Waste Management, Material and Energy Conservation

1. HCL's E-Waste Management initiative
2. HCL's initiative on reuse and recycling internal waste - 'Internal Waste Management'
3. Internal audit reports on the quantity of e-waste collected and recycled
4. HCL`s initiatives on recycled materials
5. HCL's energy conservation initiatives.
6. Integration of environment management processes in manufacturing facilities.
7. Green belt at manufacturing location

HCL's E-Waste Management initiative

Waste of Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has been a subject of concern globally and nationally. WEEE is a commonly used name, which refers to all end-of-life EEE products. In India, the establishment of state of the art recycling facilities for e-waste is still at a nascent stage. HCL Infosystems believes that the producers of electronic goods are responsible for facilitating an environmental friendly disposal, once the product has reached the end of its life. HCL Infosystems supports the ongoing initiative for separate e-waste legislation in India.

Recognizing the need to minimize the hazardous impact of e-waste on the environment, HCL Infosystems Limited as the country's premier information enabling and integration company has formulated a comprehensive programme for the recovery and recycling of WEEE in an environmentally safe manner. HCL has been working on an easy, convenient and safe programme for recycling of e-waste in india.

Key Objectives:

The key objective of HCL's 'E-Waste Policy' aims at providing efficient and easy product recovery options to its consumers to facilitate responsible product retirement of all its manufactured EEE products. The key objectives of the policy include

Product design:

• We have taken appropriate care in, designing and production of products that facilitate dismantling and recovery/reuse.

Separate collection/Recovery:

• HCL extends the recycling facility to its users regardless of the fact, when and where they purchased the product.
• HCL has created the online process of e-waste recycling request registration, where customers (both individual and corporate ) can register their requests for disposal of their e-waste
• HCL assures to all its customers that the entire process of recycling/disposal of WEEE will be carried out by an authorized recycling agency.

To improve the efficiency of the WEEE recycling system HCL has adopted the following options

• Increasing the number of collection points in co-ordination with the recyclers
• Help-desk for answering queries related to WEEE
• Online facilitation of e-waste disposal
• Increasing customer awareness on E-Waste recycling and participation of our valued customers through take-back schemes for old computers.

Customer awareness and information:

• In all the products shipped, HCL includes the e-waste related FAQs and contact details of all its e-waste collection centres
• HCL assures transparent and effective goal setting and customer awareness for E-Waste management programmes. Include: what are the goals for e-waste management?
• In all its user meets, HCL shares the e-waste management details with its customers
• Apart from corporate customers, HCL has extended its e-waste collection program to retail customers also through its HCL Touch spread points spread across the country

HCL ecoSafe - Join us in making a safe tomorrow.

HCL, as part of its individual producer responsibility (IPR) encourages its customers to help recycle end-of-life products by facilitating separate collection and recycling by authorized and licenced recyclers in an environmentally friendly manner. HCL seeks the support of all its customers to help promote recovery and recycling of EEE.

HCL ewaste collection centres

HCL ecoSafe Help desk

If you have, any queries/clarifications on WEEE recovery/recycling please contact us at:

E-mail ID: ewaste.safe@hcl.in
Phone no.: (0120)-2555219

Web Services: E-Waste Registration Request Form

FAQ on E Waste Management