Publication - March 17, 2008
Sony Ericsson drops from 1st position to 7th, as a result of losing points on its e-waste policy and practice. The company states strongsupport for the Precautionary Principle but needs to show more explicit support for Individual Producer Responsibility. The company onlyreports on the quantities of obsolete phones recycled in Europe and does not calculate this figure as a percentage of past sales.It scores well on the chemicals criteria with a timeline of 1st January 2008 for eliminating brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in tworemaining applications and the same timeline for substituting phthalates, beryllium and some uses of antimony compounds. Althoughphthalates have been eliminated, substitutes for the other substances are still being developed. All new models of mobiles put on themarket since 2006 are free from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic.