Staples' new plan is to recycle nearly everything — and pay their customers for it
www.thecooldown.com
Staples has offered recycling services for over 15 years, and now it is expanding the program and rewarding customers for bringing in their old tech.
  • TTH4P@lemm.ee
    0·
    7 months ago

    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.

    • NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldOP
      0·
      7 months ago

      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.

      • Tregetour@lemdro.idEnglish
        1·
        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.

  • SacralPlexus@lemmy.world
    0·
    7 months ago

    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