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Rubber bands work very well for keeping the orange clips in place on both empty and refilled cartridges. See this:
I think the instruction to discard the clips is probably to make refilling the Canon cartridges harder, by making the the cartridges dry out without clips. Canon don't like refillers. Save the old cartridges if they are genuine Canon. Use the clips you removed from the new cartridges to protect the old cartridges from drying out. If they worked in the printer they are OK for refill and not dry. But dry cartridges can be flushed and dried and refilled.
I think the instruction to discard the clips is probably to make refilling the Canon cartridges harder, by making the the cartridges dry out without clips. Canon don't like refillers. Save the old cartridges if they are genuine Canon. Use the clips you removed from the new cartridges to protect the old cartridges from drying out. If they worked in the printer they are OK for refill and not dry. But dry cartridges can be flushed and dried and refilled.