Why hardware repurposing is key for circularity in the tech space - Behind the Green with Mary Curtiss of HP
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“E-waste in general, there’s a lot of confusion around what to do with e-waste. People aren’t sure how to dispose of it—gray bin, blue bin, other bin? There’s a lot of education needed here because the infrastructure is there with organizations. Consumers just don’t know what to do with them.”
About Mary Curtiss
Mary is the Director of Sustainability at HP and has years of experience in the Sustainability space. Today, she is creating and managing a new business of sustainability services that will enable HP’s stated carbon and circularity goals which are quite aggressive and really driving the space forward in terms of momentum. Mary provides product leadership inside of HP's Personal Systems Services and across the company on the ideation, development, and management of sustainability services and has a deep understanding of customer & market requirements to develop industry leading sustainability products that enable their customers to achieve their sustainability goals. She grew up on a farm understanding circularity and the importance or reduce and reuse at a young age which has carried with her through the years in all of her roles.
About HP
HP is a technology company born of the belief that companies should do more than just make a profit. They should make the world a better place. HP's efforts focus heavily on climate action, human rights, and digital equity. With over 80 years of actions HP has the confidence to envision a world where innovation drives extraordinary contributions to humanity. And HP's technology – a product and service portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions – was created to inspire this meaningful progress. Thoughtful ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time, and all it takes is one to change the world.
Read more about HP's 2022 Sustainable Impact Report
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About LimeLoop -- LimeLoop combines reusable packaging and smart technology to provide you with an efficient, profitable circular supply chain while saying goodbye to single-use packaging. LimeLoop’s reusable packaging can be used in ecommerce packaging to reduce both cardboard and poly mailers from a retailer’s shipping process, and can be used in retail supply chains to move goods from warehouses or DCs to and from retail stores.
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