Retail E-waste Drop Off Locations

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Retail Drop Off Locations:

  • Best Buy: Every Best Buy store has free kiosks, just inside the door, for customers to drop off old ink and toner cartridges, rechargeable batteries, game controller, wires, cords and cables, cell phones, and CDs at no cost. You can also trade-in select gently used electronics, including iPods, digital cameras and digital camcorders, for a Best Buy gift card by using the online estimator. Best Buy will also remove an old obsolete television or appliances at no charge from a consumers' home when a new product is purchased and is being delivered to the home by Best Buy Home Delivery or installed by Geek Squad. (Note: Delivery is free only for appliances over $500). Click here for Best Buy store locations nearest you.
  • Staples: Staples' recycling program covers everything from desktops, laptops and printers to peripherals like keyboards, mice and speakers, no matter the brand or where the equipment was purchased. You can take equipment to a Staples customer-service desk, and it's sent to a recycler that disassembles the equipment into its component parts. They also offer $3 in Staples Rewards toward a future purchase of ink or toner when HP, Lexmark™ or Dell cartridges are returned to their retail stores for recycling. Click here for Staples store locations nearest you.
  • Office Max: For every qualified ink cartridge and cell phone with battery returned to OfficeMax, customers earn a $3 reward in their MaxPerks account.
  • Sam's Club: Sam’s Club has a Trade in and Recycle program launched in April 2008 for MP3, Printers, Monitors, digital camera, laptops, camcorders, desktop, and Game systems but not cellphones! Available only to Sam’s Club members. Has a “no export and no landfill” guarantee.
  • Apple: free recycling of any iPod or cellphone through prepaid mail ins. Apple also offers free recycling of old computers, displays, and peripherals — cables, mice, keyboards, speakers, printers, scanners, media, hard drives, etc. — when you purchase a new Mac or monitor.
  • Office Depot: Offers free recycling for cellphones, rechargeable batteries and ink & toner cartridges. Also offers three different sizes of boxes that you can load up with acceptable gadgets and drop off at any Office Depot store. They charge $5, $10 and $15 for its (small, medium, big) recycling boxes.  Click here for Office Depot store locations nearest you.