PC Manufacturers Given Poor Grades

The world’s electronics makers have been ranked by the environmental group Greenpeace in the organizations new “Guide to Greener Electronics” report. In the 12th edition of the report since August 2006, Greenpeace find that three of the largest personal computer manufacturers, Lenovo, Dell and HP, are propping up the bottom half of the table. These three companies have been singled out due backtracking on their commitments to eliminate PVC plastic and brominated flame retardants (BFR’s) from their products by the end of 2009.

Greenpeace continue to lobby Lenovo, Dell and HP to do more to reduce toxic chemicals. This has gained pace now that Apple have produced machines virtually free of PVC and completely BFR-free, demonstrating the technical feasibility and supply-chain readiness of producing alternatives to hazardous substances, such as PVC.

At the top of the table of electronics firms, Nokia, Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson, have all been praised by Greenpeace due to their efforts to eliminate toxic chemicals from their products.

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