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Need to recycle your inkjet cartridge? 

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How to recycle your empty Brother inkjet cartridges 

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Up to 4 cartridges

Free-post return for Brother inkjet cartridges

  1. Complete the form to order a free-post envelope from the link below
  2. Place your empty inkjet cartridges into the envelope and seal
  3. Post through a post box or drop off at your local post office 

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Up to 20 cartridges

Free-post return for Brother inkjet cartridges

  1. Complete the form to order a free-post box from the link below
  2. Pack your empty inkjet cartridges into the box
  3. Drop off at your local post office 

You can choose to order 1 or 2 boxes. Each box fits up to 20 cartridges.

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Frequently asked questions

Brother is working towards a circular  economy. By returning your ink, toner and labelling cartridges to Brother we can take responsibility for our own products and remanufacture or recycle them, saving precious resources from going to landfill.
Simply use one of our recycling services to return your inkjet cartridges to Brother. We have 2 options depending on how many cartridges you have: 
1. If you have up to 4 cartridges, request one of our free-post envelopes using our online form. Once full, simply post through a post box or drop off at the post office. 
2. Order a free-post bulk box suitable for around 20 cartridges, and drop off at the post office when full.
Our website only offers one envelope per request, because we don't want excess plastic ending up in landfill. Your recycling envelope will hold around 5 ink cartridges. In the meantime, you can email recycle@brother.eu to request multiple envelopes. Alternatively, you can use our website to order a bulk box to return multiple cartridges. 
Customers from all over Europe recycle their empty cartridges with Brother. We use a centralised system, based in The Netherlands, and a pan-European postal network. This means that all of the toner cartridges arrive in one shipment, rather than in individual parcels, which greatly reduces transport emissions.
Yes, there is no need to take your inkjet return envelopes into a post office. Simply post through your local post box!