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HP Leads in PC Recycling

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10 Apr 2006 26 views
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HP Leads in PC Recycling
Hewlett-Packard Co. has been in the forefront of the movement to recycle old computers and has strategized to benefit from it.

From Business Week comes an article about the movement in statehouses from Maine to Washington to rid local dumps of toxic old computers and televisions. The lead, chromium, and mercury inside could leach into local groundwater. Hewlett-Packard Co. has been in the forefront of the recycling movement and has strategized to benefit from it:

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