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Is Greenpeace overdoing it?
Updated On: 30 July, 2009 09:59 AM IST | | Balaji Narasimhan
The NGO has launched a harsh attack on HP for postponing its plans for removing toxic items from its products
The NGO has launched a harsh attack on HP for postponing its plans for removing toxic items from its products
Saving the environment is a serious business and Greenpeace, which has been criticised by some for being an eco-terrorist, recently took a rather nasty way of reminding HP about its 2007 commitment to stop putting toxic chemicals in its computer products. To convey this message, Greenpeace painted a huge 'Hazardous Products' message onto the roof of a HP building using what it claims is toxic-free paint.
At the same time, a voicemail from William Shatner, who played James T Kirk in the original Star Trek series, was sent to all the phones in the building with an automated system. Of course, this becomes completely internal who can read what is written on a roof? But Greenpeace also took pictures and has posted them on their site pictures that are being carried all over the world by the global media.
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