Environmental watchdog and activism group Greenpeace has updated its report card on the manufacturing and recycling practices of computer and mobile manufacturers. Greenpeace ranks companies’ policies and processes on two interrelated criteria: action taken to remove hazardous chemicals and materials from their products, and their efforts to recycle and take back products once they become obsolete.
At the top of Greenpeace’s list—but still not firmly in the organization’s "green" criteria—is Finlands’s Nokia, which ranked well across all areas, but which Greenpeace feels still needs to set clear timelines for phasing out PVC (PolyVinyl Chloride) from its processes. Motorola jumped from next-to-last to fourth place overall, largely on the basis of public commitments to convert to eco-friendly processes. Greenpeace also reports that computer makers Acer and Lenovo are promised to remove hazardous materials from their products.
