recycle your electronics - 10 bucks at Staples

E-waste is the fastest growing part of the waste stream. There are 500 million obsolete computers in the United States alone, notes the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. If electronics are tossed in to a landfill, lead, cadmium, brominated flame retardants, lead oxide, barium, mercury, and plyvinyl chloride can escape into our air, soil and water.

Luckily, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Staples.
(no letters, please, it's just an expression.)

Cut and pasted from the Stapes web-site. I called a random Staples in Manhattan in the 10023 zip code to confirm the the program was up and running. Computer and Technology Recycling Staples makes it easy for customers to recycle e-waste by simply bringing their used computers, monitors, laptops, and desktop printers, faxes and all-in-ones to any U.S. Staples store. All brands are accepted, regardless of whether or not the equipment was purchased at Staples. A recycling fee of $10 per piece of large equipment is charged to cover handling, transport, product disassembly and recycling. Smaller computer peripherals such as keyboards, mice, and speakers are accepted at no charge. Equipment is bagged and sealed when received at the Staples customer service desk. The equipment is then picked up and delivered to our recycling provider Eco International, who uses industry-leading standards for data destruction and disassembles the equipment into its component parts for environmentally responsible recycling. Ink and Toner Cartridges In 2007, Staples recycled nearly 24 million cartridges in the U.S. through our various ink and toner cartridge recycling programs. We offer $3 in Staples Rewards toward a future purchase of ink or toner when HP, Lexmark™ or Dell cartridges are returned to our retail stores for recycling. We also offer our InkDrop® service for our customers. When a cartridge runs out, customers simply drop a new one in the printer and mail us the empty using the prepaid shipping materials. We send a replacement automatically, and all shipping is free. Cell Phones and Rechargeable Batteries We offer free recycling service programs to our retail and contract customers for cellular phones, PDAs, pagers, digital cameras, and chargers through our nonprofit partner Collective Good, who refurbishes products where feasible or recycles them and donates a portion of the proceeds to charity. We also offer free rechargeable battery recycling to retail and contract customers in the U.S. and Canada. This service is offered in partnership with the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation. Internal Recycling Efforts