Boots Recycle
What the site all about?
Environmental laws make it illegal to dump mobile phones, gadgets and electronic in trash bins as the implication in landfill burden with old battery leaking toxins and degradation of the environment due to plastic pile ups is unthinkable. Boots recycle ink cartridges, digital cameras, mobile phones, mp3 players/iPods, sat navs and other gadgets.
The boots mobile recycling offers 1000's of Advantage Card points for use in the Boots online store. The usual Home Page Tabs are Home, How it Works, FAQs, Basket, Checkout, and My Recycle Account. The four click-able tabs however are added in the footer tabs which are Benefits, Contact Boots Recycle, Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy.
Unlike most electronic gadget and phone recycling websites, boots recycle ink cartridges as well. Its Home Page features the usual Three Step Process:
- Register
- Send your items
- Collect points
Unlike other websites we have reviewed, the boots phone recycling site only pays through Advantage Card Points.
Boots recycle ink cartridges that are listed in their page only. They advice users not to send any other type of inkjet cartridge that are not specifically listed in the page which comes out when you click the icon and graphics on the Home Page under the drop down menu telling you to find your device. Its title is Recycle your inkjet cartridges now and it says boots mobile recycling will credit you with 100 Advantage Card points for each listed inkjet cartridge and in addition donate 20p to charity. The two icons on the upper right hand section of the boots phone recycling website will take you to the Boots - Health & Beauty Store website.
The partner of boots mobile recycling is Redeem
The recycling initiative of boots phone recycling is in partnership with Redeem whose slogan is Redeem - Making it Easy. Redeem has global operations in the recycling and recovery of consumer electronic devices. Redeem has partners in the international industry for end-user collection programs and this is their way to help the environment. In partnership with Redeem boots recycle ink cartridges too in addition to the other electronic devices.
How the recycle process works
Like most recycling website, boots mobile recycling has a Three Step Process:
- Register online or register your item.
- Send your items.
- Collect your points in store.
If you need to have an idea how much a unit will give you, you can type the name of your device in the drop down menu by clicking Search. An easier option is the device drop down menus and you will then get a general idea how much you will get paid for recycling your unit.
In the boots recycle ink cartridges page, there are 4 steps.
- Add devices & inkjet cartridges
- Review order
- Your details
- Order complete
You have to put in how many items are you recycling and then you have to click the Recycle tab for the points. The How it Works tab has a detailed 9 step graphical procedure that will help the user in their recycling process.
How do you get paid?
Boots phone recycling only pays in the form of Advantage Card Points which you can use to buy items from the Boots e-store. You may also go to one of their larger Boots stores and go to the Extra Offers Kiosk to collect your points which you can use in purchasing items you like.
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