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Article: HP sets goal for 2007.(Electronics Recycling)(Brief Article)
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- Recycling Today
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Hewlett Packard, based in Palo Alto, Calif., has announced that it is accelerating its product recycling program by setting a goal to recycle 1 billion pounds of electronic products and printing supplies globally by 2007. This goal is specific to recycling and does not include the millions of products that HP and its partners refurbish, re-use, donate or resell.
In 2003, HP recycled more than 100 million pounds of electronic products and printing supplies through its Planet Partners return and recycling program, raising the company-wide total to 800 million pounds recycled since HP began recycling in 1987.
"As we face growing concerns regarding ...