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ESAFE INITIATIVE: George Paul (right), Executive Vice-President-Marketing, HCL Infosystems, with Vinnie Mehta, Executive Director, MAIT, at a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. NEW DELHI: HCL Infosystems on Tuesday launched a new range of environment-friendly personal computers. The new desktops, HCL eSafe, are compliant with “restriction of hazardous substances” (RoHS) directive, having negligible or zero quantities of hazardous materials such as lead, cadmium and mercury and are easily recyclable. The company also announced the unification of its various environment protection initiatives under the comprehensiveness ‘HCL eSafe’ programme. The new range of HCL desktops are priced between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 60,000. Earlier this year, HCL had launched RoHs-complaint notebooks in the price range of Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 1 lakh. Addressing a press conference here, HCL Infosystem’s Executive Vice-President, George Paul, said, “We are certain that HCL eSafe initiative will not only provide our customers with the satisfaction of buying environment-friendly PCs from their trusted company, but also go on to set new industry benchmarks in environment protection measures.” Stating that by this year-end, all HCL’s desktops and notebooks would be RoHS compliant, Mr. Paul said the company’s eSafe programme was aimed at protecting the environment. “HCL is also the pioneering company in India to have a comprehensive e-waste management programme for its manufactured products through a tie-up with an authorised recycler. We have tied up with the Chennai-based government approved recycling plant, Trishiraya, where all the collected products are recycled. People can submit their used mobiles, electronic gadgets and computers in our 200 collection centres across the country,” he added. Speaking on the occasion, Manufacturers’ Association of Information Technology (MAIT) Executive Director, Vinnie Mehta, said, “With growing demand for PCs and other electronic products in India, concerns over the environmental impact of e-waste are both timely and legitimate.
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