Hewlett-Packard will accept these products at no additional charge. The external components include cables, mice and keyboards.
After collection, Hewlett-Packard will consolidate the products and sort for recycling locally in India.
The milestone adds to Hewlett-Packard’s range of global product recovery services, which are now present in over 50 countries and territories.
Subsequent phases of the program are planned to increase the number of drop-off points in those cities and include additional cities over the next year.
“With technology products and consumer environmental awareness on the rise, there’s a greater urgency around disposing of equipment in an environmentally responsible manner,” said Jean-Claude Vanderstraeten, environment director, Asia-Pacific and Japan, Hewlett-Packard. “We designed our consumer recycling program to make it simple for our customers to do their part for environmental sustainability.”
This expansion to the consumer market completes Hewlett-Packard’s recycling service offerings to the different market segments in which Hewlett-Packard operates in India. Hewlett-Packard has had a product take-back program for corporate customers in India since 2003.
Hewlett-Packard’s product take-back and recycling program are part of its comprehensive end-of-life asset recovery services. This year marks the 22nd anniversary of Hewlett-Packard’s reuse and recycling program, which now serves customers in more than 50 countries, regions and territories.
Hewlett-Packard began remarketing used equipment in 1981 and recycling in 1987. Hewlett-Packard exceeded its goal to recycle 1 billion pounds (450,000 metric tons) of electronic products and supplies by the end of 2007. It has now set a new goal to recover an additional 1 billion pounds for reuse and recycling by the end of 2010.
