Earth Day Tip: Electronics Recycling at Staples

Consumers and small businesses can responsibly recycle their electronics every day the , regardless of where the devices were purchased. 

"Staples' free tech recycling program will help increase the number of electronic products that are safely recycled," said Mark Buckley, vice president of environmental affairs with . "As a trusted source for office solutions, Staples is making it easy for consumers to responsibly recycle electronics for free every day at our stores. We are excited to work with HP (Hewlett Packard) on this initiative as part of our ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability.”

The Staples technology recycling program, powered by HP, accepts all brands of the following electronics for free:

• Desktop PCs, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, external hard drives and small servers

• All computer monitors

• Printers, desktop copiers, faxes and all-in-one devices

• Mice, keyboards, modems/routers networking and PC speakers

• Shredders, streaming devices, phones and Universal Power Supply (UPS battery backup)

• Mobile phones, GPS devices, MP3 players, digital camcorders and digital cameras

"We recently celebrated reaching our goal of recycling 2 billion pounds of electronic products and Hewlett Packard (HP) supplies since 1987 and our collaboration with Staples will build upon this achievement and focus on increasing electronics recycling in all states," said Gabi Zedlmayer, vice president of sustainability and social innovation at HP.

Customers can drop off their technology for recycling at the service desk of their local Staples store. Staples will take advantage of its world-class logistics networks to collect the devices and consolidate them at its distribution centers.

A certified e-stewards® and an R2 recycler will then arrange to have the materials transported to its processing centers. Drop oAdditional information is available at HP’s and Staples websites atwww.hp.com/us/go/recycling or http://www.staples.com/recycle.