Comments on: Greenpeace Releases Tenth Guide to Greener Electronics

By: Computer Recycling and Disposal

Computer Recycling and Disposal — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:08:26 +0000

Takeback schemes should be the best solution whereby the suppliers of replacment equipment take away and responsibly deal with the old computer equipment taken away. Unfortunately there seems to be too much recycling going on and too little reuse (which offers a much more environmentally sound solution).

By: russ

russ — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:23:08 +0000

Improving the way things are built and done to reduce damage to the planet and for the benefit of all is essential.

However – I would just love to have a pretty green button that I could push whenever I feel like curling the toenails of the green peace types.

I would want it with replaceable parts as it would be used often.

By: russ

russ — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:23:00 +0000

Improving the way things are built and done to reduce damage to the planet and for the benefit of all is essential.

However – I would just love to have a pretty green button that I could push whenever I feel like curling the toenails of the green peace types.

I would want it with replaceable parts as it would be used often.

By: NickD

NickD — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:27:08 +0000

Here’s another take – based on hundreds of user-submitted stories and thousands of votes – on who’s green and who is not in the consumer electronics world. Our users agree that Apple – despite their carefully crafted brand image – should rank near the bottom. But HP and Microsoft deserve to be ranked much higher.

http://blog.vanno.com/index.php/2008/11/26/a-broader-look-at-greenpeace-green-electronics-bad-guys-microsoft-hp-and-apple/

By: NickD

NickD — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:27:00 +0000

http://blog.vanno.com/index.php/2008/11/26/a-broader-look-at-greenpeace-green-electronics-bad-guys-microsoft-hp-and-apple/

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:38:49 +0000

It’s one thing to make packaging that opens without a box cutter (or keys). It’s entirely another to actually develop a systemic plan to reduce emissions.

I suppose its nice that you companies are doing something but the point, clearly, is that to meet 30% emissions reduction goals by 2020 they need to do much, much more.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:38:00 +0000

It’s one thing to make packaging that opens without a box cutter (or keys). It’s entirely another to actually develop a systemic plan to reduce emissions.

I suppose its nice that you companies are doing something but the point, clearly, is that to meet 30% emissions reduction goals by 2020 they need to do much, much more.

By: Justin M

Justin M — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:28:35 +0000

What is this crap about US electronics companies not doing anything about greenhouse gasses? Has anyone noticed how much Apples packaging has changed in the last 4 years? What was the last time you had to use a box cutter to open a new MacBook or iPod?

Dell has been on an environmental mission for years. They are cutting energy requirements in nearly all their product line. You can read it here (http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2300/74/).

This rating also seems to ignore the huge changes the industry is going through. Questions such as “how do energy-sipping netbooks affect the environment” seem to be NOWHERE in the discussion.

Both Dell and Apple have had computer recycling programs for years. Who in the hell puts a laptop in the trash?

By: Justin M

Justin M — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:28:00 +0000

Dell has been on an environmental mission for years. They are cutting energy requirements in nearly all their product line. You can read it here (http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2300/74/).

This rating also seems to ignore the huge changes the industry is going through. Questions such as “how do energy-sipping netbooks affect the environment” seem to be NOWHERE in the discussion.

Both Dell and Apple have had computer recycling programs for years. Who in the hell puts a laptop in the trash?