Staples Extends inkjet Recycling Program
An inkjet cartridge recycling program that has raised nearly $800 for the NSEA Children’s Fund will be extended through the end of the year.
The NEA Foundation and Staples, Inc., recycling program raised more than $460,000 nationwide and $790 in Nebraska in less than five months.
The Staples Recycle for Education Program provides a $1 donation to local education programs -- like the Children’s Fund -- when an empty cartridge is dropped in a recycling bin at any of Staples’ 1,100 stores nationwide. The NEA Foundation believes the program provides a meaningful and easy way for educators and others to recycle.
The drive kicked off in July 2003. Staples recycles more than 1.8 million inkjet and toner cartridges annually.
According to industry statistics, 80 percent of inkjet cartridges are thrown in the trash, where it’s expected they would remain in the waste stream for centuries.
Staples has been praised by environmental groups for its industry-leading paper procurement policy, and the 2,100 post-consumer-waste recycled content products sold at its stores.
The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (NFIE) was created by the members of the National Education Association (NEA) in 1969, and is sustained by their continuing support.
