James Delahunty
6 Mar 2008 18:30
According to Greenpeace, consumer electronics are slowing becoming greener but still have a long way to go to eliminate the use of more hazardous and toxic chemicals and to become more energy efficient. At the CeBIT tech fair in Hanover, Germany, Greenpeace praised several products made by Sony, Sony Ericsson, Nokia and Apple.
Greenpeace tested 37 products picked out by 14 different major electronics brands that agreed to pick out their greenest product for testing, awarding points for energy efficiency, recyclability and substitution of toxic substances. The Sony Vaio TZ11 notebook, Sony Ericsson T650i phone and Sony Ericsson P1i PDA were the top three products, achieving just over half of the available 100 points.
"We have already witnessed the arrival of greener products in the market, such as Apple's new laptop, the MacBook Air, and Nokia's new phone, the Evolve," Greenpeace international toxics campaigner Yannick Vicaire said. "Manufacturers still have a long way to go, but more and more are now taking the environmental impacts of their products seriously."
Greenpeace said that none of the available games consoles were included in the testing either because their manufacturer did not agree to participate or did not submit the products in time.