STAPLES CANADA COLLECTS 638,000 EMPTY CARTRIDGES !

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Staples Canada is well on the way to reaching their goal of a million cartridges thanks to the Million Cartridge Challenge
THANKS TO PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE HELPED RAISE MORE THAN 638,000 CARTRIDGES SO FAR
RICHMOND
HILL, ON, Dec.08  STAPLES Canada has collected more than 638,000 used
ink and toner cartridges as part of their Million Cartridge Challenge,
and is appealing Canadians to help surpass their goal of collecting a
million by April 22, 2009. “The challenge was put forth to Canadians on
September 24 and we have received an overwhelming response. We have
re-routed more than half-a-million cartridges from landfills. I’m happy
to see Canadians taking action,” said

STAPLES Canada President, Steve Matyas.
The
campaign, generated through the Recycle For Education program which
donates $1.00 from every cartridge collected back to participating
schools, is well on the way to its goal of one million ink and toner
cartridges by Earth Day, 2009. “We thank everyone for their support and
encourage people to keep dropping off their cartridges to help not only
the environment, but our schools as well. It just goes to show how
important the environment is to Canadians,” continued Matyas. For more
information, please visit easy.staples.ca. It takes 400 to 1,000 years
for one ink/toner cartridge to decompose in a landfill site. Used
ink/toner cartridges can be dropped into bins provided inside any
STAPLES store in Canada. The Million Cartridge Challenge will wrap up
on Earth Day – April 22, 2009.

    About STAPLES Canada
Founded
in Toronto in 1991, The Business Depot Ltd./STAPLES Canada Inc. is
Canada’s largest supplier of office supplies, business machines, office
furniture and business services for the small business and home office
customer. The company is an everyday low price retailer. The chain
operates stores in all provinces across Canada under the banners
STAPLES Canada and Bureau en Gros(MC). Marketing Magazine’s
Marketing/Leger 2008 Corporate Reputation Survey ranked STAPLES
Canada/Bureau en Gros number one among Canada’s top 100 companies
surveyed in Canada. The company has over 13,500 employees serving
customers through more than 300 office superstores, catalogue, and
e-commerce. STAPLES, STAPLES(R)/Bureau en Gros(MC) is committed to
making shopping easy by offering customers three ways to shop: online,
by catalogue and in-store. More information is available at
http://www.easy.staples.ca.

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December 10, 2008 at 1:14 PM