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.

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

We pay for selected ink cartridges manufactured by Hewlett Packard, Lexmark, Canon and Dell. Please see the ink cartridge recycling list below for a complete list of all the ink cartridges we can successfully recycle.

Unfortunately, due to the technology, we cannot recycle the majority of ink tanks manufactured by Epson and Canon.

Cartridges we can recycle:

Manufacturer Part no. Description Price     
Canon CL38 Canon CL38 Colour Inkjet Cartridge £1.00
Canon CL38N Canon CL38 Colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.50
Canon CL41 Canon CL41 Colour Inkjet Cartridge £4.00
Canon CL41 Canon CL41 Colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £2.00
Canon CL51 Canon CL51 Colour Inkjet Cartridge £1.00
Canon CL51 Canon CL51 Colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.50
Canon CL52 Canon CL52 Photo Inkjet Cartridge £1.00
Canon CL52 Canon CL52 Photo Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.50
Canon PG-37 Canon PG-37 Black Inkjet Cartridge £1.00
Canon PG-37N Canon PG-37 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.50
Canon PG40 Canon PG40 Black Inkjet Cartridge £4.00
Canon PG40 Canon PG40 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £2.00
Canon PG50 Canon PG50 Black Inkjet Cartridge £2.00
Canon PG50 Canon PG50 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £1.00
Dell 7Y743 Dell 7Y743 £0.30
Dell 7Y745 Dell 7Y745 £0.30
Dell M4646 Dell M4646 £0.50
Dell T0530 Dell T0530 £0.30
HP HPC9368AE HP 100 Grey Inkjet Cartridge £0.50
HP CB304A HP 110 Tri-Colour Inkjet Cartridge £0.30
HP C9351A HP 21 Black Inkjet Cartridge £1.50
HP C9351A HP 21 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.75
HP C9352A HP 22 Colour Inkjet Cartridge £4.00
HP C9352A HP 22 Colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £2.00
HP HP51626A HP 26 Black Inkjet Cartridge £0.30
HP HPC8727A HP 27 Black Inkjet Cartridge £1.00
HP HPC8727A HP 27 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.30
HP HPC8728A HP 28 Colour Inkjet Cartridge £2.00
HP HPC8728A HP 28 Colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £1.50
HP C9364E HP 337 Black Inkjet Cartridge £1.25
HP C9364E HP 337 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.50
HP HPC8765EE HP 338 Black Inkjet Cartridge £3.00
HP HPC8765EE HP 338 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £1.50
HP HPC8766EE HP 343 Tri-Colour Inkjet Cartridge £4.00
HP HPC8766EE HP 343 Tri-Colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £2.00
HP CB335E HP 350 Black Inkjet Cartridge £3.50
HP CB335E HP 350 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £1.00
HP C8336E-BLK HP 350XL Black Inkjet Cartridge £2.00
HP C8336E-BLK HP 350XL Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £1.25
HP CB337E HP 351 Tri-color Inkjet Cartridge £3.50
HP CB337EN HP 351 Tri-color Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £2.00
HP CB338E HP 351XL Tri-colour Inkjet Cartridge £2.00
HP CB338EN HP 351XL Tri-colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £2.00
HP C6657A HP 57 Colour Inkjet Cartridge £1.50
HP C6657AN HP 57 Colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £1.00
HP C6657A-CLR HP 57+ Colour Inkjet Cartridge £3.00
HP HPC6578A HP 78 Tri-colour Inkjet Cartridge £0.75
HP CB277A HP 78+Plus Tri-colour Inkjet Cartridge £0.75
HP C6578AN HP 78XL Tri-colour Inkjet Cartridge £0.75
HP HPC6656A HP Deskjet 5550/7150/7350 Black £0.50
HP HPC6656A-NV HP Deskjet 5550/7150/7350 Black - Non-virgin £0.25
HP C9362E HP336 Black Inkjet Cartridge £1.00
HP C9362EN HP336 Black Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.50
HP C9361E HP342 Colour Inkjet Cartridge £1.00
HP C9361EN HP342 Colour Inkjet Cartridge - Non Virgin £0.50
Lexmark 18C1974 Lexmark 4 Black Ink Cartridge £1.50
Lexmark 18C0783 Simply 3 Colour Inkjet Cartridge £1.50
Samsung INK M10 Samsung INK M10 Black Inkjet Cartridge £0.25
Samsung INK M40 Samsung M40/40S/41/41S Black Inkjet Cartridge £0.75