Dell and Staples announced a partnership that will enable consumers to drop off any amount of Dell-branded PCs, monitors, keyboards, printers and other accessories at any of the office supply vendor's 1,500 locations for recycling at no cost.

Staples will log the incoming items before shipping them to recycling company Eco International, reports CNET News. Eco International does not export waste to other countries or landfills. The recycler breaks down equipment into parts and resells what works. Parts that are no longer work are shredded and resold to manufacturers to reuse.

Both Staples and Dell offer additional recycling programs. Staples recycles cell phones for free and charges $10 per piece of computing equipment. Dell partners with Goodwill Industries and allows customers to ship Dell-branded items to the company for recycling free of charge.

According to Newsvine, the two companies will operate the program at a loss, but intend for it to be a break-even operation.