Canadian solution helps HP achieve Environmental Milestones

HP  announced several milestones in the company’s push to deliver energy savings, decrease carbon footprint and offer products and solutions that enable customers to reduce their environmental impact. It is a “made-in-Canada “solution from Lavergne Group in Montreal  that has helped HP reach these milestones. 

Working with the Lavergne Group, a company based in Montreal, HP has developed a closed-loop recycling process that uses recycled cartridges along with post-consumer recycled plastics – from sources like plastic water bottles – to create new Original HP cartridges.  This has resulted in a manufacturing process that provides a 22 per cent reduction in carbon footprint and 69 per cent reduction in total water when compared to using virgin plastics

As part of these efforts, HP is:

—    Working to reduce waste in its manufacturing, distribution and product development, enabling responsible purchase, use and recycling of products by customers.

—    Offering ways to help customers reduce waste in their printing uses.

—    Introducing ways to reduce waste through product packaging.

—    Achieving industry-leading milestones in recycling and the use of recycled plastic.

“HP is an environmental leader among global companies, and these achievements are important milestones in our ongoing efforts,” said Engelina Jaspers, vice president, Sustainability, HP. “Applying our rich expertise and know-how, we’re creating more efficient, low-carbon technology solutions that help our customers save energy, resources and costs.”

Enabling reduction of waste and energy, reusing reclaimed materials and designing for ease in recyclability are among the key principles of HP’s environmental commitment.

Reducing waste

To date, HP has produced more than 1 billion ink cartridges manufactured with recycled plastic.⁽¹⁾ Through this and other efforts, HP has pledged to use a total of 100 million pounds of recycled plastic in printing products by 2011 (cumulatively, since 2007).

HP has developed manufacturing processes that use recycled plastics, including HP ink cartridges and plastic water bottles, in Original HP ink cartridges to deliver an estimated 22 per cent reduction in carbon footprint and a 69 per cent reduction in total water use when compared with using virgin plastics in the manufacture of one billion Original HP ink cartridges.⁽²⁾ Recycling efforts by customers and HP have kept approximately 1.3 billion plastic bottles and 160 million HP ink cartridges out of landfills.

HP is improving the efficiency of its recycling processes. The recycled plastic used in HP ink cartridges produced in 2010 and beyond is estimated to reduce total water used in plastics production by up to 89 per cent. And, it has up to an estimated 33 per cent smaller carbon footprint than virgin plastic in Original HP ink cartridges – even when accounting for the impact associated with collecting, transporting and processing used cartridges and plastic bottles.⁽²⁾

HP’s dedication to manufacturing products with responsible materials has led to the development of: the planet’s first PVC-free printer,⁽³⁾ the HP ENVY ¹⁰⁰ e-All-in-One; products made with up to 35 per cent recycled plastic, like the HP Deskjet 3050 All-in-One; and the ability to recycle additional types of cartridges made with various plastic polymers through HP’s industry-leading “closed loop” cartridge recycling process.

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