Help old HP cartridges!

[everprincess]

My dad owns his own business. We have a ton of old empty hp cartridges. What can I do with these? Any suggestions would be great. I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this. If not lmk Thanks Christina

[lisaannb]

If you have an Office Depot nearby, you can take them in a get a $3 coupons good towards anything. I took in 7 empty HP cartridges once and got 21 dollars worth of credit...

[hcwhcw]

Staples also has an ink cartridge recycling program and I heard it's less prohibitive than Office Depot's as far as how you can spend the credit. I assume Office Max has a similar program too. Check HCW's forum for Office Supplies Stores.

If you have more empty cartridges than you can redeem within the monthly limits set by these stores, then you can also sell them on eBay. How many do you have anyway?

[summermay]

Office Max does as I just signed up last week. You can turn in 10 a week and get a $3 credit for each one. I think you get the $ credit to spend the next month.

[amy s]

If you are not interested in recycling them for your own benefit...check your local schools, which often have a recycling prgoram....

[shelleyf]

[everprincess]

Originally Posted by hcwhcw Staples also has an ink cartridge recycling program and I heard it's less prohibitive than Office Depot's as far as how you can spend the credit. I assume Office Max has a similar program too. Check HCW's forum for Office Supplies Stores. If you have more empty cartridges than you can redeem within the monthly limits set by these stores, then you can also sell them on eBay. How many do you have anyway?

I have in excess of 85 or better. Have some in the car that I had been sending with dh when he goes by office depot. I guess I will be making alot more trips over there.

[bugweena]

If you want to help out Petsmart charities, you can pick up postage-paid envelopes at Petsmart and recycle them in that way.

[hcwhcw]

Am I reading and understanding this correctly? From the excerpt below the link, particularly the second and third paragraphs, it sounds like the Office Depot program is set up so that your credit is limited to the same amount as what you purchased already, and you risk losing some credit if you don't spend up to your full credit amount by the end of the year. I guess it's not a problem if you already spent or will spend a certain amount of money at Office Depot in one year.

85+ cartridges means a $255+ Office Depot credit, but assuming I understood the terms of their program correctly, first you have to spend $255+, then you can use that $255+ credit on something else. Is that right?

Office Depot Worklife Rewards™ Program

Per the above link:

"Join Worklife Rewards™ and bring in your empty cartridges for recycling to your nearest Office Depot store. As a member, you’ll get $3 back in Recycling Rewards* for each cartridge recycled, up to 5 cartridges per day. You can recycle more, but Recycling Rewards will only be issued up to 5 per day.

Recycling Rewards will not exceed the amount of your total qualifying annual Office Depot purchases. (Qualifying purchases excludes taxes; shipping; postage stamps; and prepaid gift, merchandise, debit, phone or service cards.)

Recycling Rewards will be issued as part of your Worklife Rewards™ mailer, 60 days after the end of each quarter if you earned a minimum of $10 in Worklife Rewards and/or Recycling Rewards. Unearned Recycling Rewards will carry over from quarter to quarter and will expire at the end of the year."

[everprincess]

Yep I think that is correct. Thanks for the info.