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Year Achievement
1957 Citizenship company objective established by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.
1970 Glen Affleck is named to the newly created post of environment control coordinator for HP.
1971 HP starts recycling of computer printouts and computer punch cards.
1973 HP establishes environmental policy to continually monitor its operations to reduce pollution.
1975 HP establishes Energy Conservation Guidelines to encourage employees to conserve
energy and reduce costs.
1976 HP starts van pools in the California Bay Area.
1977 Seventy-three carpool locators are organized to assist employees in California.
1987 Computer product recycling is launched internally.
1988 HP Hazardous Waste Minimization Council is formed to develop a corporatewide strategy.
1989 Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is removed from HP’s DeskJet packaging.
1990 Chlorine-bleached white boxes for the DeskJet are replaced with natural, more
environmentally responsible brown boxes.
1991 HP establishes the Planet Partner LaserJet print cartridge recycling program.
1992 HP becomes one of the first U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star
partners.
HP launches the Design for Environment program with a focus on energy efficiency,
material use, and design for recycling.
1993 HP stops the use of ozone-depleting substances in its manufacturing operations
worldwide, 2 years ahead of an international ban.
1994 HP publishes its first annual environmental report.
HP’s first packaging management system is created and includes environmental PART IV
guidelines to decrease the environmental impact of its product packaging.
HP becomes one of the first companies worldwide to encourage telecommuting by
formalizing its telecommuting policy.
HP Labs starts work on smart cooling technology for datacenters.
1996 HP eliminates the use of all ethylene glycol ethers in manufacturing.
HP joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) PFC (perfluorocarbons) Reduction
Climate Partnership to reduce specified PFC emissions by 10 percent from 1995 levels by
the end of 2010.
1997 HP establishes the Planet Partners inkjet print cartridge recycling program.
HP opens its first recycling facility in Roseville, California, becoming the only major
computer manufacturer to operate its own recycling facility.
1998 A small group of HP employees form the HP Sustainability Network, a group interested in
sustainability at work and at home.

TABLE 9-1 HP’s Long History of Environmental Efforts (Continued)