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HP Testifies before House Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
Statement by Renee St. Denis, HP Director of Americas Product Take Back
For Immediate Release: September 8, 2005
“HP applauds Chairman Gillmor for convening this second part of the hearing to discuss electronic waste and for providing HP with an opportunity to testify. Today’s hearing is a valuable step in advising Members of Congress and the public on the emerging challenges of managing and recycling used electronics in the United States. HP supports increased recycling to conserve natural resources and protect our environment through a harmonized national approach – thereby avoiding an unworkable patchwork of conflicting state laws.
“HP calls on Congress to support a national solution to the challenge of recycling used electronics, the adoption of recycling incentives and the removal of regulatory barriers to cost-effective recycling, and market-based solutions to finance government recycling programs. HP believes that the Congress should reject attempts to impose a new tax on American consumers and to create bureaucratic recycling programs. Imposing more taxes on consumers will needlessly increase costs to the public and fail to achieve our nation’s recycling goals in an efficient manner.
“Several decades of experience in implementing environmental laws and regulations in this country have proven that environmental goals can best be achieved by providing the private sector with flexibility and incentives to innovate, and not by imposing new taxes and creating new government bureaucracies.
“HP currently operates two large, state-of-the-art recycling facilities in the U.S., in California and Tennessee, and recently signed a contract with a partner company for a third facility in Canada. Since 1987, HP has successfully collected and recycled more than 600 million pounds of used or unwanted computer-related equipment globally. With our vast knowledge and experience, HP’s goal is to recycle 1 billion pounds of equipment by the end of 2007.
“HP encourages Congress to allow companies such as HP to maintain this flexibility – which provides American companies opportunities and incentives to continue to focus on innovation – and efficiently achieve superior recycling results that best protect our nation’s natural resources for future generations.
“HP looks forward to continuing its work with the Subcommittee, the E-Waste Working Group and other Members of Congress on the development of a national recycling system that leverages the capabilities and expertise of manufacturers, retailers, recyclers, and others to achieve efficient and low cost opportunities for all consumers without imposing new taxes.”
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $81.8 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.
© 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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