HP Touts Recycling Growth

HP announced that it has recycled more than 164 million pounds of hardware and HP print cartridges globally last year – an increase of 16 percent over the previous year.

Additionally, HP collected more than 2.5 million units of hardware globally that were refurbished for resale or donated.

"Closing in on our 1 billion pound goal is yet another example of HP’s commitment to reducing impact on the environment," said Pat Tiernan, vice president, Corporate, Social and Environmental Responsibility, HP. "Part of environmental responsibility at HP is to provide global recycling programs that give our customers choice, convenience and control in how to dispose of products responsibly."

Broken out by geographic regions, HP reported the following:

In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, HP recycled more than 84 million pounds of hardware.

In the Americas, HP collected more than 42 million pounds of hardware. A series of free consumer recycling events held throughout the United States between June and September recovered 1 million pounds alone. The events were held in Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Mexico and Oregon.

In the Asia Pacific region, HP nearly doubled the amount of hardware it recycled to almost 7 million pounds by aligning its trade-in, refurbishing and recycling operations to provide full asset-recovery services for business customers in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.