Staples Advantage has launched a Technology Recycling Service, which will make the process easy to recycle old electronics items.
This technology is first of this kind in the industry and the program is promoted in partnership with Electronic Recyclers (ERI) that allows businesses of all sizes to recycle large volumes of electronics in a secure manner.
The global volume of e-waste is expected to be more than double by 2016, reaching 93.5 million tons compared to 41.5 million tons in 2011, according to the EPA.
Staples are the first to provide a corporate customers solution to recycle old electronics. From provisioning new equipment, providing services to manage it and then an easy way to handle end of life recycling, the technology offer a real lifecycle approach towards management, Al Zoldos, vice president, Sales, Staples Technology Solutions.
The new program helps businesses to recycle all equipment and devices in three steps including order recycling boxes online, fill boxes with electronics and send back to Staples with the help of a return label and obtain a Certificate from Staples that their product have been recycled and data has been removed.
The cost of the service ranges from $15 – $500 depending on the size of the box ordered and customized solutions are also available.
The certificate is accredited by e-Stewards Initiative, a project of the Basel Action Network, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to the responsible recycling of e-waste.
Guaranteed data destruction by ERI, environmental compliance and certifications and compliance with State E-Waste programs are major benefits of adapting this technology.
This technology is an essential service for industry that helps to securely recycle the mass amounts of e-waste. Staples recognized this need and implemented this program because they know it’s the right thing to do, say, John Shegerian, chairman, CEO, ERI.
Staples Advantage is planning to integrate this program into its future Managed Print Services contracts, providing a way for companies to recycle devices no longer needed.