Indie rock band Greenpeace has a problem with HP, specifically its broken promises vis–à-vis toxic chemicals in its products. The band’s frontman, Casey Harrell, says that “HP continues to put hazardous products on the market despite promises made years ago to phase out these toxic compounds.” So, to get back at HP, Greenpeace members “climbed to the top of HP’s global headquarters and painted the message ‘Hazardous Products’ in big, bold letters on the roof.”
I could find a photo of the protest, so we’ll have to make due with the artist’s rendering:
It comes down to this: HP said a few years ago that it would eliminate harmful products, including brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastics, from its products. (When burned, PVCs release a known carcinogen into the air.) Well, it’s 2009 (and well into 2009 at that) and these products are still in HP’s products.
Apparently Greenpeace set it up so that William Shatner called HP employees to remind them about HP’s awful behavior.
We’ve contacted HP to see what they have to say about all this. Still no word from it, though.
And for those keeping score at home, Apple is not on Greenpeace’s blacklist.
Update Here’s a photo of how it actually looked, even though we’re still waiting on HP for a comment.
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