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The My Business Recycles Program Terms and Conditions

Last Modified: April 25th, 2022

The My Business Recycles Program (“Program”) and any related activities (collectively, the “Services”) are provided to participants by Office Depot, Inc. (“Office Depot”) and Clover Environmental Solutions, a division of Clover Technologies Group, LLC (“CES”) (collectively, the “Program Sponsors”), subject to participant’s compliance with these terms and conditions (the “Terms”), which may be updated from time to time at the sole discretion of the Program Sponsors. By registering for the Program, participant acknowledges that he/she has read these Terms and accepts and will be bound by these Terms. Should participant object to any term or condition of these Terms, any guideline, or any subsequent modifications thereto, participant’s only recourse is to immediately discontinue participating in the Program.

Eligibility to Use Services

The Program is open to any business, in the private or public sector, or any state/local government entity within the continental United States (not valid in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico) that is an existing Office Depot Business Solutions Division customer (“Business”) and that is not already participating in the Recycling Rules Program (www.MySchoolRecycles.com) for education sector customers. Employees who register on behalf of a Business to participate in the Program must be legal residents of the United States who are eighteen (18) years of age or older (hereafter referred to as “You” and “Your”). Your registration and account are not transferable or assignable.

Collection boxes and rewards checks will only be made payable to the Business and mailed to the office address on record with Office Depot for the Business account. The Program Sponsors assume no responsibility for errors caused by incorrect information You provide when registering to participate in the Program.

The items that are accepted for recycling (“Products”) are set forth on the www.MyBusinessRecycles.com website. The Program Sponsors, in their sole discretion, will determine, at any point in time, what items will be accepted for recycling and the monetary values assigned to the Products. The Program Sponsors may change, at any point in time and without prior notice to You, the list of Products accepted for recycling and/or the monetary values assigned to the Products.

Do not send any item for recycling other than the qualifying Products listed on www.MyBusinessRecycles.com. The Program Sponsors will not issue credits for non-qualifying Products and will not return any Products or other items shipped in the collection boxes. The Program Sponsors reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to decline to issue credits for any Products that are visibly damaged or that otherwise do not comply with the guidelines for Products as published on www.MyBusinessRecycles.com, as updated from time to time.

Mybusinessrecycles reserves the right to cancel an account, charge a fee, or deduct a recycling fee from your proceeds for non-qualifying product. These fees can be updated anytime at the sole discretion of Mybusinessrecycles to cover the cost of these services. The current fees are as follows:

  • $0.50 per non-qualifying inkjet cartridge or ribbon
  • $3.00 per non-qualifying toner cartridge
  • $3.00 per non-qualifying toner tube, toner bottle or toner tank
  • $3.00 per non-qualifying printer components
  • $3.00 per non-qualifying cellphone or small electronic

If you are using a box that contains a prepaid shipping label from the Company, or have downloaded a prepaid shipping label from the website, the Company reserves the right to deduct $12.00 per box if it contains less than the minimum number of Products per box. The minimum number of Products to ship per box is as follows:

  • 20 pounds of items consisting of empty ink and toner cartridges, used fusers; or
  • 20 items consisting of empty ink and toner cartridges, used fusers.

The Company reserves the right to charge $6.00 for recycling boxes provided by Company to you that remain unreturned after a period of 1 year. If the Company is picking up pallets of Product at its expense, the Company reserves the right to deduct all freight charges from shipments that contain less than 3 pallets and/or less than 50 Products per pallet.

You represent and warrant that the Products You send in for recycling are free of any liens or encumbrances, including third-party software which may not be transferred or for which royalties are due. You agree to indemnify the Program Sponsors from all claims or losses sustained by the Program Sponsors as a result of any breach of this warranty. Any Product found to be fraudulently obtained may be turned over to the appropriate federal, state, or local law enforcement authority without further compensation or notification to You.

Product Valuation, Processing, & Receipt of Reward

Credits will be awarded to the Business by the Program Sponsors and credited to Your account based upon the values established by the Program Sponsors for the Products. Values are established by the Program Sponsors and are published on www.MyBusinessRecycles.com. The amount that will be credited to your account is the published value for your Product(s) in effect at the time your Product(s) are processed by the Program Sponsors, not the price published at the time You sent the box to the Program Sponsors.

Credits will issued by the 15th of each month in the form of a check from CES when the value of the credits in Your account reaches twenty five dollars ($25.00). Lost or stolen checks will not be reissued. You and/or Your Business are responsible for taxes, charges or other liabilities related to or resulting from participation in the Program.

Recycling accounts will remain active as long as the Program Sponsors receive not less than one (1) qualifying Product from You in the latest 12-month period. If You do not send at least one qualifying Product to Office Depot within any 12-month period, the Program Sponsors have the right to classify Your account as inactive and to deactivate or eliminate the balance of credits in Your account.

Your Responsibility for Termination and Deactivation of Services Related to Your Products

You are responsible for terminating and deactivating any and all Internet, voice, or data service(s) for each electronic device You ship through this Program, including without limitation, cell phone service, Internet service, broadband and/or wireless data service or the like, and YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHARGES, ACCOUNT BALANCES AND/OR FEES ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR SERVICE OR THE TERMINATION AND/OR DEACTIVATION OF THAT SERVICE. YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY CREDIT FOR UNUSED SERVICES, NOR WILL YOU BE COMPENSATED FOR ANY CHARGES BILLED TO YOU BY YOUR SERVICE PROVIDER AFTER YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICE IS SENT TO THE PROGRAM SPONSORS. Should any charges arise after shipping to the Program Sponsors, it remains your responsibility to resolve any payment issues with your service provider.

No Return of Equipment and/or Personal Information

Title to the shipped Products passes to the Program Sponsors or their designated agent at the point of delivery to the Program Sponsors’ carrier. Once You ship Your Product to the Program Sponsors, Your Product will not be returned to You and any information contained in or on the Product cannot be retrieved or returned. You are solely responsible for removal of all stored data in Your Product prior to shipping. The Program Sponsors strongly recommend that You back up Your data and/or erase the data from Your Product’s hard drive, memory, or other fixed and/or removable digital media. Any files or data left on Your Product may be accessible to others if the data is not erased. The Program Sponsors shall not be responsible for the loss, safekeeping, or maintenance in confidence of any data resident on the Products. The Program Sponsors will not substitute or replace any Product submitted by You pursuant to this Program under any circumstances.

Accuracy and Revisions

Except as to Products already processed, the Program Sponsors may modify, suspend, withdraw or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Program, in whole or in part, at any time without notice. You agree that the Program Sponsors shall not be liable to You or to any third party for any modification, suspension, withdrawal or discontinuance of any part of the Program except for those Products already processed by the Program Sponsors. The Program Sponsors may at any time revise these Terms by updating this posting. By participating in the Program, You agree to be bound by any such revisions and You agree to periodically visit this page to determine the then current Terms to which You are bound.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold the Program Sponsors harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees, made by any third party arising out of, or related to, Your violation of these Terms or Your violation of any law, regulation or third-party right.

Questions and Suggestions

If You have questions or suggestions about the Program, please contact us by mail at:

Clover Envrionmental Solutions
4200 Columbus Street
Ottawa, IL 61350

General Information

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between You and the Program Sponsors and govern Your use of the Services, superseding any prior agreements between You and the Program Sponsors. These Terms and the relationship between You and the Program Sponsors shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You and the Program Sponsors agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Palm Beach County, Florida. Any failure of the Program Sponsors to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of these Terms is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of these Terms remain in full force and effect. You agree that regardless of any statue or law to the contrary, any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.