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Office Depot/ Hewlett Packard: 1st Nationwide Electronics Recycling Program

Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) and HP (NYSE, NASDAQ: HPQ) announced they have developed the country's first free, nationwide, in-store electronics recycling program. Customers can drop off any brand of unwanted electronics at any Office Depot location in the continental U.S. The program runs from July 18 – September 6, 2004. Office Depot and HP will collect and recycle a broad range of information technology and digital entertainment products from any manufacturer, including desktops, notebooks, keyboards, mice, printers, scanners, handhelds, digital cameras, fax machines, desktop copiers, flat panel displays, monitors, TVs (27" or smaller), TV/VCR combos and cell phones. All products collected from Office Depot stores will be recycled at HP's U.S. recycling facilities in Roseville, Calif. and near Nashville, Tenn. With return and recycling operations in more than 30 countries, HP recycled more than 102 million pounds of unwanted computer products globally in 2003. More information on HP's recycling program is available at http://www.hp.com/recycle. Office Depot's environmental initiatives center on the guiding principles of Recycling and Pollution Reduction, Sustainable Forest Management, and Issue Awareness and Market Development for environmentally preferable products. Office Depot is the largest reseller of recycled paper and recycled content products. The company recently announced a five-year […]

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United Airlines Fined $850,000 for Hazardous Waste Violations

WASHINGTON, DC, July 13, 2004 (ENS) – Struggling under the burden of bankruptcy, United Airlines, Inc. has been hit with a $850,000 civil penalty to resolve violations of state and federal hazardous waste laws at its San Francisco International Airport facility. The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of California announced the fine on Monday. The facility is United's only aircraft maintenance center in the nation. It currently employs 5,200 people and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As part of the settlement, United worked with the EPA to develop an environmental compliance management system for the facility. During inspections conducted by the EPA in 1999 and 2001, inspectors found violations of hazardous waste regulations throughout the United aircraft maintenance center. The violations included failure to close hazardous waste containers, improper labeling of hazardous waste containers, and storage of hazardous waste for longer than the allowable limits. "Hazardous wastes must be handled safely and within the guidelines of the law to prevent any harm to human health and the environment," said Wayne Nastri, administrator of the EPA's Pacific Southwest region. "We are pleased that United Airlines has committed to improve hazardous […]

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