HP Recycle Bin: 600 Jumbo Jets of Computer Waste
HP is trying to earn a Good Citizen badge with a report on its recycling program. It proudly reports that it has recycled last year the equivalent in weight of more than 600 jumbo jets (empty and hollow jumbo jets, we might note) of its own hardware and print cartridges. That’s actually 164-million pounds (74-million kg) of computer waste recycled.
Not bad, considering the mounting threat posed by the burgeoning waste of computer hardware around the world. Hardly had we mastered how to use the computer we just bought than a new one comes along, promising even faster, newer features.
HP also reports that worldwide, it had collected more than 2.5 million units of hardware – weighing more than 50 million pounds (22.6 million kilograms) – to be refurbished for resale or for donation.
To date HP has recycled more than 920 million pounds (417 million kilograms) of hardware and HP print cartridges globally, which makes them likely to surpass its goal of recycling 1 billion cumulative pounds (455 million kilograms) by the end of this year.
There’s a video here on how HP does its recycling program.
[Via: HP.com]
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