HP announced it has expanded its environmental sustainability efforts with HP Indigo digital presses to meet increased demand for solutions designed to reduce waste while enhancing productivity and profitability.
The HP Graphics Solutions Business is offering several tools and programmes including:- A revised HP Indigo media guide that includes the growing number of recycled-content papers and papers that have earned third-party certification for sustainability initiatives
- A new take-back and recycling programme for user-replaceable binary ink developer (BID) parts.
The HP Indigo media guide lists the more than 1,800 total media that have been certified as HP Indigo-compatible. This includes more than 600 media that have a third-party sustainability-related certification, such as Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Chain of Custody.
Alon Bar-Shany, general manager, Indigo division, HP says, “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 subsidised by alternate energy sources.
He continues, “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.”
Meanwhile this month, the Indigo division of HP has begun a new pilot programme with select customers where HP collects user-replaceable BIDs at no charge to the customer.
BID parts will be cleaned, inspected and reconditioned for use in new BIDs for HP Indigo presses. Following the pilot programme, HP says it plans to extend the BID reuse to the broader HP Indigo customer base by Q4.
