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02/24/2009 by Blair (comments: 0)

On Thursday, February 12, HP announced they were going to expand their environmental sustainability with their HP indigo digital presses. HP wants to meet the need for the reduction of waste while enhancing profitability and productivity. The HP Graphics Solution Business is now promoting new tools and programs such as a revised HP indigo media guide and a new recycling program for ink parts. The new revised HP indigo media guide now includes 30% more recycled content paper, along with more third-party sustainability-related certifications such as the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Chain of Custody.

"From high-profile communication papers to everyday house stock, HP Indigo customers can choose from a wide range of recycled-content papers, environmentally accredited papers, and papers made or subsidized by alternate energy sources," The new recycling program will start off as a pilot program using selected customers in which HP will collect user replaceable binary ink developers (BID) at no addition fee. This BID recycling program reduces excessive machinery waste, along with the recycling program HP has been actively reducing waste and energy consumption with their presses. "The HP Indigo 5500 and 7000 press models include an on-press oil recycling system that reduces the overall use of imaging oil by approximately 50 percent. And, because of significant productivity enhancements, the HP Indigo 7000 Digital Press requires approximately 25 percent less electricity per printed page." To learn more about Hewlett Packard’s eco-friendly options check out this website. "Global responsibility is a core HP initiative, and we are committed to increasing the number of compatible media aligned with this strategy as well as to enhancing efficiency and decreasing waste associated with HP products."
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