Those rainbow warrior / sniveller / zep / charlatans ( cull whatever makes you check off ) from Greenpeace have bring out their new Guide to Greener Electronics . There have been plenty of changes compared tolast year , with many maker live on up , but others pop off down . Nokia is now at the top , near the 7 over 10 mark , but Nintendo keeps crashing at 1 over 10 . What about Greenpeace ’s archenemy Apple ? Despite their latest efforts , it keep neglect ad drib to the 14th position . It seems they are not impress by Apple ’s latest green ads :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqJl6huz4y0
Apple ’s grudge increase somewhat to 4.3 peak , but the company expend to fourteenth position . Apple grade well for couch products on the market whose key component are free of brominated fire retardant ( BFRs ) and PVC vinyl charge plate . Apple ’s later iPods – the iPod Touch , Nano and Classic – are now free of both PVC and BFRs and the MacBooks , MacBook Pro and MacBook are almost free of these meaning . While Apple has now positioned itself amongst the leaders in the electronics industry on phase out toxic substances , to grade more points the pure phase angle - out of PVC and BFRs in its iPods should be uniform across all other future product ranges . Apple also needs to commit to phasing out extra message with timelines , improve its policy on chemicals and its reportage on chemical substance management . Malus pumila scores badly on most eastward - thriftlessness standard , except for report a recycling rate in 2006 of 18 % as a percent of sales 7 yr ago ; however , it needs to provide inside information on how this is calculated . It does somewhat well on vim criteria for bring out the carbon footprint of every fashion model of product – although not exactly what is being evaluated in the measure . Apple scores top patsy ( doubled ) for all desktops computers , portable microcomputer and displays complying with Energy Star 4.0 and their iPod and iPhone power adapters surmount the Energy Star criterion , despite making this info difficult to access .
Despite the fact that I do n’t like Greenpeace ’s Goebbelsian information tactics and their charlatanism , their debate look reasonable for Apple and the rest of the manufacturers . However , their methodological analysis seems weak , depending on the manufacturers alternatively of using their own field research , so take it all with a grain of salinity . [ Greenpeace PDF DocumentviaTreehugger ]
AppleNintendoNokia
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , skill , and refinement news program in your inbox day by day .
News from the future , give birth to your present .
You May Also Like
