As part of wider business sustainability strategy laid out in its ‘2019 Sustainable Impact Report’, HP Inc has announced its commitment to eliminate three-quarters of all of its single-use plastic packaging by 2025. To accelerate this shift, the company is transitioning from plastic foam packaging cushions to those made with 100 percent recycled, molded pulp for HP’s notebooks, desktops and displays. The company states that it has also reduced plastic foam in its traditional printing operations by 40 percent, eliminating over 95 tonnes of the material just by redesigning the packaging of a printer model.
When it comes to 3D printing, HP says up to 100 percent of surplus powder produced in printing operations is reused through the new availability of polypropylene PP. Recycled plastics will be a focus for HP in the near future, with the company accelerating its presence across its print and personal systems portfolio as part of its 2025 goals. Just last year, the company says it used over 25,000 tonnes of post-consumer recycled content plastic in HP print and PS products – equivalent to 9 percent plastics used. By 2025, HP wants this number to increase to 30 percent, as the company also sourced almost 800,000 kg of ocean-bound plastic, and launched its first notebook, display and mobile workstation made using ocean-bound plastics.
