Product environmental requirements

Product content restrictions

HP's General Specification for the Environment (GSE) is HP's global product content specification for restricting or prohibiting certain chemical compounds or materials in HP products or manufacturing processes.

»  General specification for the environment (GSE)

Specifications referenced in the GSE:

»  Lithium specification
»  Plastic marking specification
»  RoHS 2 Compliance Specification Addendum
     to the GSE

The GSE contains general product content restrictions such as Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS), Prop 65, battery material content, packaging materials, product labeling and marking requirements, chemical registration requirements, ozone depleting substance restrictions, and others.

In addition to the GSE, individual product specification control drawings may be created and adopted (as applicable) to cover environmental specifications for products or parts that are affected by country or region specific regulations not covered in the GSE.

Other product requirements

The HP Design for Recyclability Standard is available on the password-protected Supplier Portal at https://h20168.www2.hp.com/supplierextranet/index.do. Log in and access the "HP Standard Documents" listing.

HP Safety Requirements for Children’s Products, Toys, Child Care Articles, and Apparel defines HP’s minimum safety requirements for Children’s Products, Toys, Child Care Articles, Electrically Operated Toys or Other Electrically Operated Articles Intended for Use by Children, and all Apparel sold through or distributed through Snapfish, Youneek, or HP Retail Printing Solutions partners for sale in the United States.