About Kash for Kids


What is it?
Kash for Kids is a fundraising program -- one of the easiest and fastest ways to raise funds available today! With this program, your organization collects empty ink jet, laser printer cartridges and digital cell phones. We pay you cash for the cartridges you collect -- up to $4 for ink jets, up to $15 for lasers based on styles and up to $5 for each digital cell phone.

Who can participate?
Any non-profit organization needing to raise funds. That includes all schools and school-related clubs or groups, all churches or church related clubs, all scout troops and 4-H clubs or any kind of nonprofit organization wanting to raise money.

Our primary programs are the "Kash for Kids" program with materials appropriate for young people, "Cash for Critters" with program material that is appropriate for Animal Welfare and Rescue groups, and "Recycleaid" programs, which assist fundraising efforts in the corporate and non-profit venue. These programs work exactly the same as "Kash for Kids", we just use different promotional materials geared for these specific programs.

How does it work?
It’s so easy... that’s one of the best features of this program!

For your ink jet empties : We supply you with a postage paid collection box. When your box is full, you just pop it in the mail along with a completed form giving us your name, address, etc. (No postage is required, since we provide you with the postage paid label for your box.) Within 14 business days of receipt of your box, we’ll send you a check for the cartridges you’ve collected. It’s really that easy.

Please note: For larger orders of ink jets (30 cartridges or more at a time), we use the same procedures as we use to ship laser cartridges to help control our shipping costs.

For your laser empties : Place your laser cartridges in any corrugated box. We pay all shipping costs for your laser empties. All you need to do to produce your shipping label is to go to our website, www.ckarecycleaid.com/label.htm and click on the UPS logo. The payment process is the same for lasers and ink jets. Once we’ve received your empties – we send you a check.

Important note: To keep costs down, please be sure to take the cartridges out of the original box and remove any extra packaging materials. Find a box that will hold at least 5 cartridges before you request the label. Box must weigh a minimum of 10 pounds!

Click here to view the procedures for shipping laser cartridges.

What cartridges are included?
For ink jet cartridges: There are over 150 different styles of ink jet cartridges being used today. Since we accept most of these styles, we find it easier to give you a list of the cartridges we do not accept. In fact, we’ve designed a two-page flyer to help you identify the cartridges we do not accept. A general rule for ink jet cartridges is that we only accept the styles, which can be recycled. That means that the cartridge will have some type of electronic circuitry (copper strips or visible electronic circuits) somewhere on the cartridge.

“Throwaway” styles are those, which do not have any circuitry and are not recyclable. We DO NOT accept any cartridges made by or for EPSON ink jet printers because all Epson ink jet cartridges are “throwaway styles.” We also do not accept certain obsolete cartridges, which cannot be sold due to their very small number of end users. If you find you have questions about a particular style, you can also consult our Cartridges We Don't Accept flyer to see the photos of the styles we do not accept. We will also identify each cartridge we are unable to accept from every order you send to help you sort through your cartridges before shipping future orders. An updated list of the cartridges we accept can be downloaded from our website.

For laser cartridges: We will provide you with a list by cartridge model # of all the laser cartridges we accept, along with the price we pay for each of these styles. This information is also available on our website.

NOTE: All pricing and listings of cartridges we accept
are subject to change without notice.

Click here to view a list of ink jets accepted by KFK.
Click here to view a list of ink jets not accepted by KFK.
Click here to view a list of laser cartridges accepted by KFK.

PDF of these documents are also available in the Download section of our website. Got to Download section by clicking here.

Where can I find these cartridges?
There are more than 100 million printers installed in homes and businesses today -- 70% of them are ink jets and most of the rest are lasers. So you’ll find you won’t have to look far to find empties. Encourage your group to talk to parents, relatives, friends and neighbors to collect their empty cartridges.

Why should I participate?
We’ve made this one of the easiest and most cost effective fund-raisers available today. We pay all the program costs, so it requires no investment by your organization.