Recycle e-waste now!

Recycling five items or less?
Recycling six items or more?
Are you a business or group with a large quantity
of e-waste to recycle?
Are you a business with excess or overstocked
consumer goods?

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

-- Walt Disney, Film Producer

Ink cartridges

MP3 players

Cell phones

Instructions for recycling five items or less:

1. Place up to five items in an envelope.

Use a large envelope, 6" x 9" or larger.
Wrap each inkjet cartridge in a tissue and place in a plastic bag.
Reduce waste by minimizing packaging - no padding needed.

Remember

Discharge or remove batteries and turn phone off before shipping.

2. Download the mailing label and print it out.

Download the mailing label so that you can ship in your e-waste for free.

Click to Download Label

Remember

You may print the mailing label on Avery label stock #5165 to make it easier to affix to the envelope.

3. Affix label squarely and securely on the envelope with transparent tape (if you did not print it on label stock)

Cover up or cross out any other addresses and barcodes on the outside of the parcel.
Don't fold the label over the edge of the envelope.
Don't cover up any printed part of the label.

4. Place the envelope into the nearest mailbox.

Take it to a post office, drop it in a collection box, or give it to a postal carrier.

Remember

Do not send accessories, manuals, or original boxes with your cell phone or MP3 player.
Check out http://www.earth911.org to find your local recycling center for these items.

Thank you for supporting a clean and healthy environment!

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Instructions for recycling six items or more:

1. Pack six or more items into a box.

Place phones, MP3 players, and/or inkjet cartridges in a box no larger than is necessary to hold the items.
Make sure to wrap each inkjet cartridge with a tissue and place in a plastic bag.
Reduce waste by minimizing packaging. A snugly packed, minimum-sized box can allow for safe shipping with minimum packaging waste.

Remember

Discharge or remove batteries and turn phone off before shipping.

2. Request a FedEx prepaid label from E-Recycling For Dummies.

Send E-Recycling For Dummies an e-mail with your complete name and address.
E-Recycling For Dummies will mail you a prepaid FedEx label so that you can ship for free. It should arrive within five days.
Affix the label to your box.

3. Affix label squarely and securely on the envelope.

Cover up or cross out any other addresses and barcodes on the outside of the parcel.
Don't fold the label over the edge of the envelope.
Don't cover up any printed part of the label.

4. Ship your recycling package.

Drop your package at any FedEx dropbox or FedEx/Kinko's location.

Remember

Do not send accessories, manuals, or original boxes with your cell phone or MP3 player.
Check out http://www.earth911.org to find your local recycling center for these items.

Thank you for supporting a clean and healthy environment!

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Instructions for businesses or groups to recycle a large quantity of e-waste:

E-Recycling For Dummies is eager to work with corporations, nonprofits, government agencies and foreign organizations (with offices in the United States). Please tell us who you are and what you wish to recycle so that we may assist you.

Instructions for a business with excess or overstocked consumer goods:

E-Recycling For Dummies can process unwanted surplus stock. Please provide the following information.

Company or group name
Contact name
Contact e-mail
Company or group address
Company or group city, state, zip
Company or group phone
Description of goods to donate
Quantity of stock
Location of stock
Condition of stock

Thank you for supporting a clean and healthy environment!

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