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Petition addressed to: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
Staples recently changed their battery recycling program and now instead of issuing reward points for bringing them in, they are requesting you pay a fee. https://www.the-sun.com/money/16334470/staples-electronic-recycling-fee-new-batteries-printers/
Some states don't allow them to request a fee, but Massachusetts does.
According to this Reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/Staples/comments/1t2s0ej/psa_staples_no_longer_recycles_batteries_for_free/), if you buy batteries at the same time, the fee is waived. But as many people say, and I experienced as well a few weeks ago at the Staples in Downtown Boston*, nobody in the store tells you that.
Even so, forcing you to buy a battery when you might not need one also means that less people will recycle batteries.
Sure, there are other recycling centers, but for me, none that I can get to easily, and the same could be true for many others.
(*I am a NH resident, on the MA-NH border, but my business is registered in MA, and my work and friends are there. So this is a petition for MA.)
Reason
This will result in batteries thrown in the trash.
Batteries thrown in the trash enter our drinking water.
They are a serious biohazard for all living things: people, animals, fish, insects, plants.
Thank you so much for your support, Ioana Urma, Nashua
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Petition details
Petition started:
06/22/2026
Collection ends:
12/21/2026
Region:
Massachusetts
Topic:
Environment
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