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Recycle Electronics for Free at Staples

The office-supply chain announced the initiative Friday.

Posted Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:20 am ET|Updated Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:22 am ET

Staples stores nationwide, are now offering free recycling of some electronics in partnership with HP, the companies announced Friday.

Customers can drop off items at the service desk during normal store hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday.

The following items can be dropped off for recycling:

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

The following items cannot:

For questions about the eligibility of specific items, call the Phoeixville store at 610-933-8848 or check online at www.hp.com/us/go/recycling or http://www.staples.com/recycle.