Staples Business Advantage Announces Furniture Recycling Initiatives to Celebrate Earth Week
April 19 2016 - 7:00AM
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Offers Eco-Friendly Services Including Tech
Recycling and Green Products to Help Businesses Become More
Environmentally Responsible
In an effort to help businesses be more sustainable, Staples
Business Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples,
Inc., today announced it is teaming up with Davies Office and IRN
to offer customers the ability to reuse and recycle office
furniture.
Davies Office is a leading provider of high quality
remanufactured office furniture solutions, taking older furniture
assets and transforming them to look and perform just like brand
new furniture, at a fraction of the cost. Staples Business
Advantage customers will now be able to capitalize on innovative
product banking and exchange programs and source high quality
remanufactured furniture instead of keeping their old assets in
storage or sending them to a landfill. The benefits include
updating office workplaces cost effectively, earning credit toward
green building standards like LEED, and receiving detailed
reporting quantifying the environmental benefits.
Staples Business Advantage is also launching a new initiative
with IRN to support businesses’ sustainability goals. IRN works
with a variety of organizations including universities, public and
independent schools, healthcare corporations and government
agencies to place their surplus furniture assets for reuse. It then
matches those assets with U.S. and worldwide charities to find the
best use for them socially and environmentally, at a cost that is
less than throwing the assets away.
“It’s critical that we rethink our approach to sustainability in
workplaces,” said Mark Buckley, vice president, environmental
affairs, Staples, Inc. “Supporting furniture remanufacturing and
reuse helps our customers’ bottom line and the planet. Combined
with our comprehensive recycling programs and eco-friendly cleaning
solutions, Staples Business Advantage has the solutions our
customers need to support greener and healthier buildings.”
In addition to these new initiatives, Staples offers many
services to help businesses make more sustainable business
practices happen, including:
Tech RecyclingBusinesses and other organizations of all
sizes can recycle old electronics through Staples Business
Advantage’s technology recycling service powered by Electronic
Recyclers International, Inc. (ERI).
The program allows businesses to recycle old electronics such as
computers, cell phones, keyboards, telecom equipment, and
multi-function devices in three easy steps:1. Order recycling boxes
online.2. Fill boxes with electronics and ship back to Staples
using the provided return label.3. Receive a Certificate of
Recycling from Staples that their electronics have been
properly recycled and data were safely removed. ERI facilities are
certified to the e-Stewards standard, a rigorous certification
program supporting the responsible recycling of electronic
wastes.
Staples Business Advantage also offers battery and lamp
recycling programs and even zero-waste box solutions by Terracycle,
while Staples stores offer free in-store technology and
rechargeable battery recycling for businesses and consumers.
For customers with more stringent standards, Staples Business
Advantage can also create custom programs that satisfy each
organization’s sustainability.
Ink and Toner RecyclingWith Staples’ ink and toner
recycling program, customers can mail in or arrange for Staples to
pick up and properly dispose of any used ink and toner cartridges.
All cartridges are remanufactured or recycled. The remanufactured
toner process can reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent compared to
manufacturing a new cartridge. Cartridges that cannot be
remanufactured are broken down to recycle the plastics and the
metals for use in new products.
Sustainable Facility SolutionsStaples Business Advantage
offers a Facility Assessment quiz as well as site visits to help
customers reduce costs. Staples Business Advantage’s facility
experts can also work with facility managers to design a green
cleaning program using safe and high performance cleaners like the
Sustainable Earth by Staples line of products for businesses,
including soaps, paper towels, bath tissue, and glass cleaner, that
are both environmentally friendly and cost effective.
Resources:
- Follow Staples on Twitter @Staples and
Staples Business Advantage @StaplesB2B to learn more.
About Staples, Inc.
Staples retail stores and Staples.com help small business
customers make more happen by providing a broad assortment of
products, expanded business services and easy ways to shop, all
backed with a lowest price guarantee. Staples offers
businesses the convenience to shop and buy how and when they want -
in store, online, via mobile or though social apps. Staples.com
customers can either buy online and pick-up in store or ship for
free from Staples.com with Staples Rewards minimum
purchase. Expanded services also make it easy for businesses
to succeed with in-store Business Centers featuring shipping
services and products, copying, scanning, faxing and computer work
stations, Tech Services, full-service Print & Marketing
Services, Staples Merchant Services, small business lending and
credit services.
Staples Business Advantage, the business-to-business division of
Staples, Inc., helps mid-market, commercial and enterprise-sized
customers make more happen by offering a curated assortment of
products and services combined with deep expertise, best-in-class
customer service, competitive pricing and state-of-the art
ecommerce site. Staples Business Advantage is the one-source
solution for all things businesses need to succeed, including
office supplies, facilities cleaning and maintenance, breakroom
snacks and beverages, technology, furniture solutions, interior
design and Print & Marketing Services. Headquartered outside of
Boston, Staples, Inc. operates throughout North and South America,
Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. More information about
Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) is available at www.staples.com.
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