Originally Posted by
mikeinreco
*Limit of seven items can be recycled per customer per day. Store management has the right to refuse to accept items that may pose a health or safety risk
Copied and pasted from website.........This gives them a loophole/out to refuse basically any item they don't wanna fool with
I did see that, however even further down on the page in the FAQs it does say
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Store management has the right to refuse to accept items that may pose a health or safety risk (e.g., broken monitors not packed in a box, laptops with damaged batteries, etc.). If you are unsure whether an item is acceptable, please contact your local Staples with questions."
So going off that, it seems they SHOULD take even broken/gutted monitors (provided they are packed in a box? lol)
My guess is it is highly dependent on each individual store what they will/want to take. And even within the same store it could change day to day based on whos working, how much room they have, how busy they are, etc, etc. I'll just have to go and find out in person at my local one(s)! I am pretty hopeful that they will take them. First reason being, they have a contract with an
E-waste processor, so it doesnt really make a difference to them (as a company) they just pass it along down the line, and second reason being that they get graded on how much "waste/scrap" they take back and "keep out of landfills" (in a ratio to what they sell). So they may WANT more bulk/monitors/heavy stuff to pad their numbers. For example, bestbuy advertises that they took back "over 2 billion pounds of electronics waste last year", staples/best-buy/etc may want to take back a bunch to make them seem as "environmentally friendly" as possible.
We will find out soon when I take them!
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