Staples Recycles Inkjet Cartridges for Schools
Staples the Office Superstore, LLC, an affiliate of Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLS), the world's largest office products company, along with Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin, today launched a nationwide cartridge recycling competition. The Staples $25,000 Cartridge Chase challenges students to form teams and collect empty ink and toner cartridges through March 1, 2006. The teams will receive $3.00 for each eligible cartridge recycled and the team that collects the most empty cartridges wins $25,000 on Earth Day 2006.
Recycling ink and toner cartridges is an important way for people to help protect the planet. Eighty percent of inkjet cartridges are thrown in the trash, with the expectation that each cartridge will take 1,000 years to decompose. Staples' environmental commitment extends to the procurement and promotion of recycled content products, chain-wide recycling initiatives such as Recycle for Education, energy conservation initiatives and renewable power procurement and education initiatives for customers and associates. The Staples $25,000 Cartridge Chase is another initiative the company hopes will increase recycling awareness.
