Lenovo joins Electronics Product stewardship Canada

Recycling Today, August, 2005

Lenovo Canada was welcomed as a member of Electronics Product Stewardship Canada (EPSC) at the organization's board of directors meeting June 16, 2005, in Toronto.

Lenovo is the world's third-largest personal computing company. Formed by Lenovo Group's acquisition of IBM's Personal Computing Division, the company employs 19,000 people worldwide and develops, manufactures and markets technology products including ThinkPad notebooks, ThinkCentre PCs and ThinkVision monitors.

Eighteen consumer electronics and information technology companies currently comprise EPSC's membership.

EPSC's president and CEO David Betts said, "We are encouraged that Lenovo has now joined our organization as we continue to work through these next critical stages to develop sustainable solutions for electronic waste in Canada."

The Electro-Federation Canada, the Information Technology Association of Canada and leading consumer electronics and information technology manufacturers formed the EPSC in 2003. Governed by a board of directors, its current members include: Apple Canada Inc., Brother International Corporation (Canada) Ltd., Canon Canada Inc., Dell Canada, Epson Canada Ltd., Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co., Hitachi Canada Ltd., IBM Canada Ltd., Lenovo (Canada) Inc., Lexmark Canada Inc., LG Electronics Canada, Microsoft Canada Co., Panasonic Canada Inc. and Samsung Electronics Canada Inc., among others.