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Check out the full list of what staples accepts now part of their expanded recycling programs.

https://www.staples.com/stores/recycling#workingtowardsabrightertomorrow

More companies should start to follow staples lead and offer return points for packaging and products that reach their end of life.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I slept on Staples for awhile until I had to go to them a few times. It's pretty cool, you can send mail through them and I can print stuff with them since I infrequently need to do so and it's much cheaper/less hassle then buying a printer. Not to mention saves me physical space in my house lol. They also help some local stores around me which I think is cool.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Not going to lie. You had me in the first half.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

FYI this appears to be the US Staples only. In Canada (or at least Ontario), Goodwill accepts electronics recycling, now that Staples has shut that down.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

In BC the bottle depot usually takes electronics

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i'm surprised these guys still exist even.

Hopefully they're actually doing proper e waste "recycling"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You and me both, hopefully its not just being shipped to india.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

so far the best e waste recyling i've seen so far is warehousing it and reselling it to nerds who want it for cheap.

And anybody else who would ever want it also i suppose.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

A lot of better US recycling programs are popping up because India and China are accepting less or just not accepting waste from other countries.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

too bad we can't prevent these massive companies from producing shit loads of e waste or anything.

If only that would help.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Computers & Mac®??

Mac is a registered trademark?

Also its not a computer?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

lots of people view the computer landscape as PCs and Macs. nevermind that Macs are pretty much always personal computers (as in computer hardware designed for use by a single individual at a time; non-server hardware)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is a really great thing. My town doesn't do ewaste programs and we had some UPS batteries to get rid of a few months ago. We ended up giving them to one of our parents in the city to take to their program

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

You can take lead acid batteries to local auto parts stores for recycling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

We’ll gladly accept and responsibly recycle the following:

 

Adapters & hubs

Apple® AirTag® trackers

Battery backup devices

Cable/satellite receivers

Calculators

Car & wall chargers

CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs & players

Coffee brewers (less than 40 lb.)

Computers & Mac®

Computers

Computer speakers

Connected home devices

Digital & video cameras

Digital projectors

Earbuds & AirPods®

Fax machines

Flash drives

Gaming consoles & controllers

GPS devices

Hard drives

Headphones & headsets

Keyboards & mice

Label makers

Laminators

Laptops & MacBook®

Mobile phones & iPhone®

Monitors (CRT, LED/LCD, plasma)

MP3 players & iPod®

Printers & multifunction devices

Routers & modems

Scanners

Shredders

Small servers

Smart speakers & HomePod®

Smart watches & Apple Watch®

Stereo receivers

Streaming devices & Apple TV®

Stylus pens & Apple Pencil®

Tablets, iPad® & eReaders

USB & Lightning® cables

Webcams

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Thanks for posting the list!

Full details here: https://www.staples.com/stores/recycling

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

For a split second there while scrolling down the list, the term "Flesh Light" blinked in my mind.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I literally just set a box of half this stuff in front of Goodwill and ran away. Next time, though…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Why would you just set it in front of Goodwill? That's littering!

You should go donate it directly in closed boxes so they can't just ignore it on the sidewalk. Plus, they'll probably even give you a coupon for your next visit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Staples Easy Rewards program terms and conditions apply. For full program details visit staples.com/easy. Expires 3/30/24

The program is already expired.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Wow that's a useful list of things they accept for recycling. It's a total PITA to recycle anything electronics related in my city especially stuff like computers & hard drives let alone cables. That may end up getting me inside a Staples more often than once every year or two so maybe their plan is going to work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone know some of the finer grained details of this recycling program? I'm not exactly a regular Staples customer, but I definitely have some shit that is better off recycled. Like no chance of fixing a few phones I've found smashed in the road...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

For at least the last five years, the Staples in the Boulder 29th St Mall takes any electronics you have for recycling. The process is you hand it to them or drop it in a box they have sitting there.

Unsure if this applies to other Staples, but at least that one in Boulder, 29th St Mall, does this easy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Great, we should see many more companies accepting back everything they sell as recycling. It should be the norm.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Interesting idea

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I worked for Staples in my college years. They used to throw away bales upon bales of recyclable products every day while pumping up their image as a green place to shop or whatever. Maybe it was just the management of that specific store. Anyway, good on Staples for offering recycling services.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately this could be the case and the cynic in me feels this could be a green washing scheme like you said.

But hopefully with what some cities are doing now with charging the full economic and social cost of blue & black bin programs to companies and manufactures this could start having a real good impact.

Specially since most manufactures shift the cost of recycling and trash to communities and tax payers. Instead this cost should be internalised by the manufacturer and retailer.

Hopefully this kind of shift promotes better sustainable packaging, and prevents things like planed obsolescence and fast fashion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The cost of paper and plastic recycling is passed on with the co-operation of government. Their interests are aligned with those of industry. The cost is handballed ('externalized' if you want the slime term) first to individuals and ultimately to the environment. With moral hazards like this I wouldn't expect substantial change to be driven by authorities. It's going to take technological breakthroughs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

10 off on purchase of 30+ if you recycle.

smart way to drive traffic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Kudos to Staples, their stores might see me more often.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

of course i learn of this today, a day after i just spent $10 each to 'recycle' a bunch of dead monitors.