Toxics Action at Hewlett Packard in Amstelveen

Greenpeace toxics campaigner Kim Schoppink presents a framed picture of a Greenpeace action in 2004 in front of the Hewlett Packard office in Utrecht in 2004 to the representative of the company. In the background an activist holds a action board whith the text: "HP: belofte maakt schuld" which in English reads as: "HP, keep your promise".

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Toxicactie bij Hewlett Packard in Amstelveen

Greenpeace Toxics campaigner Kim Schoppink biedt een vertegenwoordiger van Hewlett Packard een ingelijste foto aan van een Greenpeace actie voor het HP kantoor in Utrecht in 2004. Op de achtergrond houdt vrijwilliger Gerard Meijer een actiebord omhoog met de tekst: "HP: belofte maakt schuld".

Unique identifier: GP01S3D

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/07/2009

Locations: Amstelveen, Europe, Netherlands

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Bas Beentjes

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Toxics Action at Hewlett Packard the Netherlands

Greenpeace activists visit the Hewlett Packard office in Amstelveen with action boards and a framed picture of a Greenpeace action in 2004 in front of the Hewlett Packard office in Utrecht. This picture is a gift to the board. The text reads: “Belofte maakt schuld” which translates to English as: “Keep your promise”.
The text on the boards and in the framed picture references to the promise the company has made to work towards a production process with less toxic elements in their computer. One of the toxics found in human blood, the brominated flame retardants (BFRs), is processed by HP in computers. Greenpeace states that a company, which keeps on using toxics and refuses to change to more clean alternatives, is irresponsible.

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