7/12/09
Hewlett Packard CEO
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1185
To Whom It May Concern:
Over the years, I’ve owned more of your printers than I’m willing to admit. Finally, I’ve found one that works well and does all the things I need it to, though it does go through a lot of ink.
I was interested in the paragraph on your oversized un-recyclable molded plastic packaging for your 564XL combo value pack of tiny toners (the 9 ½ X 11 container is at least 3x larger than necessary). The text encourages me to feel good about HP’s "commitment to the environment." As I struggled to cut open the package with a pair of heavy-duty shears, I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and thought I saw Ralph Nader flash back at me. Once opened, my problem became how to dispose of everything that wasn’t one of your nifty, new, recyclable cartridges.
In between rounds of slapping yourselves on the back for having such a small carbon footprint, you might want to "take 5" long enough to consider sticking your cartridges in an appropriately sized package, which won’t take 700 years to decompose. Just a thought.
Yours in greenness,
Jake Daehler
WGA Registered 2010
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