1 Billionth Recycled Ink Cartridge Manufactured by HP

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The one billionth ink cartridge has been manufactured by HP from a plastic recycling process developed in partnership with The Lavergne Group. 

HP has pledged to use a total of 100 million pounds of recycled plastic in printing products by 2011 (cumulatively, since 2007). The company is reaching environmental milestones in the reduction of waste and materials reuse while making recycling easier for the consumer using a closed loop recycling process.

The “closed loop” manufacturing process uses recycled plastics, including HP ink cartridges and plastic water bottles, in Original HP ink cartridges to deliver an estimated 22 percent reduction in carbon footprint and a 69 percent reduction in total water use when compared with using virgin plastics in the manufacture of 1 billion Original HP ink cartridges. The plastic recycling process is the industry’s first and only “closed loop” ink cartridge recycling process. Closed loop means the plastic lives again as new cartridges.

Recycling efforts by customers, Lavergne Group, and HP have kept approximately 1.3 billion plastic bottles and 160 million HP ink cartridges out of landfills.

HP also developed the first PVC-free printer, offers Energy Star compliant equipment, and continues to make strides in research in the area of deinking, all in an effort to reduce environmental impact.