Greener Side Recycling Partners

Aim Copier Supplies are partnered with Greener Side Recycling to provide a recycling service for your used toner cartridges. This helps us to promote a circular economy and reduce our impact on climate change. Contact us for more information.

What happens to your used toner cartridges?

Your Greener Side Recycling Box Arrives

Using our licensed waste carrier, we’ll collect all of your full Greener Side recycling boxes from each of your registered locations. Your boxes will then be transported to our fully licensed, ISO accredited waste management centre which is an ATF site (Authorised Treatment Facility).

Toner Cartridges Are itemised, Separated And Sorted

Once your cartridges arrive at our waste management centre, each item is individually inspected, itemised and sorted.

Duty Of Care Waste Transfer Notes Produced

After itemising and identifying your cartridges, you’ll be able to access your Duty of Care Waste Transfer Notes if you’ve signed up for our award-winning software.

Your Cartridges Will Then Follow One of Three Pathways

What happens next to your cartridges is dependant on a number of factors including the quality and current state of the cartridge, its age, and whether the cartridge is OEM, remanufactured or compatible.

Path 1

Remanufacturing

Cartridges which meet our requirements after completing a number of tests and quality control measures are eligible to be remanufactured back to OEM standard and placed onto the market once again. Remanufacturing reduces the need for raw materials.

Path 2

Reuse

Cartridges which don’t meet our requirements or demand but are still able to be used again will
be distributed to our Approved Recycling Partners. This avoids unnecessary cartridges ending up in landfill sites and allows them to be reused in other markets.

Path 1

Shredding

Cartridges that have been damaged beyond repair are shredded down into smaller pieces of plastic and metal which are then collected by our Approved Recycling Partners to be recycled as raw materials. This process ensures our commitment to zero waste.

Each of these pathways help us to promote a circular economy and reduce our impact on climate change

What happens to excess matierials?

Our Approved Recycling Partners ensure that excess toner is reused in the most environmentally friendly way possible. Plastic is sent to polymer recyclers, where it can be remoulded to be used again, often into plastic pellets. Excess metal is sent to a metal recycler, where it can be melted down and re-used.

Contact us for more information about our recycling scheme.