Cartridge consumption is currently rising in the UK by 15% per year. A toner cartridge is a non-biodegradable product made from durable plastic housing a metal corona wire, selenium OPC drum and residual toner.

Toner cartridges from printers, copiers and fax machines are a valuable waste product that are often bought, collected as part of a reduced rate refill and return scheme or collected free of charge by certain charities.

Mobile phones are often collected as part of a charitable scheme and are given as a donation.

Companies operating in Dorset

Action Aid Recycling (opens in a new window)
(also recycle mobile phones)
14 Kingsland Trading Estate
St Philips Road
Bristol
BS2 0JZ
(0845) 3100 200

Back to Black (opens in a new window)
55 Barkby Road
Leicester
LE4 9HN
(0116) 261 1817

BIBIC (British Institute of Brain Injured Children) (opens in a new window)
Knowle Hall
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA7 8PJ
(01278) 684060

BIG FISH (West) (opens in a new window)
Bridge House
West Anstey
South Malton
Devon
EX36 3NU
(01398) 341700

Cartridge Family (opens in a new window)
Rural Business Centre
Winterborne Whitechurch
Blandford
Dorset
DT11 9AW
(01258) 880050

Cartridge World (opens in a new window)
185 Bournemouth Road
Parkstone
Poole
Dorset
BH14 9HU
(01202) 385000

K2 Supplies Ltd (opens in a new window)
Unit 14 Nonsuch Industrial Estate
Kiln Lane
Epsom
Surrey
KT17 1DY
(01372) 723723

Living Earth Foundation (opens in a new window)
5 Great James Street
London
WC1N 3DB
(020) 7440 9750

Memorandum (opens in a new window)
28 High Street
Thornbury
Bristol
BS35 2AH
(0870) 121 8090

Office Green Technologies Ltd (opens in a new window)
(also recycle mobile phones)
Orchard House
10-11 Portland Commercial Estate
Ripple Road
Barking
Essex
IG11 0TW
(0870) 050 2050

Rainbow Trust Children's Charity (opens in a new window)
(mobile phones only)
6 Cleeve Court
Cleeve Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
DT22 7UD
(01372) 220023

Smart Cartridge Yeovil (opens in a new window)
46 Princes Street
Yeovil
Somerset
BA20 1EQ
(01935) 433000

Weldmar Hospicecare Trust (opens in a new window)
(mobile phones only)
Fundraising Office
Weldmar Hospicecare Trust
Joseph Weld Hospice
Herringston Road
Dorchester DT1 2SL