The Staples on the corner of JFK and Winthrop St. doesn't seem like it would be a lightning rod for controversy. But somebody seems upset: Earlier this week, an unknown protester plastered the wall outside Staples' door and the stairs leading up to the office supply store with signs that declared, "This Staples doesn't recycle."

Assistant Manager Wajeeh Anwar said he found the signs' appearance to be "a little hilarious" because, he said, Staples recycles all its paper, cartridges, cell phone batteries, and electronics.

"They wasted paper to do that," he noted, "but I recycled it."

That was easy.

The mysterious activist could not be reached for comment....

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