Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ), commonly referred to as HP computers and laptops , is a technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States. HP has its United States offices at the former old Compaq Campus in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, Latin America offices in Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S., Europe offices in Geneva, and Asia-Pacific offices in Singapore.[2][3][4] HP is the largest technology company in the world and operates in nearly every country. HP specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, storage, and networking hardware, software and services. Major product lines include personal computing devices, enterprise servers, related storage devices, as well as a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. Other product lines, including electronic test equipment and systems, medical electronic equipment, solid state components and instrumentation for chemical analysis were spun off as Agilent Technologies in 1999.In 1998, the United States Environmental Protection Agency sought a $2.5 million penalty against Hewlett Packard for violations against the Substance Control Act.[31] The PA EPA alleged that the company had not filed a Pre-Manufacturing Notice (PMN) before it began manufacturing and exporting chemicals. Without filing these PMNs, the EPA cannot conduct risk analysis of new chemicals.In 2002, Scorecard.org ranked Hewlett Packard facilities in the top 10-20 percentile for total environmental releases and top 30-40 percentile for air releases of recognized developmental toxicants.[32] It also showed that HPs factory in Puerto Rico released 246 lb (112 kg) of air released TRI pollutants, and had a total of 483,136 lb (219,147 kg) of production related wastes.[32]In July 2007, the company announced that it had met its target, set in 2004, to recycle 1 billion pounds of electronics,toner and ink cartridges.[33] It has set a new goal of recycling a further 2 billion pounds of hardware by the end of 2010. In 2006, the company recovered 187 million pounds of electronics, 73 percent more than its closest competitor.[citation needed]In September, 2009, Newsweek ranked HP #1 on its 2009 Green Rankings of America's 500 largest corporations. [34] According to environmentalleader.com, "Hewlett-Packard earned its number one position due to its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction programs, and was the first major IT company to report GHG emissions associated with its supply chain, according to the ranking. In addition, HP has made an effort to remove toxic substances from its products, though Greenpeace has targeted the company for not doing better