HP reduces packaging by 97% on laptops for Wal-Mart

September 2, 2008 · Print This Article

If you’re unpacking your new HP Pavilion dv3500 series laptop, don’t bother getting a massive bag to gather the piles of paper and plastic usually found when opening any electronic product. HP has decided to take the Wal-Mart challenge of reducing environmental impact and limit packaging waste as a supplier.

Instead of wads of plastic and styrofoam, your new notebook, packaged that way exclusively for Wal-Mart, comes with a couple of plastic bags and one piece of paperboard with product info. The notebook itself comes in a carrying bag that is mostly made from recycled fabric.

Reducing waste is obviously great for the planet (and reducing an annoying clean-up), but another benefit comes in the structure of logistics - considering each laptop isn’t packaged in its own cardboard box, HP can get three laptops in each box for shipping, allowing for less waste and more efficient transport.

This sounds way better than the massive cardboard box and piles of packing plastic I dug through to get to a book I received. The best part? I won the book in an eco-themed contest designed to reduce waste!

[Source] Eugene Sandhu

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