HP bets big on sustainability; recycles 1.2-lakh tonne hardware in 2020
To date, HP has also sourced more than 1.7 million pounds (771 tonnes) of ocean-bound plastic for use in its supplies and hardware. HP has used 27,490 tonnes of post-consumer recycled content plastic in HP personal systems and print products, 11 per cent of the total plastic used in 2020
Nidhi Singal | June 10, 2021 | Updated 22:12 IST
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Committed to creating positive and lasting changes towards reducing global warming and plastic-free commitment, the American information technology company HP is doing it all from sourcing plastic to be recycled to eliminating paper-based packaging to collecting e-waste. HP has recycled 118,000 tonnes of hardware and supplies in 2020. This includes 106,000 tonnes of hardware, 10,600 tonnes of Original HP and Samsung Toner Cartridges, and 1,300 tonnes of Original HP Ink Cartridges.
E-waste: A Growing Problem
The country s e-waste generation increased 43 per cent between FY18 and FY20. The pandemic-induced consumption of electronic devices is set to add to the problem in future
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Little has changed over the years in the narrow bylanes of Seelampur in the national capital, India s largest unorganised e-waste recycling hub, as hundreds of establishments, big and small, salvage computer peripherals, laptops, mobile phones and other electronic waste in the most unscientific way. Government regulations on e-waste management have had little impact here.
If Seelampur represents how India has decided to handle one of modernity s biggest problems - e-waste - things are hardly better in other parts of the country. India is now officially the world s third-biggest e-waste generator, producing over 3.23 million metric tonnes of e-waste per year, behind the US and China. While hardly anything ends up in a landfill, the big worry is that 95 per ce