Video: How Green is Your Print Cartridge?
As Earth911 reported earlier this month, HP was recently named one of the top green technology brands in a GreenFactor study. The company recycled 265 million pounds of electronics in 2008. HP has a “closed loop” process that uses recycled HP print cartridges and post-consumer recycled plastic when manufacturing new inkjet cartridges.
Now HP is taking another step forward in promoting its green initiatives. The electronic giant has recently released a video to answer the common questions about print cartridge recycling. Although HP Planet Partners collection and recycling program has been around since 1991, the company recognizes that many consumers are still unaware about the program. So, HP took to the streets to find out how much the general public really knows about recycling.
HP has recovered more than 1.7 billion pounds of electronics to date. The company also aims to recycle more than 2 billion pounds and reuse 450 million pounds by the end of 2010. HP currently offers collection and recycling services in 53 countries or territories worldwide.
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Trey Granger
posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Man on the street stories are always fun to watch for some reason. It’s great that HP was getting the word out about it’s program in this way.
Melanie Turner
posted on April 24th, 2009 at 6:57 am
It’s still too bad that HP doesn’t support refilling their cartridges. Most cartridges can be reused by refilling the ink (I take mine to Cartridge World) and have never had a quality issue. Now if we could only get HP to refill their cartridges up to 5-6 times before recycling, then that would be a huge step in the 3 Rs!