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.
An exorbitant amount of plastic waste continues to plague our oceans, threatening marine life and the people who depend on these waters for their livelihoods. An estimated 11 million metric tons of plastic enters our oceans each year the equivalent of at least a dump truck per minute.
Despite the dire scope of this crisis, the growing momentum to address it is promising. Over 757,000 people have signed WWF s fight against plastic pollution. More and more companies are making large-scale commitments to eliminate unnecessary plastic and make their plastic reusable, recyclable or compostable. And 76 countries launched a declaration calling for a United Nations globally binding treaty to address plastic pollution.
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UNDP World Oceans Day celebration calls for innovation in achieving a sustainable ocean economy
Ocean threats – pollution, overfishing, habitat loss, invasive species and climate change – represent nearly $1 trillion in annual socioeconomic losses and threaten the livelihoods and food security of millions of people
New York – The ocean or ‘blue’ economy represents some $2.3 trillion in market goods and services, from fisheries to tourism to shipping; if the ocean were an economy, it would be the world’s fifth largest. But our ocean faces unprecedented threats from pollution, overfishing, habitat loss, invasive species and climate change. Collectively, these ocean threats represent nearly $1 trillion in annual socioeconomic losses and threaten the livelihoods and food security of millions of people. The global agenda for moving towards sustainable ocean use is captured in Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, Life Below Water, and its ten targets. Four of t
Bringing tried-and-tested EU know-how to bear in Vietnam 09:00 | 07/06/2021
Discussing European  Unionâs ambitions to combat plastic pollution, Rui Ludovino, first counsellor of Climate Action, Environment, Employment, and Social Policies at the Delegation of the EU to Vietnam, shared with Tom Nguyen how the Rethinking Plastics Project is supporting Vietnam in cleaning up its marine environment.
The Rethinking Plastics Project spans seven countries in Southeast and East Asia with major funding from the EU. How does this project align with the EUâs policies on plastics reduction?
Rui Ludovino, first counsellor of Climate Action, Environment, Employment, and Social Policies at the Delegation of the EU to Vietnam