What happens to your Printer when you send it to be Recycled?

If your printer still has useful life it could be reconditioned to be resold, or donated to a charity organisation for reuse. If the printer has reached the end of its useful life as a unit it could be dismantled and components recovered to be reused in other printers to be reconditioned.

The plastic, metals and circuit boards will all be removed to be processed with further recycling procedures, these will be sent off to be melted down and reused.

There are many companies in the UK which can help you with recycling your printer or that can you can donate your old printer to where it can be sent off to be used by someone else (usually in another country).

We aim to cover the recycling processes in more detail in the future if there is enough interest.  We will also look at the recycling of printer cartridges in a future article.