Office Depot Offers Customers Money for Tech Recycling
Office Depot now offers a program called Tech Trade-In, where consumers can trade-in and recycle electronics in exchange for Office Depot gift cards. The program is powered by ecoNEW, a program administered by N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, Inc.
Office Depot’s Tech Trade-In program accepts LCD monitors, LCD TVs, digital cameras, desktop and laptop computers, gaming systems, MP3 players, camcorders, Smartphones/PDAs and printers. When these items are brought for recycling to an Office Depot store, their value is assessed using using a database on their website. You can also visit their site before going to the store to find out how much you can get for your old electronics.
Rather than throwing these items out or letting them collect dust in your garage, this recycling program can help you responsibly manage your electronic waste (e-waste), and put a little cash back in your pocket.
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As of June 17th 2011 we have upgraded our comment system to use Facebook comments. The below comments are closed and are listed for historical purposes.
Bill Mihaltse
posted on June 18th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Jennifer,
This program appears to no longer exist. I must pay to recycle my computer. Please remove this reference.
Ethan Le
posted on June 29th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Hi everyone,
We can use your old PC’s to re-educate our clients
Our office is in Costa Mesa, CA. Please contact me if you with to donate your old PC.
Thank you for your generosity.
Ethan Le
ele@hcsinc.org
714.384.3207
Hal Thompson
posted on July 30th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Jennifer: Two local Ofc Depots know nothing–1 would sell us a recycle box for $15.00. The main 866 number was polite–but he more or less said it was a work in progress and the values for equipment on the website were being re-evaluated. Said send equipment and Ofc Depot would be in touch…..well ….
We think you need to wait and see b/4 locking OD in as an alternative.
Your overall goal is much appreciated.
Mr. Kelly Clingaman
posted on March 21st, 2010 at 7:32 am
Hello Jennifer, PLEASE UPDATE YOUR WEBSITE.
This program never got off the ground. The Office Depot in Falls Church VA explained it to me. Office Deport never received the funding for the recyclers company or Government. We turned in old monitors May of 2008 – they charged us $15/box. Same in 2009, we asked them when we were there again and that’s when they told us. If the funding went through – someone got rich!
R/Kelly
Falls Church VA
harvey
posted on April 11th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
trash time…. I am not paying or driving 35 miles to “donate” my old crt’s, computers or printers to anyone.
Anonymous
posted on August 15th, 2010 at 7:19 am
@harvey If recycling made economic sense, folks would be /paying you/ to do it. If you disagree with current economic sense, feeling they aren’t accounting for environmental cost, and you feel the cost is worth the environmental benefit, recycling may be for you.
How much environmental cost is there in a pile of materials laying beneath a made make green space (i.e. landfill)? Opinions vary…
Lu Johnson
posted on November 28th, 2010 at 9:11 am
I agree with harvey. Here’s how it works, eco wannabees: It’s gotta be reasonably EASY for people to deal with their old electronics, or guess what? In the trash they will go.
I’m all for recycling all that can be, anytime. BUT, this simple concept is oft overlooked by lots of eco type groups… in fact, their websites come across all rosey and bubbly about saving the environment, while offering no REAL solutions. …just fuzzy wuzzy feel-good hippie stuff.
So first, GET REAL. Want people to recycle? … well so do they! What has to happen is someone like Waste Management or other local pickup having a way for these solids to avoid the landfill stream. For that to become a reality, it’s gotta be PROFITABLE (there’s a word a lot of lazy eco wannabe doo gooders hate) Yep. Try channeling your passion for the earth into finding a REAL WORLD way to do recycling, and then everyone wins. A better mousetrap always sells. Spend less time weaving hemp sandals and whining about crap, and more time listening to successful private sector business people and let’s solve this issue through good economics. THAT’S true sustainability. Oh, and ya, if’n ya put up a website with info that people are obviously looking for, as in where to take old electronics, make sure you update it more than once every 2 years, lol.
Not Lu Johnson
posted on April 5th, 2011 at 10:40 am
I disagree with harvey. Here’s how it works, lazy money grubbing eco hater wannabees:
How long can billions of people dump their crap on a plant before everyone is living on or in a garbage dump. Your great grand kids need to know Lu and his lazy money grubbing ilk are responsible or would that be irresponsible.