Recycle your hardware and printer supplies

Request postage-paid shipping materials online for an easy way to recycle your cartridges.

With the HP Planet Partners program, plastics and metals from recycled cartridges are recovered for use in new products. HP offers that following options (for free) to make recycling your inkjet print cartidges easily:

1. Request a postage-paid envelope, or print your own label.


2. Request a pre-addressed, postage paid box (holds 20 to 300 HP inkjet cartridges or up to 20 large-format cartridges).


3. For large quantities, request a pallet pickup.

For more information, visit the HP Product Recycling site or call 1-800-340-2445.

There are several options available for recycling your LaserJet supplies, from printing your own labels to requesing a collection box.

For LaserJet owners, HP provides the following offerings (for free) so you can easily recycle your LaserJet supplies:

1. Check inside your HP LaserJet print cartridge box for a postage-paid return and recycling label, or you can request or print your own label.
   
   
2. To return multiple products, tape two to eight supply boxes (maximum 70 lbs.) together (or use your own suitable box) and return via one prepaid shipping label. You may also request a free bulk collection box (holds 20 cartridges) to ship back with one prepaid shipping label.
   
   
3. For large quantities, request a pallet pick-up.

For more information, visit the HP Product Recycling site or call 1-800-340-2445.

If you discover that your product is ineligible for trade-in, there are still a number of environmentally friendly disposal options.

• Recycle
  Recycle all your old HP & Compaq equipment for FREE, shipping included! No purchase necessary, no strings, just doing what's right for the environment. Recycling of non HP equipment available for a nominal fee. Just head to www.hp.com/go/consumerbuyback recycle your old consumer equipment.
  Business customers can also recycle with HP. To get a quote visit our custom quoting tool which provides an estimate for recycling and shipping.
• Donate
  Consider donating your used hardware to schools, local charities, or other non-profit organizations—like the National Cristina Foundation—that provide equipment and education to communities. Your donation is tax deductible and will benefit both your community and our environment.
• Earth 911
  Check out Earth 911 to find recycling and re-use locations for a variety of electronics and household items.

Before you trade in, donate, or recycle your computer or other personal electronic device, it’s important to remove any saved personal data.

Your browser's cache, cookies, history, e-mail contacts, messages, and documents should be cleared using disk-cleaning software, such as Blancco Data Cleaner or Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Disk-cleaning utilities will overwrite the sectors of your hard drives, making your personal data unrecoverable.

If using the HP Trade-In Program to trade in a computer, you can obtain a Department of Defense data scrub for $15 per drive. When filling out the “Describe your product(s)” form, simply select “yes” from the "DOD Data Scrub ($15/drive)" drop-down box.

Energy Star products, like HP Officejet Pro 8100 ePrinter, are more energy-efficient and can help save you money.

It’s easier than ever to make eco-conscious choices when purchasing new equipment. Check out these tips for shopping sustainably.

• Buy HP Energy Star products
  HP has a wide selection of environmentally responsible Energy Star products to choose from. Each Energy Star product meets strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. And because they use less energy, they’ll also save you money.
• Get rewarded for recycling
  Sign-up for HP's PurchaseEdge program and earn points toward free merchandise -- just for recycling! Visit the PurchasEdge site for more information and click on "Earn points for recycling" after signing in.
• Look at the label
  It’s easy to make an eco-friendly purchase with HP—just look for the Eco Highlights label for information on key environmental features at-a-glance.