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LG takes up the toxic tech challenge

Feature story | August 23, 2005 at 15:11

"Life's Good" might be the LG motto but life just got a whole lot better for the planet after LG electronics announced that they are committing to eliminating toxic chemicals from their entire consumer electronics range.

Gadgets are now smaller, slimmer, slicker and faster… but not fully green

Press release | January 8, 2009 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — The greenest consumer electronic products on the market today have a smaller environmental footprint than those sold a year ago but the industry as a whole still has plenty of room for improvement, according to a new survey...

Nokia bounces back to the top spot; HCL and Wipro look progressive in the Greener...

Press release | September 16, 2008 at 17:32

BANGALORE, India — From the penalty position, Nokia bounced back to the top spot (1) due to its improved take-back practice in India in the latest version of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics. Wipro and HCL continue to proactively move...

Greenpeace study reveals E-Brands faltering on e-waste takeback in India

Press release | August 4, 2008 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Even as India heads for a looming e-waste crisis, most of the global electronic brands have no functioning e-waste takeback services in India. This is the case despite many of these brands providing a voluntary takeback service...

Chinese company tops Greenpeace "Green Ranking" of electronics industry

Feature story | April 5, 2007 at 16:02

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — The latest Greenpeace ranking of electronic manufacturers' recycling and toxic content policies has a couple of surprises: a previously low ranked Chinese company leaps to the number one spot, and Apple stays in last place.

Wipro applies thought. Earth heaves a sigh of relief.

Feature story | July 18, 2006 at 5:30

BANGALORE , India — After nine months of intensive campaigning by Greenpeace activists, two high-profile demonstrations at Wipro’s doorstep, hundreds of calls by our volunteers and supporters to their board number, thousands of forwarded eCards...

High Time for Hi-Tech to Clean Up

Press release | July 11, 2006 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — Greenpeace today issued a public challenge to IT giant Wipro and its Chairperson Mr. Azim Premji, demanding that they become the first Indian electronics company to tackle the growing e-waste crisis (1). Greenpeace called on...

Dell responds to Greenpeace challenge; commits to 'greener' PCs

Press release | June 27, 2006 at 5:30

BANGALORE/AMSTERDAM, India — As a direct result of a sustained international 'Tox-Tech' campaign by Greenpeace, computer giant Dell has announced that it will remove key toxic chemicals from its PCs laptops and other products. The commitment from...

Hi-tech -- Highly Toxic: Greenpeace tells electronics industry leaders to clean up.

Press release | March 9, 2006 at 5:30

BANGALORE/HANNOVER, Germany — As electronic industry leaders gather in Hanover, Germany today, at the world’s largest electronics fair, CeBit, Greenpeace activists erected a Giant robot, at the main entrance, made from electronic waste to remind...

Reality Bytes – Hi-tech products pollute scrap yards in Asia

Feature story | August 18, 2005 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Got your hands on a brand new cellphone, computer, wide-screen TV? If yes, do you know where the old one went? In all probability, to one of many ‘recycling yards’; usually small-scale operations carried out in cramped brick...

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