GENEVA, Switzerland, May 23 (UPI) -- Greenpeace Monday delivered a truckload of electronic waste to Hewlett-Packard's Swiss headquarters to protest its environment policy.
The environmental group said in a news release the Palo Alto, Calif.-based electronics giant was one of many global companies creating electronic waste that cannot be recycled safely.
Amsterdam-based Greenpeace said old cell phones, computers and other products contain "toxic ingredients ... and the products cannot be recycled safely when they are discarded. Many are often routinely, and often illegally, being shipped from Europe, Japan, and the (United States) to Asia because it is cheaper and easier to dump the problem on countries that have poor environmental standards than to tackle it at home."
To make its point, 15 Greenpeace members delivered a truckload of electronic waste to Hewlett Packard's Geneva office.
Samsung, Sony, and Sony "have already taken a first step by eliminating brominated flame retardants and PVC plastic from some of their products," Greenpeace said.
