Cartridges 4 Planet Ark is an innovative recycling program that provides Australians with a free and easy way to recycle their used printer cartridges. On this RecyclingNearYou site Australians can find literally thousands drop off of locations around the country to recycle their used printer cartridges and toner bottles. Find out more.
Recycling Printer Cartridges includes:
Ink Cartridges
Toner Cartridges
Inkjet
Laser cartridges
Toner modules
Ink modules
Printing supplies
Supply cartridges
Cartridges
470 Newcasle St, West Perth
0.6km
429 Fitzgerald St, NORTH PERTH
0.8km
25 Sutherland Street, West Perth
1.1km
45 Francis St Shop 7-8 ATO Building, NORTHBRIDGE
1.5km
1195 Hay St, West Perth
1.7km
1255 Hay Street, West Perth
1.8km
125 Stirling St, Perth
1.8km
240 St Georges Tce Level 17, PERTH
1.9km
Shop 17, 863 Hay Street, Perth
1.9km
682a Beaufort St, Mount Lawley
2.1km
713 Hay St Mall Basement Sheffield House, Perth
2.1km
706 Hay St Piccadilly Arcade, PERTH
2.1km
100 St. Georges Tce, Perth
2.2km
160 Hay St, Subiaco
2.2km
183 Scarborough Beach Rd, Mount Hawthorn
2.2km
69 Edward Street, Perth
2.3km
66 St Georges Tce, Perth
2.3km
217 Hay St, SUBIACO
2.3km
256 Adelaide Tce, PERTH
2.8km
172 Rokeby Road, Subiaco
3.0km
186a Harborne Street, Wembley
3.1km
249 Hay St, East Perth
3.1km
885 Beaufort St, Inglewood
3.5km
341 Cambridge St, WEMBLEY
3.9km
108 Wanneroo Rd Shop 3, YOKINE
4.0km
58 Eigth Ave, MAYLANDS
4.0km
214 Nicholson Rd, Subiaco
4.2km
103 Millpoint Rd, South Perth
4.2km
381 Scarborough Beach Road, Osborne Park
4.3km
180B Grand Prominade, BEDFORD
4.4km
203 Flinders St, Yokine
4.7km
5 FLYNN ST, CHURCHLANDS
4.8km
Shop 7 /212 Main St, OSBORNE PARK
4.8km
366 Grand Promenade, Dianella
4.9km
2 O'Malley St Unit 7, Osborne Park
5.3km
425 Scarborough Beach Rd, Osborne Park
5.3km
469-475 Scarborough Beach Road, Osborne Park
5.4km
8 Collingwood St, Osborne Park
5.5km
277 Great Western Hwy, Burswood
5.5km
5 Howtree Plc Shop 88 Floreat Forum Shopping Centre, FLOREAT
5.5km
501 Scarborough Beach Rd Shop 4, OSBORNE PARK
5.6km
137 Russel Street, Morley
5.9km
Lot 6/137 Russell St, Morley
5.9km
40 Rudloc Rd, MORLEY
6.1km
60 Lemnos Street, Shenton Park
6.1km
4 Collier Rd Shop 52 Westfield Galleria S/C, MORLEY
6.1km
414 Albany Highway, Victoria Park
6.2km
388 Scarborough Beach Rd Shop 1038 Westfield Shopping Centre, INNALOO
6.3km
Shop 2, Crawley
6.4km
82-86 Rosewood Ave, Woodlands
6.4km
SHOP 4 25 PRESTON ST, COMO
6.5km
125 King William St Environment House, Bayswater
6.6km
118 Kooyong Rd, RIVERVALE
6.6km
92 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands
6.7km
1 Broome St Council Depot, Nedlands
6.7km
225 Great Eastern Highway, Belmont
6.9km
2/53 Belmont Ave, BELMONT
7.0km
8 Ashton Ave, Claremont
7.2km
789 Albany Hwy The Park Centre Shop 30, East Victoria Park
7.2km
Shop 90 43 Yirrigan Drive, Mirrabooka
7.2km
201 Amelia St Shop 7 Northlands Plaza S/C, BALCATTA
7.3km
18 Archer Street, Carlisle
7.4km
42-58 Benara Rd Noranda Palms Shopping Centre, NORANDA
7.7km
225 Alexander Rd, Belmont
7.9km
Shop 8, Wembley Downs
7.9km
29 Strickland St, Mount Claremont
8.0km
31 Gayton Rd, City Beach
8.0km
2 Bay View Tce, Claremont
8.3km
343 Shepperton Rd, East Victoria Park
8.4km
Tenancy 2/1377-1381 Albany Hwy, Cannington
8.4km
98 Oats St, Carlisle
8.4km
478 Wanneroo Rd, Westminster
8.4km
40 Belvidere St, BELMONT
8.4km
902 Canning Hwy, CANNING BRIDGE APPLECROSS
8.5km
9 Bayview Tce Tenancy L2 MM3 Claremont SC, CLAREMONT
8.6km
227 Belmont Ave Tenancey 132, CLOVERDALE
8.6km
277 Belmont Ave, Cloverdale
8.7km
16E Calais Rd, Scarborough
8.8km
15 Welwyn Ave, Manning
8.9km
230 Manning Rd, Karawara
9.0km
Shop 46, Waterford Plaza Shopping Center, Karawara
9.0km
Unit 3, 188 Balcatta Rd, Balcatta
9.1km
188 Balcatta Rd Unit 3, BALCATTA
9.1km
12 Macadam Place, BALCATTA
9.2km
2/103 Erindale Rd, Balcatta
9.2km
200-330 Karrinyup Rd, Karrinyup
9.2km
111 Claremont Crescent, Swanbourne
9.3km
239 Planet St Building 1, Welshpool
9.3km
377A Belgravia St, Cloverdale
9.4km
71 Kent Way, Malaga
9.5km
200 Karrinyup Rd- Shop MJ0220 Karrinyup SC, KARRINYUP
9.5km
773 Canning Hwy, Applecross
9.6km
379 Boud Ave, Perth Airport
9.6km
7 Cogla St, MALAGA
9.6km
U7 1904 Beach Rd, Malaga
9.7km
27 Kent Way, Malaga
9.7km
24 Kent Way, Malaga
9.7km
Unit 2, Kewdale
9.7km
Tenancy 1, 1915 Beach Road, Malaga
9.7km
Beach Rd Warwick Grove SC, MALAGA DC
9.8km
23 Exhibition Drive, Malaga
9.8km
6/85 Walter Rd, BASSENDEAN
9.8km
23-27 Scarborough Beach Rd, Scarborough
9.9km
Cnr Hedley Pl Manning Road, Bentley
10.1km
Unit 23/244 Beringarra Avenue, Malaga
10.1km
2/145 Welshpool Rd, WELSHPOOL
10.3km
Lot 2 West Rd Shop 12 Bassendean Square Shopping Centre, BASSENDEAN
10.3km
1 Leake St, Peppermint Grove
10.7km
Shop 9 276 Leach Hwy, Booragoon
10.8km
460 Stirling Hwy Cottesloe Central SC, PEPPERMINT GROVE
10.9km
Unit 8B/64 Kewdale Rd, Welshpool
10.9km
643 Beach Rd Shop 7, Warwick
10.9km
64 Kewdale Rd Unit 8B, WELSHPOOL
11.0km
6/15 Tribute St, Shelley
11.0km
125 Riseley St, Booragoon
11.0km
334 Treasure Rd, Welshpool
11.3km
64 MARANGAROO Dr SHOP 3A NEWPARK SHOPPING CENTRE, GIRRAWHEEN
11.3km
Corner Kent Street & Queens Park Road, Wilson
11.6km
55 Central Rd, Rossmoyne
11.6km
1317 Albany Highway, Cannington
11.7km
64 Cranford Ave, Brentwood
11.7km
1 Affleck Rd, PERTH AIRPORT
11.7km
50 Harvey St, Mosman Park
11.7km
1/500 Marmion St, Booragoon
11.8km
19A/6 Davallia Rd, Duncraig
11.9km
2/121 James Street, Guildford
12.0km
11 -13 Gympie Way, Willetton
12.0km
1363 Albany Highway, Cannington
12.3km
1348-1386 Albany Hwy Shop 1097 Westfield Centre, CANNINGTON
12.3km
1382 Albany Highway Westfield Carousel, Cannington
12.4km
276 Leach Hwy Shops T5-7 Hometown Myaree, Myaree
12.4km
67 McCoy St Unit 10, MYAREE
12.4km
1 North Beach Rd West Coast Plaza, NORTH BEACH
12.5km
42 McCoy Street, Myaree
12.5km
18 Calectasia St Shop 5 Greenwood Village, GREENWOOD
12.5km
2-14 Willeri Drv Shop 35 Riverton Forum S/C, PARKWOOD
12.6km
10A/59 Arnisdale Rd Glengarry Shopping Centre, DUNCRAIG
13.0km
Lynwood Dr Shop 14 Lynwood Shopping Centre, LYNWOOD
13.4km
Shop 6A, Bull Creek
13.5km
1490 Albany Hwy Shop 2 - 5, Cannington
13.5km
39 Burrendah Blvd, Willetton
13.6km
16 Riversdale St Enviro Dept, Welshpool
13.6km
10 Warrigal Way, Greenwood
13.7km
19 Sheppard Way Shop 8 Marmion Village, MARMION
13.7km
Tenancy 4, 50 William Street, Cannington
13.8km
109-141 Somerville Bvd Shop 8, Winthrop
13.8km
6a Webber St, Willagee
13.8km
202 William St, Beckenham
13.8km
45 Burrenbah Bvd, Willenton
13.9km
50 Marri Rd, Duncraig
14.0km
8 Absolon St Palmyra Delivery Centre, Palmyra
14.1km
Shop 12 46-50 Benningfield Rd, Bull Creek
14.3km
133 Garling Street, O'Connor
14.4km
530 KALAMUNDA Rd SHOP 16 HIGH WYCOMBE VILLAGE SHOPPING, HIGH WYCOMBE
14.5km
56-70 Langford Rd, Langford
14.6km
322 Stock Road, O'connor
14.7km
2 Stockdale Road, O'Connor
14.7km
170 Bannister Rd, CANNING VALE
14.8km
170 Bannister Road, Canning Vale
14.8km
44 Vinnicombe Dr Unit 1, CANNING VALE
14.9km
32 Bannick Ct, Canning Vale
15.0km
120 Bannister Rd, CANNING VALE
15.0km
307 Great Eastern Hwy, Midland
15.0km
1-15 South Street, Kardinya
15.1km
382 South Street, OConnor
15.1km
92 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle
15.3km
100 Kingsley Dve, Kingsley
15.4km
19A Montreal Street, Fremantle
15.5km
Cnr Clayton and Lloyd Street, Midland
15.6km
shop 2 290 South st, HILTON
15.7km
Unit 4 Clayton St Cnr Lloyd Clayton Sts, Midland
15.7km
Unit 1, Midland Central, Midland
15.8km
80 Hale Rd Shop 18M Forrestfield Market Pl, FORRESTFIELD
15.8km
58 The Crescent, Midland
15.8km
98 Morrison Road, Midland
15.9km
3 Clayton St, MIDLAND
15.9km
75 WARBURTON AVE Shop 4 Padbury Shopping Centre, PADBURY
16.0km
142 HIGH ST Shop 5, FREMANTLE
16.2km
5 Trappers Drive, Woodvale
16.3km
195 Great Eastern Hwy, MIDLAND
16.4km
Shop 5 73 Belmont Rd, Kenwick
16.5km
13-19 William St, FREMANTLE
16.5km
1/11 Dellamarta Road, Wangara
16.7km
5 Dellamarta Road, Wangara
16.8km
SHOP 16 78 COOLBELLUP AVE Coolbellup Shopping Centre, COOLBELLUP
16.8km
184 Hope Road, Bibra Lake
16.9km
318-328 Spencer Rd Shop 23 Thornlie Square Shopping Centre, THORNLIE
17.0km
Shop 21 Thornlie Square S/C, Thornlie
17.0km
219 Hampton Rd Shop 24, SOUTH FREMANTLE
17.7km
Shop 48 Attfield St Maddington Centro, MADDINGTON
17.8km
Attfield St Metro Maddington SC, MADDINGTON
17.8km
95 Kelvin Rd Unit 2, MADDINGTON
17.8km
Unit 2/95 Kelvin Road, Maddington
17.8km
61 Farrall Rd Unit 3, MIDVALE
17.9km
3/61 Farrall Road, Midvale
17.9km
153 Trappers Drv, Woodvale
18.1km
470 Whitfords Ave, Hillarys
18.2km
Cnr Whitford Marmion Ave Whitford City SC Shop MM 3, Hillarys
18.2km
Shop 13, Craigie
18.7km
21-23 Port Pirie St, BIBRA LAKE
18.7km
271 Amherst Rd, Canning Vale
19.1km
Shop 6A 40-42 Marlboro Rd Swanview Shopping Centre, SWAN VIEW
19.2km
777 Great Northern Hwy, HERNE HILL
19.9km
14 Barber Street, Kalamunda
19.9km
1/9 Highpoint Blvd Shop 4, ELLENBROOK
19.9km
Shop 5 9 Gunter Grv, Beldon
19.9km
243 Lesmurdie Rd, Lesmurdie
20.2km
2244 Albany Highway, Gosnells
20.8km
366 Eddystone Ave, Edgewater
20.8km
Shop 16 950 Wanneroo Road, Wanneroo
20.9km
7 Honeybush Drv, Joondalup
20.9km
Unit 20, 87 Armadale Road, Jandakot
21.1km
15-17 Sundew Rise, Joondalup
21.1km
Unit 1, 87 Armadale Road, Cockburn
21.2km
Gateways Shopping Centre Shop 21, SUCCESS
21.7km
816 Beeliar Drive, Success
21.7km
36 Clarke Crescent, Joondalup
22.3km
102 Boas Avenue, Joondalup
22.6km
Shop T140, Joondalup
22.8km
155 Lawnbrook Road, Walliston
23.1km
420 Joondalup Dve Tenancy MM4 Lakeside Shopping Centre, Joondalup
23.2km
15 Dwyer Turn, Joondalup
23.3km
4/124 Winton Road, Joondalup
23.4km
7 Railway Pde Shop 1, Glen Forrest
23.7km
Shop 23 2784 Albany Highway, Kelmscott
25.0km
2/13 Page Road, Kelmscott
25.2km
82 Champion Dr Shop 3, SEVILLE GROVE
25.9km
26 Brant Rd, Kelmscott
26.1km
1048 Rockingham Rd, Wattleup
27.5km
1700 Marmion Avenue, Tamala Park
28.5km
21 Jarrah Rd, Roleystone
28.5km
200 Jull St Shop 1, ARMADALE
28.6km
10 Prospect Road, Armadale
28.7km
Jull Street SHOP MM02, Level 1, Armadale SC, Armadale
28.7km
40 Fourth Rd Shop 5, ARMADALE
28.8km
LOT 2443 Canning Road, Pickering Brook
29.1km
121 Stock Rd West, BULLSBROOK
29.4km
36 Ocean Keys Blv Ocean Keys Shopping Centre, CLARKSON
30.0km
36 Ocean Keys Bvd, Clarkson
30.0km
7295 Great Eastern Hwy, Mundaring
30.0km
1 Somerville Drive, Rottnest Island
30.2km
5345 Richardson Road, Stoneville
30.7km
Corner Gilmore Ave Sulphur Rd, Kwinana Town Centre
34.0km
Cnr Gilmore Avenue and Sulphur Road, Kwinana Beach
34.0km
4 Chisham Ave Shop 41, KWINANA TOWN CENTRE
34.7km
875 South West Hwy Unit 11 Byford Centre, BYFORD
35.1km
Tenancy 6, Corner of Camborne Parkway and Brackley Way, Butler
36.4km
40 Crompton Road, Rockingham
38.5km
4 Kent St Shop 8, ROCKINGHAM
39.6km
9 Mackinnon Street, Rockingham
40.2km
1 Council Ave Tenancy 174, Rockingham
40.5km
1 Council Ave, Rockingham
40.7km
Rockingham Central, Tenancy 1, 2 Council Ave, ROCKINGHAM
41.0km
Lot 1 Brand Hwy, Muchea
41.3km
28 Paterson St, Mundijong
41.9km
60 - 64 Penguin Rd, Safety Bay
43.0km
Shop 17, Waikiki
43.1km
206 Warnbro Sound Ave, Warnbro
46.5km
674 Jarrahdale Rd, Jarrahdale
48.9km
22 Wellard St, Serpentine
49.2km
400-402 Saltaire Way, Port Kennedy
49.4km
21 Hammond Rd. (access from gate off Spencer St), Cockburn Central
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Western Australia
Level 8/11 York St, Sydney NSW 2000, Sydney
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Western Australia
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark is a free recycling scheme that has been operating for more than 20 years. There are more than 1,500 public drop-off locations around the country. So far, more than 57 million cartridges have been recycled through the scheme.
Empty laser and inkjet cartridges can be recycled at?all Officeworks?stores and participating Australia Post, Cartridge World, Harvey Norman, The Good Guys, JB Hi-Fi, Office National and Office Products Depot outlets. Use the directory on this page to find a recycling point near you.
Please note, some boxes may not be visible or on display due to limited store floor space. In these cases, please ask the staff at the counter and hand your cartridges directly to them.
Printer cartridges from participating brands are accepted in the Cartridges 4 Planet Ark program. This includes cartridges used in printers, photocopiers and fax machines . The program accepts inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges, toner bottles, fuser and drum units, fax rolls, print heads, waste hoppers/containers collectors and kits.
The Cartridges 4 Planet Ark program is an example of an extended producer responsibility program. The six participating brands , Brother, Canon, Cartridge World, Epson, HP, and Kyocera pay for the collection and recycling of their cartridges.
When printer cartridges break apart in landfill, they have the potential to contaminate groundwater and the environment. Recycling your used cartridges instead of putting them in the bin, protects the environment and keeps the materials used to make the cartridges in use.
As cartridges are made up of a complex mix of plastics, metal, inks and toners, they represent a significant investment in resources. When they are disposed of into landfill these resources are lost. Recycling ensures these materials are used again, which reduces demand for mining new materials and associated greenhouse gas emissions.
All cartridges collected through the Cartridges 4 Planet Ark program are sent to our recovery partner in Melbourne, Close the Loop™. The program has a zero waste to landfill guarantee, which means every part of the cartridge is recovered and used again.
At the recycling facility, the cartridges are hand sorted and their brand and type recorded. Many of the laser cartridges are sent back to the original equipment manufacturers for re-manufacturing or recovery programs.
As cartridges are made up of a complex mix of potentially valuable and/or hazardous raw materials, they require state-of-the-art equipment for safe processing and handling.
Inkjet cartridges, toner bottles and drum units are processed and reduced to smaller particles so they can be separated and sorted. Magnets are used to remove ferrous (iron-based) metals, while eddie currents are used to remove aluminium.
The result is the recovery of 'raw' materials, which can be substituted for 'virgin' or new materials in manufacturing to make new products.
If your workplace, business, community group, university or school uses more than three inkjet, toner cartridges or toner bottles in a month you may be eligible for a Cartridges 4 Planet Ark collection box.
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark is a free recycling program that has a zero waste to landfill guarantee. There are thousands of recycling locations across the country including many retailers and Aus Post stores, making it very easy to drop off used printer and toner cartridges for recycling. Use the directory on this page to find a recycling drop-off point near you. Printer and toner cartridges should never be put in your recycling bin at home as they will contaminate the other materials in the prevent, which could prevent them from being recycled. They must be dropped off at designated collection points to be recycled.
If your workplace, business, community group, university, or school uses more than three (3) inkjet, toner cartridges or toner bottles in a month you may be eligible for a Cartridges 4 Planet Ark collection box. You can call 1800 24 24 73
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark is a free recycling program that has a zero waste to landfill guarantee. There are thousands of recycling locations across the country including many retailers and Aus Post stores, making it very easy to drop off used printer and toner cartridges for recycling. Use the directory on this page to find a recycling drop-off point near you.
Printer and toner cartridges should never be put in your recycling bin at home as they will contaminate the other materials in the prevent, which could prevent them from being recycled. They must be dropped off at designated collection points to be recycled.
If your workplace, business, community group, university, or school uses more than three (3) inkjet, toner cartridges or toner bottles in a month you may be eligible for a Cartridges 4 Planet Ark collection box. You can call 1800 24 24 73 or register online
Yes, but they should never be placed in your recycling bin at home as they will contaminate the other items in the bin. They can be recycled through commercial recycling services or through Australia’s free recycling program, Cartridges 4 Planet Ark . The program has thousands of recycling locations across the country, making it very easy to drop off used printer and toner cartridges for recycling. Use the directory on this page to find a recycling drop-off point near you. If your workplace, business, community group, university, or school uses more than three (3) inkjet, toner cartridges or toner bottles in a month you may be eligible for a Cartridges 4 Planet Ark collection box. You can call 1800 24 24 73 or register online .
Yes, printer and toner cartridges can be dropped off for recycling at most Officeworks stores. The cartridges will be recycled through Cartridges 4 Planet Ark program. Use the directory on this page to find a recycling point near you.
Printer cartridges from participating brands are accepted in the Cartridges 4 Planet Ark program. This includes inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges, toner bottles, fuser and drum units, fax rolls, print heads, waste hoppers/containers collectors and kits. Use the directory on this page to find a recycling drop-off point near you.
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark is a free recycling program that has a zero waste to landfill guarantee. There are thousands of recycling locations across the country including many retailers and Aus Post stores, making it very easy to drop off used printer and toner cartridges for recycling. Use the directory on this page to find a recycling drop-off point near you.
Printer and toner cartridges should never be put in your recycling bin at home as they will contaminate the other materials in the prevent, which could prevent them from being recycled. They must be dropped off at designated collection points to be recycled.
If your workplace, business, community group, university, or school uses more than three (3) inkjet, toner cartridges or toner bottles in a month you may be eligible for a Cartridges 4 Planet Ark collection box. You can call 1800 24 24 73 or register online
No. Printer and toner cartridges should never be put in your recycling bin at home or work. They can only be recycled through specialised recycling services.
is a free recycling program that has a zero waste to landfill guarantee. There are thousands of recycling locations across the country including many retailers and Aus Post stores, making it very easy to drop off used printer and toner cartridges for recycling. Use the directory on this page to find a recycling drop-off point near you. Printer and toner cartridges should never be put in your recycling bin at home as they will contaminate the other materials in the prevent, which could prevent them from being recycled. They must be dropped off at designated collection points to be recycled.
If your workplace, business, community group, university, or school uses more than three (3) inkjet, toner cartridges or toner bottles in a month you may be eligible for a Cartridges 4 Planet Ark collection box. You can call 1800 24 24 73 or register online
Cartridges 4 Planet Ark program more than 20 years ago. The program has collected and recycled almost 57 million cartridges in that time. The program is free to use because it is supported by participating manufacturers of printer cartridges: Brother, Canon, Cartridge World, Epson, HP, and Kyocera. Our Melbourne-based recycling partner, Close the Loop recycles the cartridges and is independently audited on an annual basis for its zero waste to landfill guarantee.
As cartridges are made up of a complex mix of plastics, metal, inks and toners they represent a significant investment in resources. When they are sent to landfill instead of a recycling facility, these resources are lost. Recycling your used printer and toner cartridges ensures the materials are used again to make new products, which reduces demand to extract new materials from the earth and associated greenhouse gas emissions.