CostCo Recyle Program

Powered by Gazelle, the industry leader in electronics trade-ins, Costco’s new Trade-In & Recycle Program lets you responsibly trade-in electronic gadgets for Costco Cash cards good for anything in Costco warehouses or at Costco. Com. Electronics include laptops, cell phones, LCD monitors, digital cameras, camcorders, MP3 players, gaming systems, video games, GPS devices and more. And Costco members receive a greater return: Gazelle will pay Costco members about 2.5% more for their old electronics than it does through its normal service.

Free shipping is offered on all transactions with a value of at least $1. (Gazelle will even send you a box for most items!)

To participate, follow these four steps.

1. Click on the box on Costco.com’s home page or type “recycle” into the search window to visit the trade-in Web site.
2. From the menu, find the value of the items you would like to trade in.
3. Gazelle provides mailing labels. Print them, and ship the items to Gazelle for free.
4. Once your items are evaluated, receive a Costco Cash card within 10 days.

For security, Gazelle will remove personal data from the old gadgets prior to issuing the Costco Cash card. All items are wiped of personal data and reset to factory settings, according to Gazelle. As an added measure of security, for items with hard drives, the company uses Department of Defense-approved software and performs all tasks in a controlled, secure environment.

The Trade-In & Recycle Program is available to all Costco members.