OfficeMax perks up recycling.OfficeMax Inc., based in Naperville, Ill., has launched a new recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. program through its MaxPerks membership program. The OfficeMax MaxPerks Recycling Program provides customers with a system to collect and redeem recyclable re·cy·cle tr.v. re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles 1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3. a. office items, such as used ink and toner An electrically charged ink used in copy machines and laser printers. It adheres to an invisible image that has been charged with the opposite polarity onto a plate or drum or onto the paper itself. cartridges and cell phones with rechargeable batteries A rechargeable battery, also known as a storage battery, is a group of two or more secondary cells. These batteries can be restored to full charge by the application of electrical energy. . After enrolling in the program, customers can select a recycling container size that best fits their needs and it will be shipped to them at no cost. When a full container is returned, a new container is automatically shipped to the customer. For every qualified ink cartridge and cell phone with a battery returned to OfficeMax, customers will earn a $3 reward in their MaxPerks accounts. The MaxPerks online tracking feature provides a record for each return and redemption, which is, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the company, particularly beneficial for business accounting or fund raising activities that require regularly updated results. Through its retail store recycling program, OfficeMax has already collected and remanufactured more than 13 million ink cartridges since 2005. But cartridge recycling is just one component of the complete OfficeMax ink solution. OfficeMax claims it is the first office product retailer to provide an ink cartridge refill refill noun A second allotment of a prescription agent obtained from a pharmacy, which is allowed by the original prescription verb Pharmacology To obtain more of a particular drug, after the initially prescribed amount of the agent has been used or service, using a state-of-the-art computerized kiosk that analyzes cartridge quality and print performance. When customers recycle their used printer cartridges at one of OfficeMax's retail stores, the company provides a $3 instant discount on any in-store purchase. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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