HP Recycles Nearly 250 Million Pounds in 2007
Hewlett Packard has released its yearly summary of the company’s recycling progress, and in 2007 HP recycled 50 percent more volume of products than in 2006.
HP reports that it has recycled over one billion pounds of technology equipment since 1987, with a goal of two billion pounds recycled by the end of 2010. To achieve that, the company would have to recycle over 300 million pounds in each of the next three years.
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.
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posted on February 11th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
The question with OEM producers is “what happens to the used cartridges and phones?” Are they refurbished (the most environmentally sound choice) or are they scrapped or chipped. It seems that most, if not all, cartridge producers are collecting, chipping, and reproducing cartridges out of the salvaged petroleum. This fits a disposable business model, where virgin product is king, and Cradle-to-Cradle is a bedtime story.
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