HP TO DOUBLE RECYLCED CONTENT IN INKJET CARTRIDGE PRODUCTION

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HP to double recycled content in inkjet cartridge production
HP
will double the amount of recycled plastic used in its injket print
cartridges this year, having overcome engineering hurdles that had
stopped it from using multiple sources and grades of material.The
company made 200m original HP injket print cartridges from recycled
plastic in 2007 and since the pilot programme, it has used enough
recycled plastic to fill more than 200 tractor trailers.

Last
year, HP used more than 5m pounds (2,268 metric tonnes) of
post-consumer recycled plastic, including both water bottles and print
cartridges, from landfill and it has committed to using twice as much
in 2008.Michael Hoffmann, senior vice president for the supplies,
imaging and printing group at HP, said the technology reduced the
company’s impact on the environment.”HP’s considerable investments in
building a recycling infrastructure made this achievement possible, and
this is just the beginning of what we hope to accomplish,” Hoffmann
said.HP’s Planet Partners programme offers free and easy cartridge
returns in more than 45 countries, regions and territories, with a
commitment that all returned cartridges would be recycled.

The
multi-phase recycling process reduces the cartridges to raw materials,
such as plastics and metals. HP then combines plastic from the inkjet
cartridges with recycled bottle resin and a suite of compounding
additives.The total plastic in a cartridge is 70-100% recycled content,
while stringent testing ensures consistency and reliability of the
product.HP is set to receive an environmental stewardship award from
the Society of Plastics Engineers at the Global Plastics Environmental
Conference in March

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February 17, 2009 at 11:46 AM