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Companies Decide to go Green
By: Anjali Rego   |   Oct 01, 2007

Cities in India have no organized system in place to manage obsolete e-waste, which are inevitably dumped in common dumping grounds without segregation. In addition, during the manufacturing stage of computers and mobile phones, most computers do not ensure safe disposal of these products.

Huge quantities of Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) are generated each year. One estimate says that the total number of obsolete computers originating in India is 20 lakh a year.

Due to the lack of legislation on e-waste in India, it mostly ends up in landfills or water bodies or is partly recycled in unhygienic conditions. Foreign countries also export huge amounts of e-waste to India in the form of reusable components.

Due to increasing pressure from environmental organizations, many companies have decided to go green with their products.

Greenpeace released their "Guide to Greener Electronics" in August 2006 which ranked 14 manufacturers of computers and mobile phones according to their policies on toxic chemicals and recycling.

The September 2007 company rankings are Nokia (8/10), Sony Ericsson (7.7/10), Dell (7.3/10), Lenovo (7.3/10), LG (7/10), Sony (7/10), Fujitsu-Siemens (7/10), Samsung (6.7/10), Motorola (6.7/10), Toshiba (6/10), Acer (5.7/10), Apple (5.3/10), Hewlett-Packard (5.3/10) and Panasonic (5/10). Nokia has always been on the top of the ladder since August 2006. Lenovo who has moved up the ladder from the lowest rank in August 2006 now ranks fourth. At the bottom of the ladder are Panasonic, Hewlett Packard and Apple.

 

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