Printing supplies design

HP designs printer supplies to reduce their impact on the environment by reducing or eliminating hazardous materials, using fewer resources, and designing for recyclability. This section describes the actions taken for LaserJet and inkjet supplies.

LaserJet printer supplies

Reduction of hazardous materials

• The new multipack inkjet cartridge packages are made of #5 plastic, Durafold, easy to open, made of 30% recycled materials and recyclable.Since July 2004, this innovation has resulted in 10,000 fewer tonnes of materials used in our inkjet packages.
• Manufacturing processes for supplies and packaging do not use ozone depleting substances
• Use of hazardous materials in HP LaserJet supplies is minimized to the extent practicable. Through supplier agreements, HP ensures that hazardous materials are not present above applicable regulatory threshold limit values.
• External packaging is manufactured using elemental chlorine-free processes

Resource conservation

• From 1990 to 2004, the average pages printed per gram weight of LaserJet cartridge increased by 139%
• Recently the installation guide inserts for monochrome cartridges were replaced with installation instructions printed on the external cartridge packaging. This action will save approximately 350 tons of paper per year.
• External packaging uses up to 30% post consumer recycled content
• HP has replaced polystyrene cartridge end-caps with pulp-molded 100% post consumer recycled content end-caps

Design for recycling

• Parts greater than 25 grams in weight are marked with internationally recognized ISO symbols for ease of material identification
• On average, the number of monochrome LaserJet print cartridge parts has been reduced by 22% since 1992
• The average number of parts in monochrome HP LaserJet print cartridges has been reduced by more than half and the average number of plastic resins by more than two-thirds. These improvements simplify the recycling process and enhance recyclability.

Inkjet printer supplies

Reduction of hazardous materials

• Manufacturing processes for supplies and packaging do not use ozone depleting substances
• Use of hazardous materials in HP Inkjet supplies is minimized to the extent practical. Through supplier agreements, HP ensures that hazardous materials are not present above applicable regulatory threshold limit values.

Resource conservation

• All paperboard used for inkjet supplies in North America is made with 100% recycled content, minimum 50% post-consumer.
• Modifications to the printer shipping box has allowed for the reduction of packaging for supplies shipped with the printer, resulting in a annual reduction of 1,000 tons of paperboard use.

Design for recycling

• Parts greater than 25 grams in weight are marked with internationally recognized ISO symbols for ease of material identification
• Packaging is designed to be fully recyclable in areas where cardboard, newspaper and plastics collection and recycling programs are available.

Print media

Reduction of hazardous materials

• All HP paper and print media and their packaging do not contain asbestos, heavy metals
• Manufacturing processes for paper, print media and their packaging do not use ozone depleting substances
• All HP paper and print media and their packaging comply with chemical registration and premanufacture notification requirements in countries the products are sold
• Most HP paper and print media is made with elementally chlorine free processing
• None of the HP transparency products contain PVC

Resource conservation

• All uncoated small format office paper (except brochures), greeting cards, glossy paper, and photo paper do NOT contain virgin wood fibers derived from old-growth forests
• HP Office Recycled and HP Digital Copy Recycled contains 30% post consumer recycled content paper fiber
• All HP transparencies contain 45% recycled content. It is a mixture of pre-consumer and post-consumer recycled material. The percentage changes for both, and, therefore, cannot be specified.
• HP Felt Textured Greeting Card / Ivory paperbase contains 30% post consumer recycled content paper fiber.

Design for recycling

• All uncoated office paper, greeting cards, and glossy paper are recyclable with normal office paper in the areas where such facilities or services exist.
• In the U.S., please call (208) 323-2551 for information on recycling inkjet/LaserJet Overhead Transparencies (OHT's)