion of an agreement. According to the law, the owner of the equipment does not have the right to independently dispose of cartridges. He is obliged to enter into an agreement for their destruction with an organization that has a special license.
• Determining the amount of consumables to be recycled and submitting an application to calculate the cost of recycling used cartridges.
• Preparation of write-off acts and other documentation: waste certification, determination of hazard class.
• Removal of old cartridges to a special landfill.
• Preprocessing. Used cassettes are sent to recycling centers, where they are subjected to mechanical and thermal decomposition. Plastic parts are crushed, granulated and used as recyclable materials. Remaining toner is neutralized.
• Signing reporting documents.

Legal disposal of cartridges

Have you come across advertisements about free recycling of cartridges in Moscow? You shouldn't believe them. Disposal - technically difficult work, requiring trained specialists, special equipment and contracts with processing enterprises. We don't promise to do it for free. We guarantee high quality services, the full legality of the procedure and the utmost low price recycling printer cartridges. Therefore, the services of EcoProf LLC are chosen by industrial enterprises, authorities state power and municipality, thousands individual entrepreneurs from all over Moscow.

Printer toner is a consumable item. Large volumes of these products are produced annually, so environmentally friendly disposal of cartridges comes to the fore. The fact is that the paint contained in such products can be extremely toxic and dangerous not only for the environment as a whole, but also for the health of each individual person. In case of leakage tiny particles coloring powder penetrates into the lungs and can cause allergies and many serious diseases, including oncology.

Name	Price
Cartridges kg/pcs	110/90 rub.

How to safely collect and remove cartridges?

The most suitable option for collecting waste products are special containers installed in places public access. This way you can easily get rid of single products.

If you need to dispose of office equipment in large quantities, you must use the services of licensed companies involved in the collection and transportation of hazardous waste.

Toners are transported in sealed containers to prevent contact of the product with the environment. Their subsequent storage should be carried out in a well-ventilated area that provides reliable protection from direct exposure atmospheric precipitation and ultraviolet.

Recycling printer cartridges: the safest ways

Refilling is the most popular life extension option for most laser printers. The products are washed, worn parts are replaced, if necessary, and refilled with toner. Reusing such cartridges is absolutely safe and does not harm office equipment.

All cartridges that are not suitable for recycling are sent to special enterprises, where they are disassembled into their component parts, sorted and sent for further processing, depending on the type of waste received. Toner obtained from such products passes heat treatment, as a result of which it breaks down into new non-toxic compounds. The plastic obtained as a result of such processing is also sent for melting and crushing, and then returned to production as recyclable materials.

Recycling cartridges is an environmentally friendly process, as a result of which the resources necessary for industry are obtained, which allows significant savings in their production.

Inexpensive recycling of cartridges in Moscow from the EKOUMVELT company

We collect and remove products in the shortest possible time, observing all necessary safety standards, which is confirmed by the documents we provide. We employ highly qualified environmental specialists who control all stages of waste transportation and processing to prevent their contact with the ecosystem.

In addition, we have made the recycling service available to a wide number of customers thanks to a special pricing policy. Our main goal remains to care about environment, therefore it is important for us that recycling hazardous substances took advantage of it as much as possible larger number people. Contact us!

One of the activities of our company is the recycling of printer cartridges.

Today we cannot imagine office work without the use of printers and copiers. During operation, you will have to repeatedly replace cartridges, and within a few months after the copier starts operating, you will need to recycle cartridges that occupy a large part of the usable area of ​​the office or warehouse space. The problem is that by accumulating used cartridges in the office you are causing serious damage to your health, and simply throwing them away with regular garbage is a potential harm to the environment, and will soon be prohibited by Russian law.

When storing cartridges in the office, there is always a small release of toner into the environment around you. It's not as harmless as you think. Toner can cause headache, cough, fever, and some toners contain toxic substances that adversely affect the human hormonal system. The fact is that ordinary dust is 30-40 microns in size, and toner is 3-4 microns... When you inhale air, you invariably absorb harmful toner particles that settle in your lungs. Closed cabinets and boxes with used cartridges do not save you from this problem. Therefore the only thing the right decision- this is regular printer cartridge recycling.

In the European Union countries, a law has long been passed prohibiting the throwing of used cartridges and toner into a regular trash bin, since there recent years There is a problem with recycling printer cartridges.

Below are some environmentally friendly ways to recycle printer cartridges. :

1. Our service center is always ready to provide services for recycling cartridges, restoring them and refilling them (almost all models of cartridges for laser printers).

2. If your company uses only new original consumables, we will come and pick up the empty cartridges free of charge.Our company will recycle the cartridges and provide you with all the necessary package of reporting documents.

In this regard, all services provided by our company for the transportation and disposal of cartridges will be provided to you free of charge.

Practical tips:

Organize a collection point for used printer cartridges in your office for their subsequent proper and safe disposal. The same container can be placed at the university if you are a teacher or student. If you use a cartridge at home, when it expires, find a collection point for old cartridges in your city. Try to store it tightly plastic packaging and away from high temperatures.

Nowadays, many of us use printing technology, especially these devices have earned the trust of office workers. To verify this, visit the office of any enterprise, and there you are guaranteed to find office equipment. At a minimum, it will be a multifunctional device (printer, scanner, copier). However, in most cases there are several such devices in offices.

When using a peripheral device at home, we rarely think about the fact that over time its consumables will exhaust their resource and will need to be disposed of. In offices, factories and in the copying business, this problem is encountered many times faster and more often. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to properly dispose of used cartridges.

What dangers do consumables for printing equipment pose?

Each product has its own service life. As for cartridges, as a rule, their last working day is considered when they completely run out of coloring matter. Thus, when this happens to them, we remove them from the printer and put them in the trash bin with peace of mind, not even suspecting how wrong we are doing. After all, if you look closely, all cartridges are made of plastic, and, as you know, this material has a rather serious impact on the environment. It would be a blessing if the discarded cartridges simply lay around in a city landfill and thus do not cause any harm to the environment. But, as you know, this happens extremely rarely. Since landfills are often set on fire, the bad components that plastic contains are released into the atmosphere. Be that as it may, no one wants to store such seemingly unnecessary things at home or at work.

How to recycle cartridges?

It is worth knowing that not only the material from which the cartridge is made can harm the environment, but the coloring matter used in it is also not completely harmless. This is especially true for toner, which is used in laser printing technology, since this powder often causes allergic reaction. Therefore, in order not to harm the environment and human health, cartridges must be disposed of correctly. There are many ways, but only three of them are considered effective. The first is to hand over (sell) the cartridge to a special company that refurbishes used consumables. The second way is to burn it. However, there is one thing about this. To prevent even more pollution external environment, the temperature at which cartridges should be burned should not be below 1000°C. Naturally, such a result is practically impossible to achieve at home. Thus, the third method follows from this, which involves handing over such products for recycling to the appropriate organization. To summarize briefly, we can clearly say that it is best and most profitable to send the cartridge for secondary processing.

What makes remanufactured cartridges good?

Many people think that if the cartridge is not original, then it will not be able to function normally. However, this is nothing more than a common myth spread by manufacturers of branded products. In fact, such consumables are absolutely no different from their originals. After all, restoration implies not only the replenishment of the coloring matter, but also the replacement of worn-out parts and mechanisms of the cartridge. It is also worth considering that the resource of a restored printed accessory is identical to the original one, and sometimes even many times longer. Plus to all that has been said, low price Such cartridges will pleasantly surprise everyone. The only disadvantage of such printing accessories is the quality of printing, which in turn becomes less and less pleasant with each new refill.

Some statistics

Every year, more than 300 million cartridges are thrown away worldwide. garbage dump. Moreover, in Europe this mark has long been surpassed by more than 100 million consumables. Leading the way is the UK, where almost 50 million printed accessories are thrown away every year. Now imagine how much cleaner the ecology of the “Earth” would be if, instead of being thrown into a landfill, all these products were sent for “recycling” or recycling. It is interesting that in the USA about 8 cartridges are written off every second. However, most of them are reused again.