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Staples Free Recycling Program
Recycle all used writing instruments
Writing instruments
Drop off your recycling in store
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.
How it works
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.
- Search for a participating Staples location near you
- Collect writing instruments
- Drop off your empties to recycle at dedicated collection bins in-store
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.
Get started
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.
Discover our recycling process
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.
Learn more about Staples Canada
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!