By Alex Villafania
INQUIRER.net
COMMERCIAL electronics company Nokia is leading the pack in the latest list of “green electronics companies” of international environmental group Greenpeace.
The quarterly “Guide to Greener Electronics” also puts Dell, Lenovo, and Sony Ericsson at the top of the list of around a dozen global electronics firms evaluated by Greenpeace.
Other companies considered “green” in the list are Motorola, Samsung, Toshiba, Acer, Fujitsu-Siemens, Apple, HP, Panasonic LGE and Sony.
However, the last six companies are still in the latest guide’s “red zone” for weak take-back programs of end-of-life products, not removing hazardous chemicals in their products, or lack of policies on conducting both.
The “Guide to Greener Electronics” is a ranking system identifying computer and electronics companies that have product recycling policies as well as removal of hazardous substances in their products and processing.
As of their latest June report, Greenpeace noted that many companies are already pressed to implement product take-back and recycling, as well as removing the use of hazardous materials (lead, mercury, PVC) in their products.
Greenpeace Southeast Asia Toxic Campaigner Beau Bacongius said there are more firms to that will be implementing cleaner measures.
Bacongius also said that the purpose of the guide is to promote change among the larger companies, which should trickle down to their partners and smaller component firms, such as original electronics manufacturers.
She said these same OEMs also create products for the do-it-yourself market of computer builders.
“Eventually, companies will build environment-friendly devices and would have effective take back and recycling measures,” Bacongius said.
Editor’s note: Photo by Lea Guerrero, Greenpeace
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