Apple not so green!

Post #280,538 by a6l6e6x 4/3/07 10:03:43 PM Reply	Apple not so green! [link\|http://blogs.business2.com/greenwombat/2007/04/bad_apple_ipod_.html?source=yahoo_quote\|Bad Apple: iPod Maker Ranks Last on GreenPeace Green List] Lenovo is the greenest consumer electronics giant while Apple (AAPL) turned brown in Greenpeace's latest ranking of companies according to their e-waste recycling policies and their use of toxic materials in their computers, mobile phones and other gadgets. The Chinese computer maker, which now own IBM's (IBM) personal computer division, won kudos from the environmental group for taking back old computers for recycling and for reporting the volume of waste it recycles as a percentage of its sales. \ufffdGiven the growing mountains of e-waste in China - both imported and domestically generated \ufffd it is heartening to see a Chinese company taking the lead, and assuming responsibility at least for its own branded waste,\ufffd said Greenpeace official Iza Kruszewska in a statement. \ufffdThe challenge for the industry now is to see who will actually place greener products on the market.\ufffd Greenpeace ranked Apple last for what it calls its "failure to take a green initiative." The enviro group has campaigned against Apple (see ad above) in recent years but the company has denied the group's charges that it is among the least environmentally friendly of the major consumer electronics giants. But unlike Dell (DELL) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Apple has not gone out of its way to portray itself as clean and green. Nokia (NOK) took the No. 2 spot on the Greenpeace list while Sony Ericsson (SNE) came in third, Dell fourth and Samsung fifth. Greenpeace highlighted Sony's efforts to remove toxic materials like phthalates and beryllium from its products. Tree-huggers not like Apple? How can that be? :) Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
Post #280,736 by SpiceWare 4/5/07 10:17:20 AM Reply	Greenpeace rates on what you say, not do [link\|http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=00300061ZXNI\|Is Greenpeace Off the Mark on Apple?] But there's a problem with Greenpeace's claims. Let's start with the issue of PVC. Apple and Dell still use it in certain parts, notably the plastic insulators on internal cabling. Still, Dell gets more credit on the PVC issue. Why? Because Dell has said it plans to stop using PVC by 2009. This even though, given its volume, Dell is flooding the world with far more PVC than Apple. Dell shipped 39 million PCs in 2006, more than seven times Apple's 5.3 million, according to researcher IDC Relevant Products/Services. Apple, too, has committed to eliminating PVC but hasn't set a definitive date. Consider how different the EPEAT rating of Apple products [link\|http://www.epeat.net/\|EPEAT] has established 23 required and 28 optional criteria, addressing such issues as reducing and eliminating toxic materials and building machines whose life can be extended by swapping out old parts for new. Using those metrics, Apple acquits itself well. No single maker earned a "gold" rating, which means the vendor meets all of the first 23 criteria and at least 75% of the additional 28. To qualify for "silver" status, you have to meet the first 23 requirements and at least half of the additional 28. Apple's MacBook Pro came within two points of hitting "gold" status, scoring 19 out of 28 on the optional requirements. Dell's highest score was 15, on its Precision and Latitude notebooks. Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]
Post #283,685 by SpiceWare 5/2/07 3:29:44 PM Reply	Apple speaks [link\|http://www.apple.com/hotnews/agreenerapple/\|A Greener Apple] Lead A typical CRT contains approximately 3 pounds (1.36 kg) of lead. In mid-2006, Apple became the first company in the computer industry to completely eliminate CRTs. The effect has been stunning \ufffd our first CRT-based iMac contained 484 grams of lead; our current third-generation LCD-based iMac contains less than 1 gram of lead. A note of comparison \ufffd Dell, Gateway, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo still ship CRT displays today. RoHS Apple products met both the spirit and letter of the RoHS restrictions on cadmium, hexavalent chromium and brominated flame retardants years before RoHS went into effect. A note of comparison \ufffd Some electronics companies, whose names you know, still rely on RoHS exemptions and use these toxic chemicals in their products today. Arsenic Mercury Apple plans to completely eliminate the use of arsenic in all of its displays by the end of 2008. Apple plans to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of mercury by transitioning to LED backlighting for all displays when technically and economically feasible. and so on. They're planning their first Macs with LED backlighting by the end of this year. Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]
Post #283,693 by Andrew Grygus 5/2/07 5:49:28 PM Reply	Of course that CRT lead is disolved in glass . . . . . so it's pretty much locked up and not really that big a difference. In landfills it's pretty much locked up forever since things don't decay in landfills. Core drilling has brought up newspapers still quite readable after 50 years and grapefruit rinds still in excellent condition - but this'll play really well with the eco-freaks. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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