HP, Staples Partner on Recycling Initiative

Technology company HP, based in Palo Alto, Calif., and office products company Staples Inc., based in Framingham, Mass., have partnered to provide free electronics recycling for all brands of office electronics at Staples stores nationwide. Consumers and small businesses are invited to recycle their electronics at the 1,500 Staples locations in the lower 48 states, excluding Staples Copy and Print Shops, regardless of where the devices were purchased.

Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), based in Fresno, Calif., will recycle the devices collected at Staples stores. Mark Buckley, Staples vice president of environmental affairs, says ERI’s locations are well-suited to Staples’ logistics network.

“We are confident that we have chosen a responsible and credibly partner in this endeavor,” Buckley adds.

Chris Librie, director of environmental affairs for HP, says his company and Staples share commitments to the environment and sustainability.

He adds that Staples network of more than 1,500 stores is a great way to offer close, free recycling services to consumers and small businesses.

“HP is a leader in the technology industry in product reuse and recycling,” says Gabi Zedlmayer, HP’s vice president of sustainability and social innovation. “We recently celebrated reaching our goal of recycling 2 billion pounds of electronic products and supplies since 1987, and our collaboration with Staples will build upon this achievement and focus on increasing electronics recycling in all states.”

The Staples technology recycling program, which is funded 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); and
• Mobile phones, GPS devices, MP3 players, digital camcorders and digital cameras.

Customers can drop off up to six electronic devices per day for recycling at the service desk of their local Staples stores, Buckley says. Staples will use its logistics networks to collect the devices and consolidate them at its distribution centers. ERI, a certified e-Stewards and R2 recycler, will arrange to have the materials transported to one of its processing centers for recycling.

Additional information is available at HP’s and Staples’ websites at www.hp.com/us/go/recycling or http://www.staples.com/recycle.