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The latest edition of Greenpeace's quarterly Guide to Greener Electronics shows that Nokia has been pushed down from the first place by Sony Ericsson and Samsung
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Greenpeace first released the 'Guide to Greener Electronics' in August 2006 and this is the sixth version of the list. The 18 top manufactures of personal computers, mobile phones, TV's and games consoles according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling. The TV and games consoles manufacturers are new this quarter. Nokia has always been the best in class according to the Greenpeace Green Guide. The reason why Sony Ericsson now is the leader is because Nokia has penalty point deducted for deficiencies in takeback practice in Thailand, Russia and ArgentinaGreenpeace tested the implementation of product takeback programmes in six countries where Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson claim, on their websites, to operate product takeback programmes. Nokia representatives in the Philippines, Thailand, Argentina, Russia and India were not informed about their companies' own programmes and in many cases provided misleading information. Motorola staff in the Philippines, Thailand and India was unable to direct customers to collection points in their respective countries7.7Sony Ericsson - New leader due to improved takeback reporting, new models PVC free, but falls down on takeback practice.7.7Samsung - Big improvements, with more products free of the worst toxic chemicals. Loses points for incomplete takeback practice.7.3Sony - More products free of toxic PVC and improved reporting on recycling and takeback especially in the US. 7.3Dell - Unchanged since the last version, still no products on the market without the worst chemicals.7.3Lenovo - Unchanged since the last version, still no products on the market without the worst chemicals.7Toshiba - Much improved on toxic chemicals but still lobbies in the US for regressive takeback policies.7LGE - Unchanged since the last version, need better takeback for products other than phones.7Fujitsu-Siemens - Unchanged since the last version, needs toxic elimination timelines, better takeback coverage and reporting of amounts recycled.6.7Nokia - A steep fall! Strong on toxic chemicals but penalty point deducted for deficiencies in takeback practice in Thailand, Russia and Argentina during our testing.6.7HP - Finally provided timelines for eliminating worst toxic chemicals, though not for all products; needs to improve takeback coverage.6Apple - Slightly improved with new iMacs and some iPods reducing the use of toxic chemicals, takeback programme still needs more work.5.7Acer - Unchanged since the last version, needs better takeback coverage and reporting of amounts recycled.5Panasonic - Unchanged since the last version, need better takeback coverage and reporting of amounts recycled.5Motorola - Big faller due to penalty point for poor takeback practice in Philippines, Thailand and India revealed by our testing. Still no timelines for eliminating the most harmful chemicals.4.7Sharp - New to the guide - some plus points on toxic chemicals elimination but poor takeback policy and practice.2.7Microsoft - New to the guide - long timeline for toxic chemicals elimination (2011) and poor takeback policy and practice.2Philips - New to the guide - no timeline for toxic chemicals elimination and zero points on e-waste policy and practice. 0Nintendo - New to the guide - first global brand to score zero across all criteria!Ranking criteria explainedThe ranking criteria reflect the demands of the Toxic Tech campaign to the electronics companies. Our two demands are that companies should:
clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances;
takeback and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete.
The two issues are connected. The use of harmful chemicals in electronics prevents their safe recycling when the products are discarded. Companies scored marks out of 30 this has then been calculated to a mark out of 10 for simplicityRead more about the line up at the
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The table shows us that the average has rosen every time since the start except this last quarter. Motorola and Nokia should take the blame for this. Motorola falls due to penalty point for poor takeback practice in Philippines, Thailand and India. Keep in mind that the guide does not rank companies on labour standards, energy use or any other issues.
Greenpeace web site
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Posted: 2007-11-29 07:09:59
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That's what they should innovate first before any other thing: Health Consciousness aspects! - Very Good Job SE, SAMSUNG and SONY!
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Posted: 2007-11-29 07:29:45
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Posted: 2007-11-29 08:08:10
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