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Eco initiative: Mr George Paul (right), Executive Vice-President - Marketing, HCL Infosystems, and Mr Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, MAIT, at a press conference to launch a new range of eco-efficient desktop PCs in the Capital on Tuesday. —

Our Bureau

New Delhi, Oct. 9 Personal Computer (PC) maker HCL Infosystems on Tuesday brought all its environment protection initiatives under a comprehensive programme ‘HCL eSafe’. The programme also entails an e-waste management drive for HCL-manufactured products through a tie-up with authorised recyclers.

“We have consolidated our various initiatives to take a holistic look at environment-friendly initiatives as part of HCL’s operations. It would include aspects such as handling of electronics and electrical e-waste; reduction and elimination of hazardous material; environment regenerated supportive initiative and customer awareness,” Mr George Paul, Executive Vice-President, HCL Infosystems Ltd, said at a conference here.

The company would enable its customers to have access to safe disposal of e-waste (used HCL computers or any other HCL products) through a helpline number which customers can call for sending such material for disposal.

At the back-end, HCL has tied up with Government-approved recycle agencies – Trishyiraya and Eparisara. “The whole idea is to generate an awareness, so consumers do not dispose e-waste as a municipal waste. The products can be picked up at no extra cost,” he said.

HCL’s eSafe programme was marked by the launch of a new line-up of ‘HCL eSafe’ desktop PCs that are compliant with Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive.

Earlier this year, the company had introduced India’s first range of RoHS-compliant notebooks. PCs complying with RoHS standards contain negligible or zero quantities of hazardous materials such as lead, cadmium and mercury and are therefore cleaner and easily recyclable.

According to Mr Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, Manufacturers’ Association of Information Technology, “With the growing demand for PCs and other electronic products in India, concerns over the environmental impact of e-waste are both timely and legitimate.”

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