06-10-2009 GreenerComputing Staff: Apple earns kudos for removing toxics from electronics
06-10-2009
Excerpt from the GreenerComputing website:
A report released today by ChemSec and Clean Production Action
highlights the innovations driven by electronics manufacturers that
have removed toxics like bromine and chlorine from high-tech gadgets.
The report, "Greening Consumer Electronics: moving away from bromine
and chlorine," offers case studies of seven electronics companies that
have overhauled their product designs through a combination of
transparency around product materials and working with suppliers to
develop safer alternatives to brominated and chlorinated chemicals.
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In the wake of RoHS restrictions, as well as pressure from customers and NGOs, Apple and Sony Ericsson in particular have reformulated product lines to restrict or eliminate entirely the use of bromine and chlorine in products. Apple now has a number of polyvinyl chloride-free (PVC) and brominated flame retardant-free (BFR) product lines, including iPhones, iPods and a number of the company's computers.
| Website: | http://www.greenercomputing.com/news/2009/10/06/apple-sony-ericsson-earn-kudos-removing-toxics-electronics |
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