Wipro PCs will now be safer to recycle

Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT arm of Wipro, launched its eco-friendly and toxin-free desktops, manufactured with material
s free of deadly chemicals.

Based on the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, Wipro Greenware range of desktops are free from carcinogenic materials such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs), said Anand Sankaran, senior vice-president and business head, India & ME business, Wipro.He added that out of the annual desktop production of two lakh units, greenware would be 15-20 %.

"Wipro considers the launch of PVC and BFR free products a major breakthrough in clean production and recycling policy. A very difficult process with no alternative solution, Wipro worked with 37 overseas suppliers for over two years to come out with the completely toxin free product,” said Anurag Behar, chief executive of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering Ecoeye, Social and Community Initiatives.

With the removal of the toxins, recycling of the electronic products would be safer, he added. Wipro has 17 e-waste collection centres in India where products are collected and recycled, he said. 12 Wipro campuses in the country had been certified green buildings adding recently the company had established "green data centre" in Delhi.