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Here at The Recycling Factory, we are always wanting to make the recycling of inkjet cartridges easier. That is why our development team has been working to improve our systems and are delighted to announce that we can now pay you via PayPal when you...

Featured Article: UK Recycler Raises over £3.5 million for UK charities

The UK’s leading recycler of inkjet cartridges, The Recycling Factory, has this week announced a new personal best of £3,580,178.41 in donations raised for its charity partners. Running zero cost recycling schemes for thousands of charities across the UK, the Lincolnshire based recycler helps charities, schools...

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What's the difference between virgin and non-virgin cartridges?

A virgin cartridge can be described as:

An original cartridge (that is for example HP, Lexmark etc)
A cartridge that has not been refilled
A cartridge that does not carry any other branding other than the original manufacturers

A non-virgin cartridge can be described as:

A cartridge that has been refilled previously
A cartridge that has a label for another company (e.g. Cartridge World, Tesco, Asda)
A cartridge with extra holes or the label removed