HP Finds New Way to Recycle Old Plastic
The Corvallis Gazette Times reports that Hewlett-Packard is using recycled plastic to make up a majority of the material in its inkjet cartridges, already resulting in 200 million recycled content cartridges.
The cartridges are produced using plastic recycled from water bottles and used cartridges, and HP is using over 70 percent recycled plastic in these products. The company used over five million pounds of recycled plastic in cartridges last year.
HP is able to combine different forms of plastic to create a stable material for use in various technical applications.
To find out how to recycle inkjet cartridges in your area, use the Earth 911 locator.
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HP Recycles Nearly 250 Million Pounds in 2007
posted on February 7th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
[...] A majority (170 million pounds) of the recycling occurred in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. One of the most recycled products are ink cartridges, of which HP has already recycled over 200 million. [...]