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London, UK – Once regarded as a voice for the European remanufacturing industry, TheRecycler.com has now cemented itself as the go-to promotional platform for clone and counterfeit toner manufacturers from China, raising serious questions about its credibility.
In the past week, the site has rolled out glowing features on companies notorious for flooding Europe with patent-infringing products:
Print-Rite pushing its Professional OPC series;
https: // the recycler. com/ posts/ print-rite-promotes-professional-opc-series/
Orink launching new-build compatible toner cartridges and drum units for Xerox;
https: // the recycler.com / posts/ orink-launches-new-build-compatible-toner-cartridges-and-drum-units-for-xerox/
G&G touting Canon SOHO toner solutions;
https: // the recycler.com /posts / gg-launches-toner-solutions-for-canon-soho-printers/
APEXMIC plugging replacement chips.
https: // the recycler.com / posts/ apexmic-announces-new-replacement-chips-2/
These are not innovations; they are Chinese clone consumables. Industry veterans warn such products exploit intellectual property theft, threaten environmental safety standards, and undercut legitimate remanufacturers who follow compliance rules.
What makes the situation explosive is the double standard. TheRecycler.com publicly brands itself as “pro-remanufacturing,” yet its editorial feed reads like a catalogue for Chinese counterfeit suppliers. For many in the sector, this is nothing less than hypocrisy: you cannot claim to defend remanufacturers while simultaneously giving free PR to the very Chinese that are destroying the industry. The uncomfortable truth is clear – TheRecycler.com has become a marketing pipeline for the counterfeit supply chain, cloaking clone promotion under the banner of “industry news.” The question is: how long will Europe’s legitimate remanufacturers tolerate a trade publication that openly plays both sides?
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