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= What all does HP produce? =

HP produces many different products including: Desktops Laptops Printers Scanners Servers Smartphones Calculators Storage

HP was voted one of the top environmentally friendly companies by //NEWSWEEK.// They are one of the greenest companies in the world. HP is also one of the only companies that has pledged not to dump electronic waste in developing countries.

=** RECYCLING PROGRAM **=

HP offers a great recycling program in order to make sure that things are being properly disposed of. · They offer to buy back some items in order to encourage people to recycle them in their BuyBack program · They also will recycle any HP brand items for no cost to the customer · They have a program that repairs used hardware and then they will re-sell it as remanufactured equipment · Offer to take all items that are in these categories:

o Desktop PCs o Workstations o Notebook PCs o Tablet PCs o Monitors, both CRT and LCD o Printers, both ink and laser o Scanners o Digital cameras o PDAs o Smartphones o <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Handheld Calculators o <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Home Media Servers o <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Digital Picture Frames o <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">External Hard Drive/ DVD Drive o <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt;">Media Receivers

· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">They also have other options for recycling including trade-in and donations

· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">HP will take your old hardware and donate it to the [|National Cristina Foundation]

= LOW CARBON SOLUTIONS =

· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">HP is doing many things to help everyone reduce their carbon output. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Smart city buildings by setting up systems to control heating, cooling, and electricity and to reduce energy needs by up to 25%, this will reduce the carbon <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> output of these buildings. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Trying to encourage digital printing and reducing the over printing of books and other items. For every $1 of printing, there are another $5-$8 in costs that <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">include things like warehousing and transportation. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Through smarter grids and sensor technology HP is trying to reduce energy use and make things more efficient through research. · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">They are using video collaboration to reduce the impact of business travel, HP has reduced travel by about 43% in some business groups.

= HP in the news =


 * Environmental Milestone**
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= Energy Solutions =

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**<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Glossary ** **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Server **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- an electronic device that manages things over the internet and puts them in the proper place **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">E-waste **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">-the waste of electronic materials such as, computers, TV’s, or cell phones **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Carbon footprint **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- is the amount of greenhouse gases that are produced by a person or company. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Energy Star **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- program to help reduce the amount of energy consumption and the emission of green house gases **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Energy Efficiency **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- are different things that use less energy to do that same tasks of items that use more energy. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Developed countries **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- countries that have established governments and a good economy and can provide for themselves. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Green house gases **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">-are different forms of gases that are released from things like factories, land use, and the burning of fossil fuels. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">HP **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- The Hewlett-Packard Company. This company produces many different things. They make electronics and also do research for protecting the environment. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Recycle **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- is the process of taking certain materials and reusing them. These items can be properly disposed of. **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">EPA **<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">-this the Environmental Protection Agency. This is a government program that makes laws and programs to reduce the impact of certain things on the environment.

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