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Enjoy the convenience of recycling a wide variety of writing instruments at dedicated collection bins located inside Staples. Use the interactive map below to search for locations near you.
Please note that volunteer administrators (not TerraCycle) manage drop-off points. The administrators choose the location, hours, and accepted waste streams. Please contact the administrator if you have questions about or suggestions for a specific drop-off location.
Let us know if you find a location that is no longer active by emailing us at mapupdates@terracycle.com.
We’ve made getting started with the Staples Free Recycling Program easy! TerraCycle and Staples have partnered to create a FREE recycling program for all brands of writing instruments.
Are you a Staples store location looking to become a drop-off point? Simply click here to learn how to send your used writing instruments to TerraCycle.
Only Staples retail locations can be drop-off points for the Staples Free Recycling Program. If you are an approved retailer, your location will show up on the drop-off map.
Getting started with the Staples Free Recycling Program is easy and free! See answers to frequently-asked questions here.
All brands of pens and pen caps, mechanical pencils, markers and marker caps, highlighters and highlighter caps, permanent markers and permanent marker caps
No, the Staples Free Recycling Program accepts writing instruments from all brands sold anywhere.
Staples has sponsored this national recycling program, so there is no direct cost to you.
No, you do not need to clean the items before dropping them off. Public drop-off locations will not accept dripping items, so make sure your items are dry.
Once collected, the writing instruments are cleaned and separated by material type. The materials are recycled into raw formats that manufacturers use to make new products. Click here to take a virtual tour of our processing facilities.
Through in-store collection at over 300 locations across Canada, we have successfully diverted over 2 million writing instruments from ending up in landfills. If all writing instruments recycled through this program were connected, they could travel up the CN tower nearly 700 times!
