Your choices are changing things
Your choices are changing things
Recycle HP Ink and Toner supplies with HP Planet Partners, so they become new products and don’t end up in oceans or landfills.
Recycle HP Ink and Toner supplies with HP Planet Partners, so they become new products and don’t end up in oceans or landfills.
Recycled plastic bottles have been used by HP to manufacture new Original HP Ink Cartridges.1
Original HP Ink and Toner Cartridges have been recycled by customers with HP Planet Partners.1
Plastic hangers have been used by HP to manufacture new Original HP Ink and Toner Cartridges.1
Learn about HP’s closed loop recycling process and the important role that you, the customer, play in enabling us all to make a difference.
HP works with non-profits in Haiti to reduce ocean-bound plastics, generating revenue and education opportunities for collectors. Watch a Haitian woman’s reinvention story.
Order postage-paid envelopes or labels to return your HP ink and toner cartridges or Samsung toner cartridges by post.
Return your HP ink and toner cartridges or Samsung toner cartridges in large quantities using our HP Planet Partners boxes (for companies only).
Use our contact form or call us at 0207 660 3116 (Monday-Friday, calls charged at local rate).
Together, our collective behavior can create more effective change than individual action. Learn about HP’s Sustainable Impact program helping planet, people and community.
HP Planet Partners is HP's return and recycling program for computer equipment and printing supplies. It's available in more than 50 countries and territories worldwide.
HP ink and LaserJet cartridges returned through HP Planet Partners go through a multi-phase "closed loop" recycling process. The recycled plastic from empty cartridges is used to create new Original HP cartridges and other everyday products.
HP partners with shipping companies to collect and return printing supplies. Once the supplies have been returned, HP works with advanced recycling organizations to recover and recycle materials from empty or used HP printing supplies. Because of their construction, Original HP cartridges cannot be effectively recycled using conventional, commercial processes.
Yes, you can drop off empty HP ink, LaserJet cartridges at an HP Authorized Retail Collection Location.
Postage-paid shipping labels are packaged with many HP LaserJet print cartridge in the U.S. However, they are not included with HP ink cartridges.
HP accepts nearly every Original HP cartridge and Samsung toner cartridge for recycling. View our complete list of non-returnable supplies before returning your supplies.
Currently, HP Planet Partners accepts only Original HP cartridges and Samsung toner cartridges for recycling. To return other brands, please check with the cartridge manufacturer for recycling information.
Yes, HP has a convenient and safe recycling service for computers, printers and other IT equipment. For more information visit the hardware recycling page.
Yes, you can include plastic end caps from HP large-format printing materials when you return ink cartridges. You can also return them separately by following the same shipping instructions for recycling ink cartridges.
Sometimes, printing supplies which are not at end of life or other objects with value are inadvertently sent to the HP Planet Partners program. These materials are not tracked and cannot be returned.
The best approach is to return your cartridges to wherever you initially purchased them to see if you could receive a refund. At this time we do not offer a return program for unused cartridges, however we are happy to recycle them using the standard process.
You can download material safety data sheets for a detailed look at the materials used in various printing supplies.
Yes, HP uses recycled materials extensively in packaging, including recycled content paperboard, corrugated cardboard and recycled plastic. HP has produced more than 3.9 billion Original HP ink and toner cartridges that contain recycled plastic. Today more than 80% of Original HP ink cartridges and 100% of Original HP toner cartridges are now manufactured with recycled content. All HP cartridges and packaging are designed with sustainability in mind.3
Each Original HP cartridge should indicate on the packaging whether it is an ink cartridge or LaserJet toner cartridge. Also, ink cartridges are smaller and squarer, whereas LaserJet cartridges are much longer in length.
Yes, all Original HP LaserJet cartridges and most original HP ink cartridges (see a list of non-returnable supplies) are now classified as recycled products for the California State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (SABRC) reporting. See list of SABRC qualified product numbers (PDF) and SABRC product certification letter (PDF).
This is in accordance with the state statute, SB 1106, that went into effect on January 1, 2006. Since HP offers a free and convenient end-of-life return and recycling program to customers, these products now qualify as recycled products and can be included in state agencies' monthly totals of SABRC recycled product purchases. California state entities can take advantage of competitive pricing on a broad range of products, including all HP printer supplies, through the California Strategic Sourcing Initiative (CSSI) office supplies contract provided by the Department of General Services. HP printer supplies are also available from other office and computer products dealers across the state.
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