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

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

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  • 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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Edited February 8, 2024 at 07:38 PM by
Staples reward members (free to join) can get free 1,000 Staples easy rewards points = $5 Staples rewards for recycling any tech, batteries, phone cases and more, in-store or online, but I guess in-store will be credited the month after vs. online which could take up to 60 days. I got it on me and my wife's accounts but possibly YMMV? Expires 3/2/2024.

$5 is probably not worth it for a trip to the store alone but for people who are still doing monthly ink recycles, it's an added bonus I guess.

About 1/3 of the page down when you log onto

https://www.staples.com/grs/rewar...altycenter


Terms and conditions copy and pasted below -

Valid in Staples® U.S. stores or online at staples.com. Offer available to Staples Easy Rewards members only. Members may recycle up to 1 eligible item(s) and receive 1,000 points per recycled item in store or online. Eligible items are adapters & hubs, batteries (lithium ion (Li-Ion), nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH), nickel zinc (Ni-ZN), non-rechargeable lithium, rechargeable nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd), single-use alkaline, small sealed lead acid (SSLA/Pb)), 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, device cases (phone cases, iPhone® cases, tablet cases, iPad® cases, eReader cases), digital & video cameras, digital projectors, earbuds & AirPods® devices, fax machines, flash drives, gaming consoles & controllers, GPS devices, hard drives, headphones & headsets, ink & toner cartridges, keyboards & mice, label makers, laminators, laptops & MacBook® devices, mobile phones & iPhone® devices, monitors (CRT, LED / LCD, plasma), MP3 players & iPod® devices, printers & multifunction devices, routers & modems, scanners, shredders, small servers, smart watches & Apple Watch® devices, SodaStream® CO2 cylinders, shredding (cost per pound), stereo receivers, stylus pens & Apple Pencil® devices, tablets & iPad® devices, eReaders, USB & Lightning® cables, video streaming devices, webcams and writing tools (crayons, pens & markers, wooden & mechanical pencils). Recycling in store, the member must: (1) be physically present at the store when the eligible item(s) is/are turned in for recycling, and (2) identify membership account. Recycling online, the member must log in to their membership account at staples.com/easy to gain access to recycling. 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. For more information on recycling visit staples.com/stores/recycling. Offer is subject to change or cancellation at any time. Staples Easy Rewards program terms and conditions apply. For full program details visit staples.com/easy. Expires 3/2/24. 82375.
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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
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.
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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02-08-2024 at 07:31 PM.
02-08-2024 at 07:31 PM.
Thanks OP. Ever since Staples partnered with Amazon to do returns, it has been easier to go and do the recycling as well for their rewards.
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02-08-2024 at 07:31 PM.
02-08-2024 at 07:31 PM.
Nothing new?
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02-08-2024 at 07:36 PM.
02-08-2024 at 07:36 PM.
Quote from freefun4every1 :
Nothing new?
I log onto my account once a month but I didn't see or at least notice it until today. Without looking it up, I remember Staples did offer $ off coupons for recycling tech about a year or more ago but don't recall seeing any similar offer recently.
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02-08-2024 at 07:38 PM.
02-08-2024 at 07:38 PM.
It's been nonstop. Only tech generates $10/30 coupon

Quote from zephear :
I log onto my account once a month but I didn't see or at least notice it until today. Without looking it up, I remember Staples did offer $ off coupons for recycling tech about a year or more ago but don't recall seeing any similar offer recently.
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02-08-2024 at 07:45 PM.
02-08-2024 at 07:45 PM.
Quote from freefun4every1 :
It's been nonstop. Only tech generates $10/30 coupon
Oh okay. Haven't really bothered with Staples much for a couple of years, other than the 10 monthly ink recycles.
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02-08-2024 at 07:55 PM.
02-08-2024 at 07:55 PM.
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Nothing new?
Nope.
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02-08-2024 at 10:24 PM.
02-08-2024 at 10:24 PM.
looks like we need to activate the offer now. it also has an expiration date, does it mean they will issue an offer every month? or this is the end for tech recycling...
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02-09-2024 at 06:35 AM.
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The offer says you can recycle tech online as well as in store. How do you recycle tech online? Do you get a shipping label like you do for ink recycling?
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02-09-2024 at 10:13 AM.
02-09-2024 at 10:13 AM.
Don't you have to buy ink in the last few months to be able to get credit for the recycling credits? Or did they change that
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Don't you have to buy ink in the last few months to be able to get credit for the recycling credits? Or did they change that

Not anymore since they launched new program
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The offer says you can recycle tech online as well as in store. How do you recycle tech online? Do you get a shipping label like you do for ink recycling?
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.

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Didn't see this offer in my account though
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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.
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