Hewlett Packard and their recycle program

Today, a lot of big companies and governments are aware of the existence of the e-waste and some of them try to diminish their clogging.

Hewlett Packard for example organizes a worldwide recycling program. They divided the e-waste in three categories: HP Inkjet or LaserJet cartridges, Hardware products and HP Large Format Banner/Media. For each type of product, the company has a special recycle system. They work also far-sighted because HP develops new printers who use 30% less energy than the older models and ink cartridges, made of 70% recycled plastic.

In my opinion, I think it’s a good initiative that the firms who produce products, which become e-waste, take responsibility to reuse the old goods. They know exactly what they utilized to make the products, so they have also the knowledge to recycle them. All the manufacturers of solar panels  or other high-technological goods should follow the strategy of HP, so the problem will decrease. But without governmental obligations, a lot of companies will look at their bank account and not at the environment.      

Matthias Cierkens

(Sources:

http://www.hp.com/canada/corporate/hp_info/environment/recycling/product-recycling.html

http://www.hp.com/canada/corporate/recycle/provincial.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/profile-hewlett-packard)