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As part of the HP Eco Solutions program, HP Planet Partners offers convenient recycling programs in approximately 50 countries for computing equipment and toner and ink cartridges, making it easy for you to dispose of your printing hardware and supplies responsibly.
Our goal is to make it convenient and simple for more customers to recycle their technology and supplies—from print cartridges to IT equipment—and to assist with product retirement and secure system re-use. |
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What you can do |
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- Purchase printing products that are easy to recycle. HP has implemented design for recycling standards to improve the recyclability of our products. We eliminate glues and adhesives by using snap-in features, and use modular designs so components can be easily removed, upgraded or replaced.
- Trade-in used printing equipment for new HP technology. In 2008, HP refurbished and gave new life to approximately 3.5 million products through its trade-in and asset recovery services.
- If you participate in PurchasEdge, it gets even better. HP offers its PurchasEdge members points toward free products for recycling HP print cartridges through HP Planet Partners.
- Visit www.hp.com/recycle to take advantage of a variety of return and recycling options for HP ink and toner cartridges—including bulk return options for commercial customers.
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Terms to know |
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How HP uses common recycling terms:
Recycling—products are diverted from disposal to reclaim materials for reuse in new products or as raw materials, usually after reprocessing.
Recycled content—proportion of recycled plastic or other recycled material that is in a new product or package.
Recycled material—material that has been saved from being disposed of as waste and reprocessed as input to manufacture new products. It may either be waste from manufacturing processes or recovered material from products used by consumers. |
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Did you know? |
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HP protects customers’ data security for all products we take back through our trade-in and recycling services.
Design for the Environment is central to HP’s design strategy. We consider environmental issues early in the process to reduce product impact.
HP has recycled 1 billion pounds of material around the world since 1987-and we're stepping up our efforts in order to recycle another billion pounds by 2010.
HP was one of the first IT companies to offer free toner cartridge recycling and ink cartridgerecycling programs.
All print cartridges returned to the HP Planet Partners program are reduced to raw materials and then recovered for energy or used to make new products such as auto parts, roof tiles and microchip processing trays. Recovered material is even used in some new HP products.
HP recycled 265 million pounds in 2008—a 6 percent increase in annual recycling volume over 2007 levels.
HP has recycled over 265 million print cartridges since the program began in 1991—and we never refill, resell or send print cartridges to a landfill.
HP does not offer remanufactured print cartridges because they do not meet our quality and reliability standards. Instead, we provide free recycling for HP print cartridges in 49 countries or territories. |
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