HP PCs - HP product recycling

Yes, HP has award winning recycling and environmental practices around the world.

From the materials and packaging to energy efficient use and final product recycling, HP considers the environmental impact of the design of each product. Product return and recycling programs are available world wide.

HP promotes environmentally and socially responsible recycling of HP products and supplies. Recycling of used product has increased dramatically since 1987. Visit www.hp.com/recycle for more information.

Recycling programs depend on your country/region. HP may have more than one recycling program. One of those recycling programs might include free recycling.

To find out which recycling programs are available for you, visit www.hp.com/recycle. Scroll down the page and select your country from the menu under the Recycle tab. A list of recycling options for your country displays.

The following sections explain some of the recycling options. Not all recycling options are available in each country.

Offers become available regularly to trade in various computer products.

From the www.hp.com/recycle webpage, select the Trade In tab, and then click Used equipment for credit toward new HP products or go directly to the Global Promotion Services page. From this page you can select your country and explore options for Trade-In, Cashback, Incentives, Buy & Try, or Warranty.

If your PC or tablet has no market value, HP directs you to a recycling center. From the www.hp.com/recycle webpage, select the Return for cash tab, and then select your region from the dropdown menu. Click Go to see a selection of return for cash options for your region.

Donating a used computer can help your local community and might provide you with certain tax benefits depending on your country/region.

There are many local charities world wide that accept electronic equipment as donations. You may want to investigate local charities in your area to learn more about their operations and to see if they accept computer donations.

If you live in the United States, HP can help you donate your computer through the National Cristina Foundation. To learn more about donating your computer in the United States and the tax benefits of doing so, go to the www.hp.com/recycle webpage, select the Donate tab, and then click Unneeded US equipment to a charity or school.

HP is not responsible for any data that is left on PCs or tablets. HP recommends that you back up your data (personal files, documents, pictures, videos, etc) and then erase all data before recycling your device. If your data is not removed from the PC or tablet, files or data might be accessible to others.

Deleting the files through Windows or reformatting the hard drive does not provide enough protection. There are a variety of software applications available to permanently delete data from a PC or tablet, which can be downloaded from the internet or purchased at a retailer.

HP can work with you to create a customized solution for data destruction. Certificates of Destruction, verifying that products were destroyed through the recycling process and that the data on the products cannot be accessed by anyone else, is available on request. Learn more about data destruction by going to the www.hp.com/recycle webpage. Select the Destroy tab, and then click Data on hard drives or other media.

If you have not arranged with HP to destroy your data, HP is not responsible for any data that is left on the hard drive.

You should remove any data from the hard drive prior to shipment. Simply deleting files or reformatting the hard drive does not completely eliminate all your data. There are many open source data wiping programs that you can use to remove your data.