Environmental Policy
Every year over 500 million empty toner and inkjet cartridges (“empties”) go to landfill. Our aim is to help reduce this figure so as to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations, enabling I.T.P. to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
Helping to save the environment is not only our future, but also our business. Our commitment to this challenge is total.
As part of this environmental commitment I.T.P. will at all times aim to:
- Comply and where possible exceed all legislative requirements.
- Prevent pollution and increase the positive impact occurring as a result of our activities.
- Continually improve and monitor all environmental procedures and considerations.
- Reduce our consumption of resources and improve efficiency in the use of these resources.
- Actively promote recycling both internally and amongst our customers and suppliers.
- Not to send any toner, inkjet cartridges or mobile phones to landfill.
The majority of all empty toner and inkjet cartridges collected by I.T.P. are sold back into the market to companies that will remanufacture them, who will in turn once processed then sell them to the dealer or end consumer as a remanufactured, recycled or compatible cartridge. The points below help to explain what we do with those items that can not go through this channel i.e. packaging and damaged products.
- All cardboard packaging (boxes, end-caps etc) is sent to local paper mills for recycling.
- Some reject or valueless empties are returned to the OEM for recycling in accordance with their policies and legislative obligations.
- Damaged empties that have value are sold or given to remanufacturers to be used for spare parts.
- Damaged empties that have no value are sent to facilities for raw material recycling i.e. broken down into plastic, aluminium and steel.
- Damaged or odd sized pallets are sent for reuse or recycling.