Recycle HP printers and ink and toner cartridges
Recycle used printers and ink and toner cartridges through HP Planet Partners and partnerships with local retailers.
Recycle an HP printer
Find a local retailer or electronics recycling service to recycle a consumer printer.
HP has been working for over 25 years to responsibly recycle printers and cartridges and avoid sending them to landfills. Go to HP Planet Partners to learn more.
Before recycling your printer, remove and recycle the cartridges, remove the printer from any HP or HP Instant Ink accounts, and restore factory defaults on the printer. Go to Prepare an HP printer for recycling or resale for more information.
Use one of the following methods to recycle your printer.
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Use the recycling service at local retailers: Many office supply, home electronics, and big box stores have recycling services that accept printers. For example, through a partnership with Best Buy, HP offers nearly 1000 electronics recycling drop off locations in the United States. Go to Electronics, Appliances and Fitness Equipment Recycling at Best Buy for more information.
Contact your local retailer for availability and what products are accepted.
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Find a recycling service by country/region: Go to HP Product return and recycling. Select your country/region, if necessary, and then click Consumer and home office equipment for more information. Recycling options vary by country/region.
Recycle standard HP ink and toner cartridges
HP provides simple and convenient recycling of empty HP inkjet and LaserJet cartridges in over 45 countries/regions around the world.
HP Planet Partners has been working for over 25 years to responsibly recycle cartridges and avoid sending them to landfills.
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Plastics recycled by HP are used as raw material and combined with other materials to make new Original HP cartridges and other everyday products.
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More than 50 percent of Original HP cartridges are made with recycled ocean-bound plastic.
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1500 tons of Original HP ink cartridges were recycled in 2021.
Use either of the following methods to recycle your cartridges.
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Use the recycling service at local retailers: Many office supply, home electronics, and big box stores have recycling boxes or stations that accept most HP cartridges. For example, through a partnership with Best Buy, HP offers nearly 1000 electronics recycling drop off locations in the United States. Go to Electronics, Appliances and Fitness Equipment Recycling at Best Buy for more information.
Contact your local retailer for availability and what products are accepted.
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Find a recycling service by country/region: Go to HP Planet Partners - Recycle Supplies. Select your country/region, if necessary, and then select an option to mail in the cartridges or schedule a pickup. Recycling options vary by country/region.
Recycle HP Instant Ink or Toner cartridges
HP Instant Ink or Toner cartridges are the property of HP and must be returned when empty or when your service is canceled. Return empty supplies using a recycling envelope or a prepaid return address label from HP.
To return empty Instant Ink or Toner supplies:
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Use the recycling envelope or prepaid shipping label that came with your last shipment of replacement supplies.
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If you do not have an envelope or label, order more on your account page or HP Planet Partners website.
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Instant Ink customers: Order return supplies on the account page.
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Sign into your Instant Ink account or your Instant Ink for Business account.
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Click HP Instant Ink, and then Overview in the left menu.
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Click Recycle your ink cartridge or Recycle your toner cartridge at the bottom of the Cartridge Status area.
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HP All-in Plan for Print customers: Order return supplies at HP Planet Partners.
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Use the recycling envelope or shipping label to return the parts:
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Ink cartridges: To maximize environmental benefits, wait until you have three to eight empty ink cartridges before returning them to HP.
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Toner cartridges: Apply the prepaid shipping label to an old Instant Ink toner box or your own box.
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To recycle other non-HP Instant Ink products: Go to HP Product return and recycling for more information.
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