Greenpeace Rates Apple 4th Worst Eco-Friendly Tech Business, Apple Responds
For a company that claims to lead on product design, Apple scores badly on almost all criteria. The company fails to embrace the precautionary principle, withholds its full list of regulated substances and provides no timelines for eliminating toxic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and no commitment to phasing out all uses of brominated flame retardants (BFRs). Apple performs poorly on product take back and recycling, with the exception of reporting on the amounts of its electronic waste recycled.
News.com has received a statement from Apple responding to the Greenpeace claims.
Apple has a strong environmental track record and has led the industry in restricting and banning toxic substances such as mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, as well as many BFRs. We have also completely eliminated CRT monitors, which contain lead, from our product line.
Apple does note that their LCD monitors do contain small amounts of mercury, for which they are working to find a suitable alternative. Apple began an expanded computer recycling program in April 2006. Apple has had an iPod recycling program in the US since 2005.
Apple's annual shareholder meetings have seen frequent protests from environmental groups (2005, 2006).
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If only they had making better quality products as their first priority!
Boo hoo. its a business, waht do they realistically expect?
Corporate Social Responsibility
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility
At least their products are good quality, unlike Dell's crappy computers.
BTW, Apple was 4th lowest out of how many?
I'd like to think we could still complain about it, but "Apple's annual shareholder meetings have seen frequent protests from environmental groups" makes me think that they don't really give a toss, which is bad, mmkay.
I don't really see why if Dell can do it, Apple can't.
Obviously, though, Apple is a corporation, and, like most others, they will many times sacrifice environmental standards to save costs. All major companies (at least in the U.S.) do it—no matter how 'hip' or 'environment-friendly' they may seem. It's an outcome of consumerism.
Apple does what they can to have more "enviornmentally-friendly" ways of processing their products. But 4th worst?
A couple years ago the number one german ECO-magazine "Öko Test" put the iBook at the pole position of (non-) toxic laptops.
They compared the materials and the exhaust fumes.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think I remember that fact correctly.
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