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Greenpeace activists have called on software services exporter HCL Infosystems Ltd to end the use of hazardous chemicals in their products.
Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 31 : Greenpeace activists have called on software services exporter HCL Infosystems Ltd to end the use of hazardous chemicals in their products.
"We are here to remind HCL that they should immediately take steps to phase out chemicals from their products and announce in the public for the support of the legislature on Intellectual Property Rights and Extended Producer Responsibility," said Ramapathi Kumar, Toxics Campaigner of Greenpeace India.
Greenpeace activists stood outside the office, with computers reading "Design out toxics" hanging from their necks.
Some others, wearing body suits and masks, climbed to the roof of the security hub of the office, holding a banner that read: 'Hazardous Computers Unlimited'.
According to environmentalists, India's booming economy is producing mountains of toxic electronic waste like discarded computers and televisions, but there are no laws to regulate disposal.
E-waste, which generates hundreds of hazardous substances like lead, cadmium, mercury and others, is one of the most rapidly growing environmental problems of the world.
ANI
