HP Unveils Printer Made of 30% Recycled Plastic at Sustainability Summit

… outputting corrugated packaging and textiles, building on the company’s existing water HP Latex Inks.

Jackowski also demonstrated the new HP Elite Dragonfly, the outgrowth of the company’s membership in the NextWave Plastics consortium. The HP Elite Dragonfly is its first PC built with recycled plastic recovered from in Haiti. Introduced last month, HP said the new laptop officially became available on Friday, Oct. 25.

As part of its Sustainability Impact Summit, HP also gave the delegation of approximately two-dozen analysts and journalists an extensive tour of plants operated by Sims Recycling Solutions in La Vergne, Tennessee, to demonstrate how ink cartridges, printers and PCs are recycled. Sims is HP’s primary recycling partner. During the two-hour tour of the Sims recycling plant, the company and HP officials demonstrated how ink cartridges, printers and PCs are disassembled, shredded and reformulated into reusable plastic.

Sims partnership with HP dates back to 1996. Ingrid Sinclair, Sims’ global president of recycling solutions, who led the tour of its plant, said that it also recycles materials from HP’s competitors with HP’s blessing, though indicated that HP is its most significant recycling partner.

“HP has been the OEM that has been the most dedicated to using plastic in its original form,” she said. “There are a lot of OEMs that talk about it, but HP is the one that’s actually worked with us for a really long time on this.”