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Staples In-Store Offer: Recycle Tech Products, Batteries & More, Earn

(Valid through 3/2/24)

1,000 Reward Pts

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Staples [store locator] is offering Staples Rewards Members (free to join): 1,000 Staples Rewards Points when you Recycle Eligible Tech Items, Batteries & More (see list below). Valid until 3/2/24. Offer is limited to once per customer per calendar month.

Thanks to community member zephear for sharing this deal.

Eligible Items:
  • Tech
    • Adapters & hubs
    • Battery backup devices
    • Cable/satellite receivers
    • Calculators
    • Car & wall chargers
    • CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs & players
    • Coffee brewers (less than 40 lb.)
    • 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 watches & Apple Watch
    • Stereo receivers
    • Stylus pens & Apple Pencil
    • Tablets, iPad & eReaders
    • USB & Lightning cables
    • Video streaming devices
    • Webcams
  • Printer cartridges
    • Ink cartridges
    • Toner cartridges & drum units
  • Batteries
    • Lithium ion (Li-Ion)
    • Nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH)
    • Nickel zinc (Ni-ZN)
    • Non-rechargeable lithium NEW
    • Rechargeable nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd)
    • Single-use alkaline NEW
    • Small sealed lead acid (SSLA/Pb)
  • Writing tools
    • Crayons
    • Pens & markers
    • Wooden & mechanical pencils
  • & More
    • Phone & iPhone cases
    • Tablet, iPad & eReader cases
    • Shredding (cost per pound)
    • SodaStream CO2 cylinders

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • Offer Terms:
    • Valid through 3/2/24.
    • Members may recycle up to 1 eligible item(s) per month and receive 1,000 points per recycled item.
    • Points earned for eligible item(s) recycled online may take up to 60 business days to be issued. Staples will accept additional eligible items for recycling, but points will only be issued for up to the monthly limit.

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Written by zephear
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Staples [store locator] is offering Staples Rewards Members (free to join): 1,000 Staples Rewards Points when you Recycle Eligible Tech Items, Batteries & More (see list below). Valid until 3/2/24. Offer is limited to once per customer per calendar month.

Thanks to community member zephear for sharing this deal.

Eligible Items:
  • Tech
    • Adapters & hubs
    • Battery backup devices
    • Cable/satellite receivers
    • Calculators
    • Car & wall chargers
    • CD/DVD/Blu-ray discs & players
    • Coffee brewers (less than 40 lb.)
    • 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 watches & Apple Watch
    • Stereo receivers
    • Stylus pens & Apple Pencil
    • Tablets, iPad & eReaders
    • USB & Lightning cables
    • Video streaming devices
    • Webcams
  • Printer cartridges
    • Ink cartridges
    • Toner cartridges & drum units
  • Batteries
    • Lithium ion (Li-Ion)
    • Nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH)
    • Nickel zinc (Ni-ZN)
    • Non-rechargeable lithium NEW
    • Rechargeable nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd)
    • Single-use alkaline NEW
    • Small sealed lead acid (SSLA/Pb)
  • Writing tools
    • Crayons
    • Pens & markers
    • Wooden & mechanical pencils
  • & More
    • Phone & iPhone cases
    • Tablet, iPad & eReader cases
    • Shredding (cost per pound)
    • SodaStream CO2 cylinders

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • Offer Terms:
    • Valid through 3/2/24.
    • Members may recycle up to 1 eligible item(s) per month and receive 1,000 points per recycled item.
    • Points earned for eligible item(s) recycled online may take up to 60 business days to be issued. Staples will accept additional eligible items for recycling, but points will only be issued for up to the monthly limit.

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rcvscoupons
This is nothing new, its been going for 6+ months but they changed it to points versus expiring coupons. Also the ink rewards have been cut in half offering only $20 in points versus $40
This new points system basically is a 50% reduction from the old rewards plan with the exception of this battery promotion giving 1000 points instead of 500 points ($2.50).

I usually just recycle like a single AA or AAA battery a month
flashdrive
Last year they ran a recycling promo for 3 months that gave $10 credit for tech (one item per month). At the time, I didn't need anything so I redeemed my $30 in credits for school supplies that I donated to a school program. I wish they would bring that promo back.
DoobieBrother
I had nothing but problems with that. They dont go bu the date it was delivered to them via the ups tracking, they go by when the open the box. If they dont get to it before the month , they will count it for the next month. If you dont know know when they open the box and say you ship March recycling in on the first of march, you will loose those credits. Also in the past, I took pictures of the shipping lable next to the open shipping box that had neatly stacked and countable cartridges in plain view only to get credit for a few of the 20 cartridges I mailed in.

Unless something has drasticaly changed, I recomend bringing them to the store. At the counter choose both e-mail and printed reciepts so you KNOW they are not going to say they never got it and if they do you have proof.

I stopped shipping the recycling because it is too much a pain in the arse to call chat with them in corecting their error.

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Mar 3, 2024
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mustseepc
Mar 3, 2024
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Quote from frozenmba :
I hope they fixed the rewards this month where they don't count the tech recycling towards the ink recycling limit
I think the trick is to do your tech recycling first and then do your ink. Last month I did my ink first and got 1000 points and got nothing for my tech which I did 2nd. It apparently gave me 1000 on the first ink cartridge so even though I turned in 10 it only counted 9 toward my ink recycling limit. I had to turn in one more ink cartridge for a total of 11 to meet my ink recycling limit.
Mar 3, 2024
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CalmChannel1150
Mar 3, 2024
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Quote from mustseepc :
I think the trick is to do your tech recycling first and then do your ink. Last month I did my ink first and got 1000 points and got nothing for my tech which I did 2nd. It apparently gave me 1000 on the first ink cartridge so even though I turned in 10 it only counted 9 toward my ink recycling limit. I had to turn in one more ink cartridge for a total of 11 to meet my ink recycling limit.
Your theory is false. I recycled both ink and tech in the same transaction and still missed 1 ink
Mar 3, 2024
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mustseepc
Mar 3, 2024
219 Posts
Quote from CalmChannel1150 :
Your theory is false. I recycled both ink and tech in the same transaction and still missed 1 ink
Yes, that's what happened to me, same transaction and 1 ink cartridge was missed.
Mar 3, 2024
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DealsPhenom
Mar 3, 2024
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Quote from CalmChannel1150 :
Your theory is false. I recycled both ink and tech in the same transaction and still missed 1 ink
How does that make what they wrote false? They suggested that people recycle tech in a separate transaction BEFORE recycling the ink. You did them in the same transaction.
Mar 3, 2024
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CalmChannel1150
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136 Posts
Quote from DealsPhenom :
How does that make what they wrote false? They suggested that people recycle tech in a separate transaction BEFORE recycling the ink. You did them in the same transaction.
The assumption was that staples computer system mistakenly count 1 ink as tech.

This hypothesis is clearly false.
Mar 3, 2024
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mustseepc
Mar 3, 2024
219 Posts
Quote from mustseepc :
I think the trick is to do your tech recycling first and then do your ink. Last month I did my ink first and got 1000 points and got nothing for my tech which I did 2nd. It apparently gave me 1000 on the first ink cartridge so even though I turned in 10 it only counted 9 toward my ink recycling limit. I had to turn in one more ink cartridge for a total of 11 to meet my ink recycling limit.
Quote from CalmChannel1150 :
The assumption was that staples computer system mistakenly count 1 ink as tech.

This hypothesis is clearly false.
Your assumption is not exactly what I said. The bonus offer is for "1000 when you recycle tech, batteries and more". What I'm saying is that the bonus counts for whichever you recycle first, whether it be tech, printer ink, or something else, as covered by the "and more" in the offer. However, if you were to recycle just one ink cartridge first, I believe you would get the 1000 bonus, but it would NOT count toward your ink cartridge recycle limit and you would have essentially wasted an ink cartridge to get the bonus when you could have used a tech recycle to get the bonus. That's why I recommend recycling tech first before you do any ink recycling. Does that make sense?
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CalmChannel1150
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Quote from luuniem :
Just recycled an hour ago and got 1000 and 8000points for technology and ink
Did you do it in one transaction?

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CalmChannel1150
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Quote from mustseepc :
Your assumption is not exactly what I said. The bonus offer is for "1000 when you recycle tech, batteries and more". What I'm saying is that the bonus counts for whichever you recycle first, whether it be tech, printer ink, or something else, as covered by the "and more" in the offer. However, if you were to recycle just one ink cartridge first, I believe you would get the 1000 bonus, but it would NOT count toward your ink cartridge recycle limit and you would have essentially wasted an ink cartridge to get the bonus when you could have used a tech recycle to get the bonus. That's why I recommend recycling tech first before you do any ink recycling. Does that make sense?
But in my receipt, the tech item appears first in order. Why would you think the staple system would skip the 1st item in the receipt and what's the evidence?
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SDAddict16
Mar 3, 2024
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I recycled some batteries today and earned 1000 points, no problem. The receipt included a $10 off $30 coupon that says "one day only" but also says valid 2/4/2024-12/31/2024. Can anyone confirm if these $10 off $30 coupons are valid for the entire year?
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mustseepc
Mar 3, 2024
219 Posts
Quote from CalmChannel1150 :
But in my receipt, the tech item appears first in order. Why would you think the staple system would skip the 1st item in the receipt and what's the evidence?
My tech item (batteries) also appeared first on my receipt but I had them ring up my ink first before I handed them my batteries. So in my case the receipt order is irrelevant because I know what they rung up first. I can't speak to what order your items were rung up but I never said anything was skipped in my transaction. However, my receipt shows 11 items in one transaction, but my rewards history only showed 1000 pt bonus and nine 100 pt ink cartridges instead of ten. So this shows that one of my ink cartridges was given the 1000 pts INSTEAD of the normal 100 pts for ink cartridge. This is why I could still get my remaining 100 points when I brought in an eleventh cartridge the next day, even though I had already turned in 10
Mar 4, 2024
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CalmChannel1150
Mar 4, 2024
136 Posts
Quote from mustseepc :
My tech item (batteries) also appeared first on my receipt but I had them ring up my ink first before I handed them my batteries. So in my case the receipt order is irrelevant because I know what they rung up first. I can't speak to what order your items were rung up but I never said anything was skipped in my transaction. However, my receipt shows 11 items in one transaction, but my rewards history only showed 1000 pt bonus and nine 100 pt ink cartridges instead of ten. So this shows that one of my ink cartridges was given the 1000 pts INSTEAD of the normal 100 pts for ink cartridge. This is why I could still get my remaining 100 points when I brought in an eleventh cartridge the next day, even though I had already turned in 10
It is still not a proof.
Mar 4, 2024
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luuniem
Mar 4, 2024
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Quote from CalmChannel1150 :
Did you do it in one transaction?
separate transaction
tech 1st
and 20 ink 2nd
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Quote from SDAddict16 :
I recycled some batteries today and earned 1000 points, no problem. The receipt included a $10 off $30 coupon that says "one day only" but also says valid 2/4/2024-12/31/2024. Can anyone confirm if these $10 off $30 coupons are valid for the entire year?
Did you also recycle in February and earn 1,000 points then too?
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SDAddict16
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Quote from BeigeStew7045 :
Did you also recycle in February and earn 1,000 points then too?
Yes, I recycled batteries in February and also received 1000 points and a $10 off $30 on the printed receipt.

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wolverine88
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Anyone knows why each ink cartridge is only worth 100pts (like 50 cents), crazy Staples!!!

I recycled 10 inks and 1 earbuds on 02/29, and only get back 1900 pts, like $9!!!
Last edited by wolverine88 March 4, 2024 at 12:32 PM.

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