Technology19.09.2008

Greenest IT

An improved cellphone take-back programme makes cellphone maker Nokia the greenest IT company according the latest release of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/reports4/guide-to-greener-electronics-9). Second and third place are occupied by Fujitsu Siemens and Samsung respectively.

At the tail end of the list are Nintendo and Microsoft. Nintendo scored just 0.8 out of 10 as the company had made no progress on dealing with e-waste and it still had no timeline in place for eliminating PVC in its products.

In 17th place Microsoft scored just 2.2 points for its failure to deal adequately with toxic chemicals and a timeline of 2010 for eliminating phthalates – a toxic chemical – in its products.

The major PC makers including Dell, Toshiba, HP, LG, Acer and Panasonic all scored less than 5 points in guide.

Further down the list are Lenovo and Apple. Lenovo was rewarded for its e-waste programme while Apple was marked down for its failure to put in place a proper e-waste programme.

Apple did, however, gain good marks for energy efficiency along with Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung.

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