Our Environment

Don’t forget to encourage your students to have their parents, friends, and family members collect empty inkjets and used cell phones for your school.

The teachers drop off the cell phones and ink cartridges that have been donated by students and their families in a designated area. We then log in how many items were donated by the class. At the end of the contest we reward the top donating class with a computer program. The money we have raised from recycling has gone towards helping to fund our technology program. We enjoy working with Planet Green because they are very responsive, have a quick turnaround, provide shipping labels and boxes, have good prices, and are great to work with.

Brenda G., Instructional Technology Assistant
Tassajara Hills Elementary School
Danville, CA

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.

Recycling reduces the demand on Earth’s limited natural resources enabling us to utilize land for open spaces rather than landfills. When you recycle your printer cartridges and cell phones with Planet Green you are making a commitment to improving environmental and public health for generations to come.

Civic Responsibility

Planet Green enables you and/or your organization to stand up and be counted as those who are making a difference. Work within your local community to engage awareness that printer cartridges and cell phones are recyclable and have a monetary value.

You can also be confident that your eligible recycled cartridges and cell phones are re-entering the consumer market as an environmentally conscious and cost-effective alternative to the original manufacturer brand cartridges.

Together, we are making a difference by eliminating non-biodegradable plastics and metals contained in printer cartridges and cell phones from entering our landfills.

Planet Green has implemented protocols for the reduction of office waste as well as waste from the remanufacturing process. We are committed to maintaining a low environmental impact by utilizing recycled paper and cardboard for our fundraiser materials. We encourage you and your organization to do the same!

Environmental Facts

Inkjets, laser cartridges and cell phones are accumulating in landfills worldwide at an alarming rate. We commend you in taking a step to raise awareness that these items are recyclable and not disposable.

Did You Know?

• It takes about three ounces of oil to make a new inkjet cartridge. Recycling helps lower this cost to a considerable degree.
• In North America, more than 40,000 tons of plastic and metal is saved from landfills annually as a result of cartridge recycling. For every 100,000 used cartridges recycled, we can save 9599 kilograms of aluminum, 40 tons of plastic, and 1,000,000 liters of oil.
• It is estimated that cell phones are discarded after 18 months of use. Cell phones contain many toxic substances that pose a major threat to public and environment health.