waste reduction management

Collection programmes

Could things you throw away be saved and reused? Probably! We can help support charities, your local school, council or NHS trust as a result!

EBP collects a number of items from offices, schools and homes around the UK, and other parts of Europe, for recycling and remanufacture:

There are 3 very good reasons why you should recycle these items with EBP:

  • EBP donates money to charities and other good causes for the recyclable items you send. Check the 'charities' page to pick the one you want to support.
  • EBP recycling helps the environment. It reduces UK landfill, removing items that could take over 1000 years to decompose in rubbish dumps. Our recycling also saves the valuable raw materials used, reducing CO2 emissions and the associated risk of global warming.
  • Every month EBP offers everyone who recycles these items an opportunity to win attractive prizes in our Lucky Draws!

The most common inkjet cartridges we collect come from HP (Hewlett Packard), Lexmark and Dell printers, with some Canon cartridges as well, so please check the list. Unfortunately Epson cartridges are not suitable for remanufacturing.

Around the country millions of inkjets, lasers and mobiles are thrown away each year. What a waste! If each of these were recycled, charities could gain an extra income of around £50 million a year!

One of the main advantages of EBP's recycling process is that IT COSTS YOU NOTHING!

You can recycle these waste items in one of 2 ways:

Also, many charity shops and schools around the UK now include one of our collection boxes for these items, and several Councils include them in local Amenity sites too.

If you have any questions, just call our Recycling Help Line on 0800 435 576.


> This document was last modified: 03 July 2008