Toxics Action at Hewlett Packard in Utrecht

Greenpeace activists block the main entrance of the Hewlett Packard office in Utrecht with a wall of one thousand old HP computers.

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Toxicactie bij Hewlett Packard in Utrecht

Greenpeace actievoerders blokkeren de hoofdingang van het Hewlett-Packard kantoor in Utrecht met een muur van duizend oude HP-computers.

Unique identifier: GP01M3S

Type: Image

Shoot date: 19/11/2004

Locations: Netherlands, Utrecht, Western Europe

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Sjoerd van Delden

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Toxics Action at Hewlett Packard in Utrecht the Netherlands

Greenpeace activists block the main entrance of the Hewlett Packard office in Utrecht with a wall of one thousand old HP computers. 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. Companies like Samsung, Puma and H&M have been willing to remove all toxics from their products, HP has stated however not to make any changes. Greenpeace urges Europe to make out a case for a strict REACH-legislation, the new European legislation for toxics, with a ban on the production and usage of toxics and an obliged change to non-toxic alternatives.

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