Quill.com Recycles More Than One Million Ink and Toner Cartridges

by Cayla Dole
Published on October 16, 2012
Office Tips

Cartridge Recycling Program Helps Customers Save on Ink and Toner and Reduce Environmental Impacts

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Quill.com announced today that it has recycled more than one million ink and toner cartridges in 2012 through its national Ink and Toner Recycle Program, launched in 2011.

The Quill.com Ink and Toner recycle program one of the first programs of its kind, allows customers to recycle their cartridges essentially from their desks. Customers simply download a free pre-paid mailing label and mail the used cartridges to Quill.com. Two weeks after receiving the cartridges, Quill.com deposits $2 per cartridge, up to $20 per month, into the customer’s Quill.com account to use on their next purchase. The returned cartridges are either reused as remanufactured cartridges or their parts are broken down and used in the production of other office supplies.

“Through the Quill.com Ink and Toner Recycle Program, customers can help reduce environmental impacts from used cartridges and find great value in their ongoing purchases of ink and toner,” said Quill.com Vice President of Merchandising, Sergio Pereira. “Quill.com is committed to sustainable business practices. Not only does this program help the environment but it helps our customers with more savings. It’s a win win.”

Quill.com has collected a total of 912,663 pounds of used ink and toner cartridges. By doing so, the business has helped omit annual greenhouse gas emissions in an amount equivalent to about 260 passenger cars, according to Clover Technologies Group which handles the recycling and remanufacturing of cartridges.

About Quill.com

Founded in 1956 and headquartered in Lincolnshire, IL, Quill.com serves the needs of over a million small- to medium-sized businesses. As a premier business to business office products provider, Quill.com sells everything from paper and ink and toner to cleaning supplies and technology with 24-hour-a-day access to more than 65,000 business essentials. Introduced in 1996, Quill.com was one of the first successful Web sites launched in the office products industry and has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Staples, Inc., since 1998. More information about Quill.com is available at www.Quill.com.