Cartridges and Ink Toner
Contact your local school district for donation opportunities.
Affordable Inkjets
255 William St, Bensenville
(630) 521-9671
Recycles inkjet and toner cartridges.
Best Buy
bestbuy.com
Recycling kiosks at all stores for rechargeable batteries, cell phones, inkjet and toner cartridges and wires, cords and cables.
Cartridge World
2865 Pfingsten Rd, Glenview
(847) 562-0971
9336 Skokie Blvd, Skokie
(847) 329-9096
cartridgeworldusa.com
Also accepts computers, monitors, printers and small electronics. Two items recycled free, $5 apiece for three or more items.
Funding Factory
fundingfactory.com
Educational and nonprofit fundraising organizations can earn funds for technology, classroom equipment and cash. Accepts inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges and cell phones. See website for registration information.
Hewlett-Packard
hp.com
Check inside HP inkjet and laser jet cartridge boxes for return materials. Postage-paid return shipping labels are also available on website.
Laser Service
875 Lively Blvd, Elk Grove Village
(847) 364-4446
laserservice.com
Laser, inkjet, toner and fax cartridges.
Midwest Laser Cartridge Corporation
midwestlasercartridgecorp.com
928 N. Delphia Ave, Park Ridge
(847) 292-2274
Inkjet, toner and fax cartridges. Also recycles printers, copiers, scanners and fax machines.
Office Depot
officedepot.com
Get $2 back in Recycling Rewards for each qualified ink/toner cartridge, up to 10 per month. See website for details.
Pogoda Computer Supplies, Inc.
(847) 808-8984
Refurbishes laser cartridges. Large quantities only.
Recycle for Breast Cancer
recycleforbreastcancer.org
Also accepts cell phones, printer fuser cores, PDAs, digital cameras, Ipods and other MP3 players, laptops (Pentium 1 or higher only), and most storage media. Go to website for information and pre-paid shipping labels.
Recycle Tech Solutions
11235 S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago
(773) 821-9700
recycletech.org
Cash-back for select inkjet cartridges and empty printer/fax cartridges.
Also accepts cell phones, GPS units, laptops, gaming systems, Ipods and MP3 players.
Recycling Avenue
(847) 951-1607
recyclingavenue.com
Provides support and job opportunities for the physically challenged. Accepts cell phones, smart phones, landline phones, inkjet cartridges, laptops, digital cameras, handheld games, GPS devices, radar detectors, E-book readers, graphing calculators and MP3 players. For drop-off sites, see Recycling Avenue listing in Electronics Donation.
Staples
staples.com
Offers $2 in Staples Rewards for select cartridges up to 10 per month. Also offers free recycling for rechargeable batteries, cell phones, PDAs, digital cameras and other small electronics. There is a small fee for computers, monitors, printers, scanners, all-in-ones and fax machines. Dell-branded items are recycled free.