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Dell and Nokia the Most Green (Tech) Companies

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-strive-for dept.

da_matta writes "Greenpeace has ranked top electronics companies on their attitudes towards ecology. In addition to what toxic materials are used in manufacturing, the report on "greeness", for example, considers how the recycling of old products is handled and how ecological issues are considered in company processes and decisions. Idea is that the ranking is updated quarterly, and companies would like achieve to the top position. Dell and Nokia take the top position with a rating of 7/10, with Apple, Acer, Motorola and Lenovo falling behind with ratings worse than 3/10."

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  1. A reason why Dell and Nokia migtht be near to the by goldcd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    top, despite what we might have thought (cheap evil makers of bits by the million) is that they sell huge volumes into offices worldwide. It tends to be companies that have to follow EU or national recycling guidelines on equipment - whereas the home user can just take his old monitor to the dump.
    Makes sense if in the future you're going to have to dispose of a few thousand monitors, you'd ensure they offered disposal.
    I am surpised Apple was quite so low on the list, but I guess as they're mainly selling directly to individual consumers, there's no real pressure on them to provide an ecologically sound(er) product - and if you were after a MAc, as they're the only seller.... (i.e. I could see a green company say choosing Dell over HP on that basis, but if you need a Mac, Apple have your sale).