HP Philippines Adopts "Global Recycling Initiative"
HP, in partnership with local partners, will be asking corporate clients to turn in laser ink cartridges, which, in turn, will be recycled into raw materials for various plastic products.
HP reportedly will not sell the raw materials but will only get 3% of the raw materials for its own recycling purposes.
Global courier DHL will collect the cartridges bound for recycling and will ship them to a recycling plant in Singapore, HP officials said.
"This recycling initiative was formally launched way back in 1990. We are launching it on a broader scale now as part of HP's commitment to become environment-friendly," said Jenny S. Siquioco, supplies business manager, commercial channels organization, Hewlett-Packard Philippines Corp.
Since the initiative's launch in 1990, some 31-million laser print cartridges have been recycled from the company's representative offices around the globe, translating into 78.5 million pounds of waste diverted from landfills, Siquioco added.
She noted that up to 95% of the collected laser-print cartridges are recycled.
Siquioco said HP partners from Manila, Cebu, and Davao, and Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao can dial a DHL hotline for the pick-up of the laser print cartridges from their clients.
The "collection" from HP's local office, as well as other Asian representative offices, will be bound for Singapore, which has been designated as the recycling site.
Siquioco added that a privately run Singaporean recycling company has been chosen as the recycling site because the company has the facilities to do the process. The raw materials, Siquioco said, can be used for the manufacture of items such as eyeglass cases, clothing buttons, plastic pellets, plastic spoons, and plastic trays.
"Eventually, we are looking at doing the recycling here in the Philippines," Siquioco added.
Edited by Paul Hersch