Nokia rises from 9th position to 3rd, despite the fact that it retains a penalty point for corporate misbehavior on its take-back and recycling practice. Further testing of Nokia’s take-back program by Greenpeace revealed that staff are still not informed about the take-back service in Russia and India, although the service was much improved in the Philippines and Thailand. However, Nokia has increased its score for the information it gives to customers on its take-back service.
Nokia scores well on the chemicals criteria; it has already eliminated polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic from new models of mobiles and is now eliminating brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from the remaining applications – in new flexible circuits. Nokia gets top marks for its support
for Individual Producer Responsibility, whereby each company takes care of the electronic waste from its own-branded discarded products.
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