Environmental Solutions


We focus our efforts on areas where we can have the greatest positive impact:

  • Sustainable products
  • Recycling and other environmental services
  • Sustainable operations,

with a focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy and waste reduction With Staples Advantage®, you not only have a supplier who shares your corporate responsibility values, you have a consultant to help you achieve your sustainability goals. We work hard to help you reduce your environmental footprint through our solutions & your dedicated Staples Advantage Account Manager will work closely with you to achieve your specific environmental goals and objectives.

View our Environmental Policy

View our WEEE Policy

 We support your environmental goals through our:

Environmental Products

With thousands of eco-conscious products to choose from, we make it easy for you to find high-quality, great-value products that have less impact on the environment. And through working with our suppliers and bring innovative green ideas and technologies to life, we’re working to help make the planet a healthier place to live.

You can view our of eco-conscious products by looking out for the EcoEasy logo on our Advantage catalogues & on-line.

Green products that qualify to be marked as Staples EcoEasy can be defined as having recycled content exceeds industry standard for the class of product, or remanufactured, or having credible third-party certifications, or includes multiple environmental design elements that we believe lead to reduced environmental impacts compared to similar products in the category”. Some of our eco-conscious products are:

  • Paper items (notebooks, writing pads, Post-it® notes, printing paper) with post-consumer recycled content, including Staples® 100% recycled printing papers that are also FSC certified. We also have an extensive range of PEFC and EU Ecolabel papers.
  • Pens, scissors, binders, organisers and other plastic products containing post-consumer recycled plastics
  • Wide selection of ENERGY STAR-qualified technology from leading brands
  • Facility, Breakroom products that qualify for EU Ecolabel and Rainforest certification respectively.

Look for the Staples EcoEasy icon in our catalogues and online to find products that contain meet eco-conscious standards.

Learn more about our environmental products

Ink and Toner recycling

Empty Ink and Toner cartridges don’t have to end up in a landfill Staples is committed to the highest level of eco-conscious responsibility, via third party partnerships, by recycling or reusing 100% of a cartridge’s components.  So when it's time to replace your ink and toner, count on Staples to help you recycle it responsibly — and make it easy.

ISO14001

Staples Advantage recognise the value to our business of an environmental management system and have obtained ISO14001 certification at all its UK and many locations throughout Europe.

This provides a system for us to observe, control, and improve our environmental performance, not only helping us to comply with relevant legislation, but also helping us to improve our performance through pollution prevention and resource conservation.