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Green protestors turn screw on HP over "hazardous products"
Greenpeace stepped up its high-profile campaign against the use of hazardouschemicals in the IT industry yesterday, slamming HP for apparently reneging on a
commitment to phase out certain toxins from its products by the end of the year.
Members of the green group launched a two-pronged protest at the company's
Silicon Valley headquarters, gaining access to a rooftop and painting a 3,500 sq
metre message of "Hazardous Products" on the building, using non-toxic
children’s finger paint.
The group said it had also directly targeted HP employees with the protest,
organising a William Shatner-style robo-call to staff saying: "You at HP
promised me a toxin-free computer by 2009. Now, my friends at Greenpeace tell me
I have to wait until 2011. What's up with that?"
The call referred to Greenpeace's claim that HP has pushed back its
commitment to eliminate brominated flame retardants and polyvinyl chloride
plastics from its computers from this year to 2011.
At the HP Palo Alto facility, protestors dressed in HazMat suits greeted
employees as they showed up for work. Local police escorted the painters from
the premises without arresting them.
A spokesman for the group said HP had fallen behind arch-rival Apple in the
environmentally friendly stakes, because Apple had already stopped using the
controversial materials.
HP sites in other countries have also seen protests. Activists returned "
toxic laptops" to the company's Chinese headquarters and in Holland staff were
confronted by Greenpeace activists with pictures of the pollution HP's toxic
products cause in Asia and Africa.
Greenpeace's campaign against toxic components was launched in August 2006
and is built around the quarterly publication of
a
report ranking IT companies environmental and eWaste policies. It has been
credited with driving significant improvements across the sector as companies
compete to climb up the ranking. Most notably, Apple responded to a series of
protests by developing a wide-reaching environmental policy and pledging to
phase out numerous chemicals.
However, in recent reports Greenpeace has marked down a number of
manufacturers that have delayed commitments to phase out potentially hazardous
substances.
Rival manufacturers Dell and Lenovo could also be bracing themselves for
similar protests, after Greenpeace said they too had delayed commitments to
phase out hazardous chemicals.
HP was unamused by the Greenpeace protest and issued a statement reiterating
its commitment to limiting its environmental impact. "The unconstructive antics
at HP’s headquarters today did nothing to advance the goals that all who care
about the environment share," it said. "HP will continue its efforts to develop
new products and programmes around the globe that help the company, its business
partners and customers conserve energy, reduce materials use and reduce waste
through responsible reuse and recycling."
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