HP Canada Makes Recycling Easy

Company celebrates Earth Day by launching programs committed to the environment

MISSISSAUGA, Ont., April 21, 2005 – HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced several environmental programs that make recycling simple and straightforward for consumers, enterprises and small to mid-size businesses and employees. Among the newly launched initiatives, HP introduced an Envelope-in-the-Box return and recycling program for select HP inkjet print cartridges to Canadian consumers.

HP’s Envelope-in-the-Box program makes HP inkjet cartridge recycling even more convenient for customers. Canadian customers receive a pre-paid postage envelope in select HP Vivera inkjet cartridges, including HP No 94 Black Print Cartridge, HP No 96 Large Black Inkjet Print Cartridge, HP No 97 Large Tri-colour Inkjet Print Cartridge, HP No 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge and HP 100 Gray Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge.

Other empty HP ink cartridges can be sent to HP free of charge for recycling using HP’s online recycling program, allowing customers to order a pre-paid envelope sent directly to their home or business. Every HP LaserJet print cartridge box has always included recycling instructions and a pre-paid shipping label.

Additionally, Canadians can continue to recycle their hardware conveniently through HP Canada’s online recycling program (www.hp.ca/recycle).

Since the conception of HP’s Planet Partners recycling programs in the late 1990s, more than 91 million HP LaserJet and inkjet print cartridges have been returned and recycled worldwide.

Small and mid-size businesses are also encouraged to recycle. PurchasEdge is a rewards program allowing customers to earn points towards free HP products and services for purchases of HP hardware, LaserJet and inkjet supplies (enrollment criteria must be met). Beginning this Earth Day, PurchasEdge members will also earn PurchasEdge points for recycling original HP cartridges through the HP Planet Partners program.

“Environmental sustainability is a key element of HP’s global environmental citizenship, and it is imperative for long-term success,” said Ralph McMillen, vice president of Environmental Programs, HP Canada. “Canadians already have sophisticated non-technology recycling habits, and we are thrilled that Canadians can now recycle electronic products just as effortlessly through these new HP programs.”

HP Canada employees are also celebrating Earth Day. Offices across the country are taking part in community clean-up events in nearby green spaces. Earth Day is also a chance for HP Canada employees to recycle their personal electronics products through its Employee Recycling and Take-Back program.

In 2004, HP recycled more than 120 million pounds of used computer hardware and print cartridges globally, bringing HP’s cumulative total since 1987 to 616 million pounds -- more than halfway towards meeting the company-wide goal to recycle 1 billion pounds by 2007.

HP’s Planet Partners return and recycling service (www.hp.ca/recycle) provides consumers and businesses around the world with access to a variety of hardware and print cartridge product disposal options, including recycling and trade-in. HP’s Planet Partners return and recycling service accepts any brand of computer-related hardware, such as desktop PCs, notebooks, monitors, ink and laser printers, PDAs and general networking equipment, as well as HP inkjet and LaserJet print cartridges.

HP is a respected and recognized leader in environmental awareness and has been ranked #1 in corporate social responsibility, IT Sector, by the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine. HP was the only PC/peripheral company named among the top 100 most sustainable corporations at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in January 2005. HP is also the proud recipient of the Ceres-ACCA North American Award for Sustainability Reporting.

In its ongoing commitment to responsible product design, manufacturing and disposal, HP offers a variety of programs to encourage environmental responsibility among consumers, enterprise and SMB customers and employees. Additionally, HP Canada is the proud sponsor of the Waste Reduction Week, the Canadian Geographic Awards and the Earth Rangers.

About HP

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $81.8 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.