The OEM is one of 10 high-profile firms that have opted to join a consortium formed by Dell with the purpose of turning plastic waste into useful products, thereby preventing further ocean contamination.
As Eco-Business reports, HP has become Dell’s partner in the American computer manufacturer’s bid to prevent more plastic waste from polluting the ocean.
Dell’s venture was first launched in 2016, in collaboration with the Lonely Whale Foundation. Called NextWave Plastics, the initiative has now expanded, with Dell’s desire to “involve other companies to create a global network of supply chains for ocean-bound plastic.”
HP and Ikea have both signed up, along with the likes of Interface and Herman Miller.
The NextWave consortium “currently sources ocean-bound plastic from the Philippines, Indonesia, Chile, Cameroon and Denmark”, with the aim of adding Thailand, India and Taiwan to the list by 2025.
Dune Ives, executive director of Lonely Whale and managing director of NextWave, commented: “Where others are planning for change, NextWave companies are making a difference today through the development of commercially viable and operational ocean-bound plastics supply chains and integration of this non-virgin material into products and packaging.”
It is NextWave’s goal to “divert 25,000 tonnes of plastics – equivalent to 1.2 billion single-use plastic water bottles – from entering the ocean by the end of 2025.”
