In 1998 PA EPA sought a $ 2.5 penalty against Hewlett Packard for violations against the Substance Control Act. The PA EPA alledged that HP had not filed a Pre-manufacturing Notice (PMN) before it began manufacturing and exporting chemicals. Without filing these PMN's, the EPA is unable to conduct risk analysis of new chemicals.
In 2002 Scorecard org ranked Hewlett Packard facilities in the top 10-20 percent for total environmental releases and top 30-40 percent for air releases of recognised developmental toxicants. It also showed that HP factory based in Puerto Rico released 246lbs of air released TRI pollutants, and had a total of 483,136lbs of production relted wastes.
In July 2007 Hewlett Packard announced that it had met it's target set in 2004 to re-cycle 1 billion s pounds of electronics and toner and ink cartridges. It has set a new goal of recycling a further 2 billion pounds of hardware by the end of 2010.
In 2006 Hewlett Packard recovered 187 million pounds of electronics, 73 percent More than it's closest competitor.
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