Fundraiser Ideas and Events » Fundraising Ideas: “green”

Valentine’s Day Flower Fundraiser

FundraisingIP.com — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:08:46 +0000

Everyone knows that flowers and chocolate are the staples of Valentine’s Day. As a ‘no calorie’ fundraiser, a Valentine’s Day Flower Sale is a great way to capitalize on the expectations of the day!

What Is A Valentine’s Day Flower Sale?

In essence, a Valentine’s Day Flower Sale is a pre-order flower sale. Your group

• Advertises the flower sale
• Collects orders ahead of time
• Delivers flowers to recipients on Valentine’s Day

How To Run A Valentine’s Day Flower Sale

You will need to partner with a local florist, or wholesaler who will deal in bulk orders, and/or prepare flowers and bouquets per order specs. When you talk to florists,

• Negotiate the price ahead of time so that you can price accordingly
• Make sure that the agreed upon price allows for reasonable pricing to customers
• Offer timeless favorites like roses, single roses, as well as carnations, or small daisy bouquets depending on your supporter demographic and to increase participation

Ordering is to be kept confidential (this is the mysterious part). You will need to create an order form that includes

• Who is to receive the flower(s)
• What flower(s) are selected
• Where to deliver the flowers to (an office number, a classroom)
• The message that should be included on the tag, including the name of the gift-giver if they choose to make that information known.

You may supply tags or cards to go with the order and let the buyer fill it out at the time of ordering; some buyers will not want their handwriting to tip them off, so you should also offer the option of writing the tag for them.

It is also a good idea to order some extra flowers for on-hand sales for those who didn’t get their orders in on time. This can expand the profitability of the fundraiser, but be sure not to order too many extra.

Who Should Hold A Valentine’s Day Flower Sale?

This fundraiser work best for larger groups who have access to many potential recipients in a compact delivery area; ideally, a middle or high school, office building, or college campus. Anything else may be too hard to manage.

A Valentine’s Day flower sale is a great opportunity to play a little cupid, and raise funds in a fun way!

Christmas Greenery Fundraiser

FundraisingIP.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:05:27 +0000

Christmas greenery products are an excellent way to make money for your needy organization. Christmas greenery is easy to sell and is well-received by customers. A Christmas greenery sale has all the makings of a highly successful seasonal fundraiser. In order to include and address everyone in your fundraiser, be sure to offer items representative of other religions as well.

Christmas Greenery Fundraiser Options

Christmas greenery fundraisers usually refer to the sale of Christmas green decorating products, such as Christmas wreaths, evergreen Christmas swags and Christmas roping. A Christmas greenery sale can also include the sale of Christmas trees, but might be more difficult to manage because of the size of the trees.

Groups interested in holding a Christmas greenery fundraiser have a few basic options:

• Cash and carry Christmas greenery sales
For an on-hand sale, your group will need to purchase Christmas greenery products upfront (from a local supplier is best), and then hold a sale at a designated location. There is more up-front cost involved, but the right timing and location can net some very good profits, and there is no worrying over delivery and distribution at a later date. A cash and carry Christmas greenery sale can be managed on short notice as long as you can locate a good local supplier.

• Craft and sell Christmas greenery sales
As an alternative, your group could make their own Christmas greenery for cash and carry sales. This works well for scouts, middle and high school groups, and other clubs with many hands that can devote meeting time to crafting hand-made products. Christmas greens are relatively easy to make as long as you can locate one or two good instructors that will supervise and teach others to assemble the products. The cost of materials is usually very low, which means there is a good profit potential for Christmas greenery sales.

• Christmas greenery brochure sales
Christmas greenery brochure fundraisers are run like any other type of catalog or brochure sale. You will need to choose a fundraising company offering Christmas greenery sales, obtain the needed sales materials, and take orders for Christmas greens. A Christmas greenery brochure sale is probably the most cost-effective way to hold this type of fundraiser, as you will not need to front the cash to purchase products before they are sold.

The Value-Added Service

Your Christmas greenery fundraiser does not have to be limited to the sale of the actual wreath or green product; you can also offer decorating and accessorizing, perhaps even hanging. Charge accordingly for each additional service, and boost your profits even more. Value-added services are easiest for cash and carry sales. Be sure to offer products in various price ranges.

A Christmas greenery sale can be a great way to fundraise. Christmas greens are products that many people seek out every year, which gives this fundraiser the benefit of being repeatable. Even better, a Christmas greenery fundraiser raises everybody’s Christmas spirits, and spreads good cheer as you fundraise!

Don’t Forget About These Simple And Low Cost Fundraisers You Can Run With Few Resources And Few Volunteers

FundraisingIP.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:18:17 +0000

The to-do list for running ‘traditional’ fundraisers like candy fundraisers, dances and special events, auctions, raffles and yard sales can be endless: buying and storing products for sale, producing and distributing flyers, making phone calls, keeping track of product inventory and sales, taking kids door to door, collecting money, working ticket booths, cleaning up after events, etc.

Although these fundraising ideas can raise a lot of money quickly, sometimes there may not be enough volunteers or financial resources to run these fundraisers, or maybe people are simply tired of them. If you currently don’t have the resources or volunteer base for a larger fundraising project, why not try one or all of the following simple, low key and low cost fundraising ideas. These fundraising ideas are neither new nor exciting, but will over time turn into a steady source of income you won’t want to be without:

The ‘bakeless’ bake sale

The bakeless bake sale was invented for the very purpose of bypassing all the work involved with ‘traditional’ fundraisers. Instead of actually making, selling or buying anything, would-be volunteers and supporters send in a check for the same amount they ‘would have’ spent or raised, thereby circumventing the actual bake sale.

A bakeless bake sale can also mean that you sell easily assembled baking mixes that your supporters can then prepare and bake themselves. Of course, this wouldn’t count as a low effort or free fundraiser anymore, but maybe simply doing things a bit differently may be worth the effort. For a great list of all kinds baking and cooking mixes that you can easily and inexpensively put together yourself, like ‘Brownies in a Jar,’ visit RecipeLink.com.

Fundraising programs at banks and stores

Free ‘loyalty’ fundraisers at banks and stores are especially well-suited to large groups such as schools. These fundraisers require no or very little additional effort for volunteers or supporters, that is, beyond what they already do on a day to day basis: shopping for groceries, buying gas, etc.

Some banks offer programs where a small donation is deposited into a school’s account each time a supporter makes a purchase with their ATM card. The potential supporters usually sign up for the program through the bank in person, or the bank’s website. Once the sign-up is completed, everything is automated. All you need to do is provide your group’s contact info and wait for the check! The main challenge here is to get as many people as possible to sign up. This is a fundraiser that will not yield great results overnight, but with ongoing reminders in newsletters, e-mails and on your website, you will in time have a large supporter base that will generate ongoing income for your group.

Another loyalty program that can be lucrative in the long run is a store sponsored loyalty program. How it works: The store credits a small amount to your school account every time you, or any supporter, makes a purchase. Sales are either tracked with a loyalty or discount card (just about every larger grocery store offers one), or simply by telling the cashier at checkout which group to attribute the sale to. Check with larger grocery stores or variety stores in your area for current programs.

For any loyalty program, your goal is to get as many teachers, parents, grandparents and supporters as possible to sign up so the money accumulates faster and longer. This is a great fundraiser that can run all year long, year after year, without any further effort beyond signing up for the program.

Label collection fundraisers

Remember box tops? Well General Mills is still running this fundraiser and it’s as popular as ever.

Go to General Mill’s Box Tops for Education Program.
(Read more about running a Box Tops For Education Fundraiser.)

Other label collection programs are LabelsForEducation and Tyson’s Project A+.

Recycle!

Another free fundraiser that almost runs itself is growing in popularity and involves recycling ink cartridges. With increasing awareness of pollution and its impact on the earth there is no better time for this excellent fundraiser. Millions of ink cartridges from homes and businesses are simply thrown away each year after the ink is used up. Rather than letting these cartridges go to waste and rot in landfills, why not recycle them and make money for your cause at the same time?

Get the word out to all your friends, relatives and businesses in your community to save their used cartridges for you instead of tossing them in the trash. As with the loyalty programs shown above, the inkjet cartridge recycling fundraiser works all year long. Plus, most places that take ink cartridges also offer a program to recycle cell phones.

What other recyclable items can you easily turn into money? You may generate a decent income with a bottles and cans recycling fundraiser, but this fundraiser usually requires quite a bit of effort and planning. If you do however already have recycling receptacles available, and/or volunteers to collect them and take them to a recycling facility, you may be able to plan this recycling fundraiser with minimal effort.

Although these ideas may not earn money as quickly and are not as exciting as some of the ‘traditional’ fundraisers, they have the potential to earn substantial money over time without exhausting your volunteers or their wallets!

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Recycle Ink Cartridges And Cell Phones – Tips For Success

FundraisingIP.com — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:08:28 +0000

Ink cartridge and cell phone recycling fundraisers are very popular because they are super easy and keep millions of useful cartridges and cell phones out of landfills. There are several things your organization can do to make your ink cartridge and cell phone recycling program even more successful.

Be A Good Partner

Be a good partner to your recycling redemption company by following their guidelines. Be sure to:

Obtain their latest list of accepted cartridges and cell phones

Update the list regularly and pass it on to donors

Sort through donated cartridges and cell phones and weed out broken and beyond repair units

Follow the company’s schedule for redemptions and payment

Follow shipping instructions, and package large donations conveniently for easier processing (see below)

Recruit Donations

Remember that you are not limited to your immediate support base for cartridge and cell phone donations; you can reach out to other individuals and groups, too. Some good ways to increase donations are by:

Calling area businesses and asking them to set aside their used ink cartridges; assign someone to pick the cartridges up to make it even easier on the company.

Encourage your group’s members to collect ink cartridges and cell phones from their employers, friends, family, and others. You might consider supplying a second outreach letter that can be given to peripheral supporters.

Set up community collection boxes; attach a letter or sign explaining what can be donated and who will benefit (your group). All you have to do then is regularly check and empty the boxes. Note that some businesses might welcome a drop box at their office, too—they can drop their cartridges and old cell phones in, and so can their employees and clients.

Note that some redemption companies will allow you to supply shipping bags to individuals and groups that they can simply mail in (postage pre-paid) on your behalf; that way, you won’t have to worry about making the rounds to collect donated cell phones and empty ink cartridges.

Protect Your Profits

You can ensure that your collections are protected by packaging them well and according to the recycling companies suggestions before shipping; that way, more of your units will be accepted and paid for. Some tips for packaging large shipments of ink cartridges and cell phones follow:

Pack larger cartridges first (bottom of box)

Group ink cartridges and cell phones separately or by type/manufacturer

Place newspaper or cardboard between each layer

Fill in gaps with newspaper

Lastly, be sure that your packages are labeled correctly so that they get where they are going. If pre-printed materials are provided, use them—they will ensure that the correct addresses and postage are used, and may include an ID number that lets the company know who you are.

You can feel good about this easy recycling ink cartridge and cell phone fundraising project!

(FundingFactory offers a fundraising program for ink cartridge and cell phone recycling. Sponsored link.)

How You Can Run A Clean And Green Fundraising Campaign

FundraisingIP.com — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:11:53 +0000

Fundraisers are run for the benefit of worthwhile groups, so it seems only natural that there should be a sense of responsibility and philanthropy attached to them. More and more these days what is responsible and philanthropic is to save the world we live in by practicing green-living and working.

Your group can come on board with green fundraising by holding a fundraising collection campaign for recyclables such as bottle and cans, printer cartridges and cell phones (Sponsored link). But regardless of what your group is selling or collecting, your campaign can be more environmentally conscious simply by reducing the amount of waste involved.

Search “recycle electronics for cash”.

Marketing and advertising fundraisers usually involve a large amount of paper-based informational resources, such as letters, flyers, brochures, and order forms. While the information given through these items is valuable, a large majority will probably end up in a landfill, muddying the environment and wasting valuable resources. But by incorporating a few (or all) of the following tips, your group can run a much more environmentally friendly campaign.

To-do list for a more responsible fundraising campaign:

Cut down or eliminate paper-based flyers and brochures – you may be able to use fewer by posting on public boards and not distributing to every individual; you can also drastically reduce wasted materials by only distributing to interested, participating members (many know they’ll never sell right from the start)

Fundraise online – online fundraising companies are offering free web pages for your fundraiser you can use to collect donations. You can – and should – also set up your own website as part of your allover fundraising strategy. Selling at online auctions or adding an online magazine fundraiser to your fundraising efforts are other profitable green options.

Use recycled and recyclable materials – for signs and flyers. It may also be worthwhile to ask local copy shops or print shops for paper and cardboard remnants which would be discarded anyway.

Utilize local media resources for marketing – newspapers, community websites, and local cable access channels have wide outreach, and since they are being printed or televised anyway, your group will not add more paper waste advertising your event to the same audience. This includes adding your marketing to existing online and paper-based newsletters sponsored by schools and community groups. Marketing this way is a low-cost or NO-cost solution for your financially needy group.

Build an e-mail list – then electronically inform interested parties of your ongoing fundraisers and events. Collect e-mail addresses at fundraising events and through your website. Assure your supporters that their e-mail addresses won’t be shared with anyone and that you won’t spam them.

No doubt your group could probably add to this list once you’ve instilled a sense of savings and environmental responsibility into your campaign. Thinking cleaner and greener is a better way to run your fundraiser from an environmental aspect, and often you will find that greener fundraising is better for your fiscal bottom-line as well!

Reusable Shopping Bags Fundraiser

FundraisingIP.com — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:30:19 +0000

What’s better than raising funds for your group and helping the environment with this green fundraiser at the same time!

Reusable Shopping Bags Are Everywhere

Reusable shopping bags are cropping up in every store and now in fundraisers as well. Using reusable shopping bags is one of the easiest and impacting ways to do something good for the environment.

Stores are offering reusable shopping bags with their logos at a cost to their customers. But the bags you offer can be used anywhere, without the customer feeling awkward about bringing a competitor’s bags into a store. Your group can offer reusable shopping bags that can go anywhere, anytime, reducing the paper and plastic trail along the way.

Get started with this green fundraiser, and educate all involved along the way with a reusable shopping bag fundraiser!

Reusable Shopping Bag Fundraiser – How It Works

Reusable shopping bag fundraisers are very simple, really. Here’s a basic overview:

• Choose a supply company – Search Google for wholesale shopping bags, or shop a huge selection of reusable and customizable totes and canvas bags at InkHead.com.

• Choose the reusable shopping bag or bags you want to sell

• Decide what logo or design (if any) will be printed on the bag

• Collect orders, through order takers, catalogs, or fliers

• Place order

• Deliver to happy buyers!

Of course, you could also pre-order a supply of bags and then sell them at your events. In any case, shop around! Different companies will have different products to offer and prices will be vary from under $2 to over $10 a bag.

Reusable Shopping Bag Fundraiser – The Advantages

Besides the ease of the fundraiser, there are a number of advantages to selling reusable shopping bags. A few include:

• Opportunity for environmental education – for your group and for buyers
• Satisfaction of positively impacting the environment
• Providing customers with a bag that can go anywhere
• Profits of 40% or more (depending on supplier)
• Ability to pair with other ‘green’ fundraising campaigns

Reusable shopping bag fundraisers present an opportunity for guilt-free fundraising. Pair this fundraiser with other green fundraisers and feel great about the service you provide as you raise the funds your group deserves!

Don’t Forget About These Popular Ongoing Fundraisers!

FundraisingIP.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:07:51 +0000

Ongoing fundraisers – those that can be run with little administrative effort required – can add up to big fundraising dollars over time, and often with very little expense. Be sure to continually promote these fundraisers in your newsletters and on your group’s website, and you’ll always be able to count on an additional stream of income for your cause.

Ongoing fundraisers are designed so that they virtually run themselves. Registration and information sharing is all it takes to get this kind of fundraiser going.

Beyond that, all that is required is an organized effort to collect and/or redeem or claim your group’s funds. Sometimes, though, sponsors even take care of that for you and simply put the check in the mail.

Ideas For Ongoing Fundraisers

There are a number of nationally available, well organized ongoing fundraising programs. There are even a few you can set up yourself and maintain on a smaller, local scale. Following are some ideas and providers of easy ongoing fundraising programs:

National Brand Fundraisers

Several national product manufacturers and large companies are teaming up and offering ongoing fundraisers. Most of these programs consist of a process of collecting and redeeming coupons from product packages in exchange for goods or cash.

General Mill’s Box Tops for Education Program is a very popular example; you’ll receive 10 cents per label. (Read more about Box Tops For Education.)

The makers of Campbell’s Soup have offered an ongoing fundraiser based on label collection for many years and will pay your group in the form of educational materials and playground equipment.

Tyson’s Project A+ pays 24 cents for each label turned in.

Other more localized suppliers have helped communities closer to their business’ home such as the Kemp’s Dairy with it’s Nickels For Schools program. Check your local dairy, or pizza restaurant for similar offers.

Ink Cartridge and Cell Phone Recycling

There are several companies who will pay fundraising groups for collected ink cartridges and cell phones that meet their acceptance standards. These companies in turn refurbish and recycle the still useful cartridges and parts. This easy ongoing fundraiser is a simple matter of collecting and mailing in ink cartridges and cell phones. This easy ongoing fundraiser is great for the environment, too.

Read more about Recycling Ink Jet Cartridges, or click over to FundingFactory, which offers a popular ink-jet recycling and cellphone recycling fundraising service.

Loyalty Programs

Some retailers (like Target) and service providers are wiling to kick back a percentage of profits to groups whose supporters patronize them. Often a card or registration of some kind is needed to identify supporters and designate the recipient program. When these patrons make a purchase or hire the services of the partner company, they earn cash or redeemable bonus points. The company benefits from better business, the group benefits from easy money, and the program runs itself until ended by one or the other party.

Homegrown Ongoing Fundraisers

There are other programs groups can set up and manage themselves on an ongoing basis. Bottle and can collections and spare-a-penny tip jars are two fairly easy ongoing fundraisers that don’t cost a lot but can return pretty well on the low investment.

The potential to profit from ongoing fundraisers is significant, but it does take a concerted effort to get supporters to participate continually. The effort is small, so most do not mind it, but it is easy for busy donors to forget, so periodic reminding is a must to succeed with an ongoing fundraiser. Most groups find that ongoing fundraisers are better when run as supplemental income of sorts, with two or three larger efforts being run for the bulk of their funds. Either way, there is virtually free money out there to be taken in ongoing fundraisers; you need only to tap the source!

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Recycle Bottles And Cans To Raise Funds

FundraisingIP.com — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:51:51 +0000

One option to raise funds in a “green” and environmentally conscious way is to organize a bottle and can collection drive. Bottle and can collection drives are simple and profitable, and do lots to help the earth while cleaning up your local landscape. Can drives can be run by groups of any age, and teach their members a bit about responsibility in the meantime.

Many states have a refund policy in one form or another and will pay a set amount per bottle or can or pay by the pound for collected and returned containers. Groups should check their state’s guidelines to find out what cans and bottles can be refunded. Basically, all that is needed for a bottle and can collection drive is a collection place, and volunteers to help youngsters collect, sort, and return the collected bottles and cans. Note that recyclables are usually bulky and that volunteers will need larger vehicles to transport them to the recycling center.

Here’s a basic rundown of how the drive works:

Before you start your fundraiser, be sure to ask your local recycling center what the requirements are for dropping off the recyclables, like using specific bins or trash bags, specific drop off times etc.
Get the word out: post flyers and advertise the upcoming collection in newsletters or local newspapers. Be sure to send out an e-mail if you have a mailing list, and post the information on your group’s website as well.
Provide a location for drop off, or place clearly marked collection containers in public places; one suggestion is to cut a can/bottle-sized hole in the center of a piece of plywood and use to top the can or bag so it is more obvious the bin is not to be used for trash
After collection, cans will need to be sorted to remove unacceptable bottles and cans before being returned to a redemption center for cash

Tip: Be sure to ask if your recycling center would rather have the cans un-crushed.

Groups can also collect cans and bottles as part of a roadside, beach or river cleanup effort and do even more for their local environment by cleaning up refuse. Another option that has proven to work very well in many communities is to place collection bins at local dumps and/or recycling centers; people who do not care to redeem bottles and cans themselves can donate bagged items easily when they go to drop off their trash and recyclables.

Bottle and can collection drives are ideal fundraisers for scout troops, sports teams, school or youth groups; bottle and can drives naturally inject a community service element into fundraising efforts, so they are the perfect complement to these groups whose focus is on global and community living and building the consciousness of young people. With the easy organization and fast cash-in, bottle and can collection drives are a way to make the world and your fundraising efforts greener all around.

For more green fundraisers, go to our Green Fundraisers category,
Or read about Recycling Ink Cartridges

Water Bottle Or Sports Bottle Fundraiser

FundraisingIP.com — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:46:19 +0000

Whether you’re planning on using reusable and customized water and sports bottles, or water bottles that bear your group’s label, this type of fundraiser presents yet another simple and inexpensive fundraising option. Read on for pros and cons and links to suppliers:

Basics Of Running A Water Bottle Fundraiser

Water bottle fundraisers are run primarily through on-hand sales events. Your group will purchase water sports bottles in bulk, then increase the price and sell them to interested buyers. Water bottle sales generally do well at sporting or similar events, or as offered to and through team members. The disadvantage to on-hand water bottle sales is that your group will have to pay cash upfront to buy the bottles and if you are unable to move them your profits will be limited. Prices for waterbottles for fundraisers vary depending on the type and style of bottle purchased; prices range from $.55 to around $3.50 per unit. (*Tip: you may consider filling the bottles with ice water or offering a fill station to promote sales to thirsty patrons.)

To organize a waterbottle fundraiser, you first need to identify a water sports bottle supply company or fundraising company offering water bottle fund raisers. You will then work with a company representative to design your bottle logo and choose the type, color, and style of bottle. Companies will work with you to help you choose a fun and interesting message and you can submit your own organization logo to go on the bottle.

Advantages Of A Water Bottle Fundraiser

Water bottles are reusable
Reusable water bottles help save the environment from discarded plastic bottles
Printed water bottles serve as constant marketers every time they are used and seen
Water bottles do not perish and can be stored for future sales events
Water bottles are continuous fundraising products that you can sell over and over at each event
Water bottles are affordable
Your group can buy just enough to get the fundraiser started, then reorder stock as needed

Search for water bottles, sports bottles.

Custom Printed Private Label Water Bottle Fundraising Options

There are other ways to fundraise with bottled water and still take advantage of these printed “in hand” marketing agents.

Instead of buying printed water bottles, you can purchase bottles of drinking water in a variety of sizes complete with custom printed labels for your group. These are often available from bottled water suppliers; to save on shipping costs, find a local bottled water supplier.

Another option is for your group to buy bottled water in bulk from a local retailer and print your own labels.

The disadvantage to these options is that you will need a lot of space for product storage, product is heavy and unwieldy, and of course, you lose the advantage of promoting environmental friendliness. (Be sure to at least have a recycling bin ready for all the empty water bottles.) However, selling bottles of water at a sporting or outside event can be highly successful when you have a ready stock of thirsty buyers, and you still have that ever-important marketing angle regardless of the water bottle fundraising option you choose.

For more green fundraisers, go to our Green Fundraisers category.

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Green Fundraising: Recycle Ink Cartridges

FundraisingIP.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:22:58 +0000

Maybe you don’t know that only about 10% of ink cartridges are turned in for recycling. Maybe you don’t know that it can take up to 3,5 qts of oil to produce just one ink cartridge. Maybe you don’t know that there is a super easy way to recycle those ink cartridges, help the planet, save valuable oil resources and make money doing it! That’s right—recycling ink cartridges could be the most profitable and beneficial (planet-arily speaking) fundraising project you’ve ever promoted!

Quick-View Of Ink Cartridge Recycling

Setting up and running an ink cartridge recycling program couldn’t be easier. A few simple steps and you’re there.

Here’s what you’ll have to do:

Identify your ink cartridge recycling partner – this will be a company who buys used ink cartridges so that they can refurbish them and resell them. Most of these companies operate primarily online, and that is where you can expect to find several good ones.
Register your organization – pretty much anyone can set up an account for ink cartridge recycling—and it’s all free! At registration, you’ll receive all the information you need to start recycling. Soon after, you’ll be provided with bags, boxes, or envelopes to send the collected ink cartridges to the company in. In most cases, the postage is prepaid—the whole program could be run entirely free!
Start collecting – you’ll need to do something to get the word out about your program; utilize all your information disseminating resources. Blurb the fundraiser in a newsletter, send out letters explaining the program, write a press release for the local paper, send around an email and/or post the collection on your website. (Note—you don’t have to wait until you get you materials, you can start collecting any time.)
Remit Collections – remission guidelines vary by company, but by and large they are pretty open-ended; you just send in your ink cartridges whenever it best suits you. On average, a monthly remission works well, but if you collect a lot of cartridges regularly you could send them in more often. On the flip side, organizations that have just a few sometimes prefer to send in the ink cartridges when they’ve collected a fair amount to make the postal trip worth their while.

How Much Will You Make When You Recycle Ink Cartridges?

The potential for profit is limited only by your access to ink cartridges. The more you collect, the more you can remit; on average you’ll get between one and four dollars for each accepted cartridge (depending on the type and your company). The nice thing is that ink cartridge recycling doesn’t have to cost you a thing and the fundraiser can continue on alongside other efforts without competing. If you can partner with some area businesses and/or organizations that go through lots of cartridges, you can turn quite a nice profit. At any rate, ink cartridge recycling is something every needy organization should undertake because the extra income can’t be gotten elsewhere as easily.

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