Cartridge Recycling

MySchool, in partnership with Mzansi Office Recycling and Consumables, brings you an easy way to promote recycling at your school. Cartridge recycling is a wonderful, sustainable way to reduce your community’s carbon footprint, get learners actively involved in a recycling project, and to create an environmentally-friendly image for your school.

Did you know?

• A typical cartridge will take up to 1000 years to decompose.
• More than 30 million inkjet cartridges are dumped each year in the UK alone (1800 tonnes) - the same weight as 18 Blue Whales.
• Only between 20-30% of all printer cartridges are currently recycled.
• Industry analysts estimate a spent cartridge can be reused or remanufactured between 3 to 7 times.

Why Should Your School Recycle Cartridges?

Cartridge recycling is an easy, convenient and accessible way to get your school recycling.

Learners are taught a practical, sustainable skill that supports the recycling theory learned at school.

The school will help reduced the community’s carbon footprint.

Schools have a social responsibility to educate and produce ecologically-minded learners

The school becomes part of a recycling legacy and is seen as a pro-active and socially-conscious partner within the community.

There is no financial lay-out for the school.

No mess, no fuss: cartridges are clean and compact.

Free pick-up for schools and charities.

To make the programme a success the school should put in effort to motivate collections.

Register for Cartridge Recycling Now

MySchool will help your recycling project become a sustainable success. Simply register for the service and use your current resources to mobilise learners and parents to support the programme. We will do the rest!

1. Register your school for the cartridge recycling program with your Community Organiser or via our Client Service Centre (0860 100 445 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).
2. Place a collection box in a convenient location. If you need a box, please let us know. 
3. Promote the recycling project in your school and community through competitions and events (e.g. Cartridge Tuesday)
4. Once the box is full (or contains more than 30 cartridges), please contact the MySchool Client Service Centre (0860 100 445 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) to request collection. MySchool will log your request.
5. Mzansi Office Recycling will pick up cartridges within 10 working days from the collection request.
6. MySchool pays the funds generated directly to the school. You can expect payment within 2 months from the month of collection.

PLEASE NOTE: Please confirm with your Community Organiser or the MySchool Client Service Centre that we can collect from your school before registering. Simply send us an email.

PLEASE NOTE: Prices paid for cartridges cannot be guaranteed. Exchange rates and consumer demand determine the price on any given moment. An “estimated price” list is available on request but is subject to change.

Talk to your Community Organiser, or contact our Client Service Centre to find out more or to register.
Tel: 0860 100 445
Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Service Areas (please ensure that we can collect from your school before you sign up)

WESTERN CAPE

Atlantic Seaboard, City Bowl, Southern Suburbs, Constantia Valley, Blaauwberg, Northern Atlantic, Northern Suburbs, False Bay Coastal Suburbs, Helderberg, Cape Winelands, Cape Overberg. Thus, we collect as far as N1 Du Toits Kloof Tunnel; as far as N2 Somerset West/ Gordons Bay; West Coast as far as Blaauwberg

GAUTENG

JOHANNESBURG:
• Auckland Park  • Bedfordview • Braamfontein • Craighall Park  • Darrenwood  • Dunkeld West • Emmarentia  • Fairland • Johannesburg Central  • Kensington  • Linden • Marshalltown  • Melville  • Midrand (see suburbs below)• Northcliff  • Norwood  • Observatory • Orchards  • Parkhurst  • Parktown  • Parktown North • Parkview  • Parkwood  • Randburg (see suburbs below) • Sandton (see suburbs below) • Saxonwold  • Soweto  • Westcliff

MIDRAND:
• Beaulieu  • Carlswald  • Glen Austin • Glenferness  • Halfway House  • Kyalami • Randjesfontein

RANDBURG:
• Ferndale  • Jukskei Park • North Riding 

SANDTON:
• Atholl  • Bryanston  • Buccleuch • Chartwell  • Craighall • Douglasdale  • Duxberry  • Fourways • Gallo Manor• Houghton • Hurlingham  • Hyde Park  • Illovo  • Kelvin  • Melrose • Mandela Square (Sandton Square) • Melrose Arch  • Melrose North • Morningside  • Parkmore  • Rivonia • Rosebank  • Sandhurst  • Sandown • Wendywood • Woodmead 

EAST RAND:
• Alberton  • Benoni  • Boksburg • Edenvale • Germiston • Kempton Park •

WEST RAND:
• Elandsdrift  • Hartbeespoort Dam (see towns below) • Krugersdorp  • Lanseria  • Magaliesberg (see towns below) • Muldersdrift • Randfontein

MAGALIESBERG:
• Doornhoek  • Hekpoort  • Kromdraai • Magaliesburg  •

HARTBEESPOORT DAM:
• Broederstroom  • Hartbeespoort • Kosmos  • Meerhof  •

SOUTHERN GAUTENG:
• Meyerton  • Vanderbijlpark  • Vereeniging • Walkerville

NORTHERN GAUTENG:
• Boekenhoutskloof  • Bronkhorstspruit  • Centurion  • Cullinan  • Irene • Leeuwkloof • Rayton  • Rust De Winter

PRETORIA:
• Arcadia  • Brooklyn  • Clydesdale• Colbyn  • Constantia Park  •  Erasmia  • Garsfontein  • Hatfield • Kameeldrift • Lynnwood  • Meyerspark  • Montana • Moreleta Park  • Rietfontein • Riviera  • Sunnyside • Wapadrand • Waterkloof  • Waverley  • Woodhill Estate

KWAZULU-NATAL

GREATER DURBAN AREA:
Berea, Bluff, Bothas Hill, Cowies Hill, Durban Beachfront, Durban Central, Durban North, Gillitts, Glenashley, Glenmore, Glenwood, Hillcrest, Kloof, Morningside, Musgrave, Pinetown, Valley of 1000 Hills, Westville

UMHLANGA COASTLINE:
• La Lucia  • Mount Edgecombe • Umdloti  • Umhlanga

NATAL MIDLANDS REGION:
• Balgowan  • Boston • Currys Post • Dargle  • Greytown  • Hilton
• Howick  • Ixopo • Karkloof • Lidgetton  • Lions River • Mooi River
• Nottingham Road  • Pietermaritzburg • Rosetta  • Wartburg

DOLPHIN (NORTH) COAST:
• Ballito  • Blythedale Beach • Princes Grant • Salt Rock • Sheffield Beach 
• Stanger  • Zimbali  • Zinkwazi Beach

SOUTH COAST:
• Amanzimtoti  • Bazley  • Clansthal 
• Hibberdene • Margate  • Marina Beach • Melville Beach • Munster • Oslo Beach • Palm Beach  • Pennington  • Port Edward • Port Shepstone  • Ramsgate  • San Lameer • Scottburgh  • Sea Park  • Selborne • Shelly Beach  • Southbroom  • Southport • St Michaels  • Sunwich Port  • Uvongo 
• Umkomaas  • Umtentweni  • Umzumbe