Exclusively for Red-Inc customers: recycle your office stationery with ease
At Red-Inc, we know that sustainability goes beyond what you buy – it’s also about how you dispose of it. That’s why we created our Stationery Recycling Scheme, available only to Red-Inc customers as part of our commitment to helping you cut waste and carbon across your office supplies.
Why recycle stationery?
Every year, millions of pens, markers and other stationery items end up in landfill. By recycling through our customer-only scheme, you:
Keep plastics and metals out of landfill
Support a circular office economy
Reduce Scope 3 emissions linked to waste
Strengthen your ESG and CSR story
How it works for our customers
Order your box – As a Red-Inc customer, you can request a recycling box alongside your usual stationery orders.
Fill it up – Collect your used pens, markers and small stationery items.
Send it back – Return the full box through our carbon-offset delivery parter.
Track your impact – We provide impact data showing waste diverted from landfill and CO₂ saved, so you can include it in your reporting.
What happens to your recycled stationery?
Once your box is returned to us, we make sure the contents are handled responsibly:
Reuse first – Any items still in good working order are donated to local schools and community projects.
Pens and markers – Plastics from used pens and markers are separated, shredded and processed so they can be used again in new products.
Everything else – Non-reusable plastics are turned into pellets and repurposed into durable building materials and products – ensuring nothing ends up in landfill.
This way, your stationery waste is either reused, recycled, or repurposed – helping to close the loop and create something positive from materials that would otherwise be thrown away.
What can be recycled?
Pens, biros and highlighters
Markers and whiteboard pens
Correction products
Mechanical pencils
Small plastic stationery items
The benefits for your business
Exclusive to Red-Inc customers – a genuine value-add.
Simple & hassle-free – just return the box with your deliveries.
Data for your reports – measurable impact for ESG and Scope 3.
Aligned with our B Corp values – Our stationery recycling scheme is part of our wider mission to help clients purchase better and waste less.
Why Red-Inc?
As a B Corp and SBTi-verified business, Red-Inc is one of the UK’s most sustainable office supplies companies. From our Plant One, Protect One initiative to detailed carbon reporting, we design every service to help our customers lead the way on sustainability. Our Stationery Recycling Scheme is one more way we help your office make a positive difference.
Ready to recycle?
If you’re already a Red-Inc customer, simply contact us to request your first recycling box.
If you’re not yet working with us, get in touch to find out more about switching to a truly sustainable office supplies partner.