How it works

Many ink cartridges can be used more than once. At The Recycling Factory we have designed processes and manufactured equipment to allow us to clean and refill used ink cartridges that are returned to us.

We offer Tesco Clubcard points for selected ink cartridges manufactured by Hewlett Packard, Lexmark and Dell. Please see the ink cartridge recycling list below for a complete list of all the ink cartridges we can successfully recycle, and therefore cartridges for which you can receive Clubcard points.

Unfortunately, due to the technology, we cannot offer Clubcard points for the majority of ink tanks manufactured by Epson and Canon.

Any cartridges that are unusable or damaged are broken down and the plastics and metals that are recovered are recycled - not sent to landfill.

The Recycling Factory, working in partnership with Tesco would like to announce changes to their Ink Cartridge Recycling Scheme:

Commencing 1st November 2008 the following revised list of cartridges accepted under the recycling scheme will be active. Any items that were previously accepted and do not appear on the revised list will no longer be processed for Clubcard points or donations to Muscular Dystrophy Campaign.

Cartridges we can recycle:

Manufacturer Part no. Description
Canon BC02 Canon BC02 Black Inkjet Cartridge
Canon BC05 Canon BC05 Colour Inkjet Cartridge
Canon CL41 Canon CL41 Colour Inkjet Cartridge
Canon PG40 Canon PG40 Black Inkjet Cartridge
Dell 7Y743 Dell 7Y743
Dell 7Y745 Dell 7Y745
Dell M4640 Dell M4640
Dell M4646 Dell M4646
Dell T0529 Dell T0529
Dell T0530 Dell T0530
HP HPC6615D HP 15 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC6625A HP 17 Colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC6614D HP 20 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP C9351A HP 21 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP C9352A HP 22 Colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC1823D HP 23D Colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC8727A HP 27 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC8728A HP 28 Colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HP51633M HP 33 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP C9364E HP 337 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC8765EE HP 338 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC8766EE HP 343 Tri-Colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC9363EE HP 344 Tri-Colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC9369EE HP 348 Photo Inkjet Cartridge
HP CB335E HP 350 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP CB336E-BLK HP 350XL Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP CB337E HP 351 Tri-color Inkjet Cartridge
HP CB338E HP 351XL Tri-colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC6656A HP 56 Black Cartridge
HP C6657A HP 57 Colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC6578A HP 78 Tri-colour Inkjet Cartridge
HP HPC6658A HP Deskjet 5550/7150/7350 Photo
HP C9362E HP336 Black Inkjet Cartridge
HP C9361E HP342 Colour Inkjet Cartridge
Lexmark 18C0031 18C0031 LEXMARK 31
Lexmark 18C0034 18C0034 LEXMARK 34
Lexmark 18C0035 18C0035 LEXMARK 35
Lexmark 18C0032 Lexmark
Lexmark 18C0033 Lexmark
Lexmark 10N0017 Lexmark Z13/Z33/Z35
Lexmark 12A1970 Lexmark 12A1970/12A1975 Black Inkjet Cartridge
Lexmark 17G0050 Lexmark 17G0050/17G0648 Black Inkjet Cartridge
Lexmark 15M0120 Lexmark Colour Z51/Z52
Lexmark 12A1980 Lexmark Colourjet 7000 Colour
Lexmark 13400HC Lexmark Execjet 11/11c/1000Blk
Lexmark 17G0060 Lexmark H Res Colour Z12/Z22
Lexmark 18L0042 Lexmark Jetprinter Z55/Z65 Colour
Lexmark 18L0032 Lexmark Jetprinter Z55/Z65/x6150 Black
Lexmark 18C0781 Lexmark Simply 1 Colour
Lexmark 10N0027 Lexmark Z13/Z33/Z35
Lexmark 10N0026 Lexmark/Dell(A920 Colour) Z13/Z33/Z35
Lexmark 10N0016 Lexmark/Sharp(70B/60B)/Dell(A920) Z13/Z33/Z35
Samsung INK M40 Samsung M40/40S/41/41S Black Inkjet Cartridge