HP and Staples Make It Easy, Free to Recycle Electronics Nationwide

PALO ALTO, Calif., FRAMINGHAM, Mass., April 17, 2012 – HP (NYSE: HPQ), the world’s largest technology company, together with Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS), the world’s largest office products company and second largest e-commerce company, today announced free electronics recycling for all brands of office technology at Staples stores nationwide. Consumers and small businesses can responsibly recycle their electronics every day at Staples locations nationwide ⁽¹⁾, regardless of where the devices were purchased.

The Staples technology recycling program, powered by HP, accepts all brands of the following electronics for free ⁽²⁾:

• Desktop PCs, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs, external hard drives and small servers

• All computer monitors

• Printers, desktop copiers, faxes and all-in-one devices

• Mice, keyboards, modems/routers networking and PC speakers

• Shredders, streaming devices, phones and Universal Power Supply (UPS battery backup)

• Mobile phones, GPS devices, MP3 players, digital camcorders and digital cameras

Customers can drop off their technology for recycling at the service desk of their local Staples store. Staples will take advantage of its world-class logistics networks to collect the devices and consolidate them at its distribution centers. A certified e-stewards® and an R2 recycler will then arrange to have the materials transported to its processing centers.

Additional information is available at HP’s and Staples websites at www.hp.com/us/go/recycling or http://www.staples.com/recycle.