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HP Global Citizenship Report
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Operations
Waste and recycling
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We are committed to reducing the waste generated by our operations at the source. When this is not feasible, we strive to divert waste to beneficial uses. HP’s waste comprises 91 percent nonhazardous and 9 percent hazardous materials. When disposal is necessary, HP ensures wastes are managed in an environmentally responsible manner.
Nonhazardous waste remains a key focus at HP, with targeted initiatives and widespread employee participation to reduce waste volumes. We continue to improve the separation of waste materials at our largest sites and to pursue markets for reuse and recycling. Total nonhazardous waste decreased by approximately 16 percent during 2007, primarily due to reduction in paper use. The global landfill diversion rate was 88 percent in 2006 and remained steady in 2007. Our target is to maintain at least an 87 percent landfill diversion rate globally through the end of 2008. Our nonhazardous waste program saved $7.5 million in 2007. Approximately 60 percent was derived from reusing items and avoiding landfill costs, while approximately 40 percent was revenue generated by selling materials to recyclers. HP facilities globally sponsor e-waste collection efforts. In 2007, 100 sites in Canada, Latin America and the United States celebrated Earth Day and World Environment Day, which included employee home computer take-back campaigns at 70 sites. Employees recycled approximately 59 metric tonnes of personal IT equipment through these events. The highest-volume waste streams at HP sites were paper and pallets, making up over 51 percent of the total waste we generated. These waste streams are also the largest waste streams diverted from landfills.
See the regional landfill diversion rate data in the data dashboard. 1 Data restated for 2005 and 2006.
2 Total is greater than 100% due to rounding.
In 2007, total hazardous waste disposed of by HP site operations increased 6 percent compared with 2006.3 Our largest volume of hazardous waste is derived from the manufacturing and recycling of dilute ink waste, which grew as a result of increased production. The second-largest category of hazardous waste material is solvents used in manufacturing, including n-methyl pyrrolidone, which we recycle. We also send off-specification inkjet cartridges to recyclers. The amount of hazardous waste we incinerated increased by 29 percent to 4,333 tonnes in 2007 compared to 2006. This was due to increased volumes of waste generated at HP’s recycling facilities, the result of greater customer demand for recycling services and the associated use of HP's facilities. Our Boise, Idaho, manufacturing site eliminated an annual 27 metric tonnes of waste containing nickel that previously would have been designated for incineration. The nickel-recovery process removes the ore onto copper pellets, which are sent off-site for recycling. Overall, the volume of hazardous waste we sent to landfill continued to be less than 1 percent of our total hazardous waste.
HP operates recycling programs at its facilities worldwide. Two are highlighted below for their success in 2007. Four sites in EMEA (Erksine, Scotland; Brussels, Belgium; Bristol, England; and Bracknell, England) joined Dublin, Ireland, in transforming their waste recycling and segregation program by adopting a binless approach within the workplace. These facilities have established central recycling points for all waste materials generated, eliminating desk-side receptacles and improving their landfill diversion rate. Following an extensive recycling market search in 2007, our Houston, Texas, campus diverted an additional 240 metric tonnes of shrink wrap, polyethylene and polyurethane foam from the landfill, increasing the site’s landfill diversion rate from 69 percent to 79 percent.
Paper and paper products represent a significant solid waste stream at HP. The Horizontal Print Transformation team works to increase our use of paper made from recycled materials and reduce paper waste. In addition, HP sources pulp only from sustainable forests to mitigate the environmental impact of manufacturing paper. In collaboration with 11 large enterprise paper consumers, in 2007, HP launched the Environmental Paper Assessment Tool (EPAT), a web-based resource that helps paper buyers and suppliers evaluate and report on the environmental properties of different papers. HP uses EPAT across our global businesses to increase use of environmentally preferable papers. HP is continuing to reduce paper waste in our office printing environment. After analysis showed that duplexing (double-sided printing) could reduce office paper waste by 25 percent, HP officially adopted duplexing as its internal printing standard in 2007. We’re currently implementing this standard across the company, using HP Web Jetadmin and Universal Print Driver to configure printers. This technology is helping us to achieve our goal for 80 percent of general office printing and copying to be double-sided by the end of 2008, which may save HP up to 726 metric tonnes of paper a year and $7.7 million. Live Green is another HP environmental initiative that will have impact on our operations in 2008. One of the educational campaign's initiatives will focus on reducing the amount of paper consumables and cafeteria disposables our employees use.
3 Hazardous waste classification varies by country. HP data includes some wastes not considered hazardous in the country where it is generated.
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