Actually, Staples has gone to collecting them at the store instead of us mailing them to them.
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Start recycling in store today!
Soon, we'll be rolling Staples Recycle for Education into our overall in-store ink and toner recycling program. This will allow a broader range of organizations to recycle while they earn $3 in Staples Rewards® for each HP, Lexmark™ or Dell® cartridge recycled. You can still drop off cartridges from other brands and we will recycle them in an environment-friendly way but please remember only HP, Lexmark, and Dell qualify for Rewards.
Starting May 15, 2008, we are no longer accepting ink and toner cartridges via mail. You must now bring them into a Staples® store for recycling. Be sure you postmark any remaining cartridges by May 15 to receive credit.
Easy in-store recycling.
Simply bring your empty HP, Lexmark or Dell cartridge into any store and get $3 in Staples Rewards® or Staples Teacher Rewards®. Once you've earned $10 in rewards or it's the end of the calendar year, you'll be sent your rewards to spend at Staples. Not a member of Staples Rewards? Sign up today.
Three main changes to the program.
We accept ALL HP, Lexmark and Dell ink and toner cartridges.
There's a limit of three recycled cartridges per day.
You now get paid in Staples Rewards or Staples Teacher Rewards, which you can spend at Staples stores or with staples.com® and phone orders.
A new recycling program that really rings true.
We'd like to introduce another eco-friendly fundraising opportunity for your school: Good Call for Education (run by Staples' partner Collective Good). It's a free mobile phone recycling program that generates money for schools. Find out more at collectivegood.com/schools.
At Staples, we're committed to protecting the environment, and we'll keep searching for new ways to make it easy for our customers to recycle.
Hope this works better. I'm still in the process of trying to collect for 81 ink jets/Laser cartridges. I'm hoping they will pay up.
Funny this topic should come up. We used Staples, but they quit doing it. I got a call today from "common Good". They are sending me info. I will see what comes of it.
Hate to say it but we've found that the recycling programs are just not worth it. We've run the program for about forever. We've had the same volunteer for the past two years and the poor lady has had her garage full of cartridges all of this time. Last year we did make a couple of hundred, but we just don't think it was really worth the effort. For the most part, the majority of cartridges are worth just $1. The ones that are worth more are great, but you still need to box them, mail them, etc. Just seems a lot of work for a couple of hundred dollars a year.
If there was some sort of redemption center where we could just go a drop them off, kind of like bottles, then that would be great.
We use
Funding Factory
I really like them. They send us free shipping labels. No shipping requirements. They don't take all cartridges, but I haven't found one that does. They also take cell phones. They sent us a really nice lobby box for returns. Free to sign up and use.
We will be starting a ink cartridge recycling program and I was wondering if any one has a company they would recommend? I would really like to get this started right at the begining of the year. Any information will be appreciated.
