I suppose this is something that many of us are not considering – just how eco-friendly are the computer companies that you are buying from?

Nonprofit environmental organization Greenpeace has rated mobile phone giant Nokia highly for its eco-friendly policies, but gave low marks to Lenovo Group, Motorola, and Apple Computer, among others.

Greenpeace, which publishes the Green Electronics Guide every three months, scores companies on their use of hazardous chemicals, recycling and take-back policies. It uses information published by the companies.
Nokia scored highly for eliminating its use of polyvinyl chlorides (PVCs), which are widely used but difficult-to-recycle plastics that cause the release of dioxin, another toxin, when manufactured. The Finnish company plans to stop using brominated flame retardants (BFRs) by the start of 2007, Greenpeace said…. Source: InfoWorld