Green Electronics Guide
October 17th, 2006
With ever smaller, faster, cheaper toys on the market all vying for our attention, perhaps now more than ever we need to concern ourselves with the entire lifecycle of the electronics we purchase.
Greenpeace has published a Green Electronics Guide ranking leading mobile and PC manufacturers according to their global policies and practices on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers.
At the top of the list? Dell and Nokia, each scoring a 7/10.
And the worst? Joining Lenovo (1.3), Motorola (1.7) and Acer (2.3) in the ranks of the bottom four, Apple scores a disappointingly low 2.7/10.
The ranking criteria reflects Greenpeace’s two goals to encourage companies to:
* Clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances;
* Takeback and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete.
Something to consider when you making your list this holiday buying season?
October 17th, 2006 at 8:00 am
Interesting post, it’s great to have this type of information when you want to buy green. You may also be interested in this tool from the EPA.
http://www.epeat.net/
“EPEAT is a procurement tool to help institutional purchasers in the public and private sectors evaluate, compare and select desktop computers, notebooks and monitors based on their environmental attributes.”
Interesting to note that Lenovo and Apple get high marks, inconsistent with the Greenpeace study. Thanks for the info!
October 17th, 2006 at 8:29 am
thanks, joe! i suspect that the self-reporting aspect of the EPEAT ratings might have something to do with apple’s higher ratings…
but definitely a great site to provide a “fair and balanced” approach…
thanks for the update!