HP moves up from 13th position to number 10, having finally provided a timeline of 2009 for eliminating PVC and all brominated flame retardants. However, this refers solely to computing equipment and not for the entire product portfolio.
HP’s support for Individual Producer Responsibility has improved and it once again scores top marks on this criterion. HP was the first company to devise an electronic waste takeback/recycling metric based on a percentage of past sales but it has still to improve coverage of its voluntary takeback program to score full marks on all waste criteria.
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