Samsung has moved up from 8th position to 2nd as a result of introducing products free of the most harmful chemicals; all new models of LCD panels are now free from PVC plastic and all new models of mobile phones have circuit boards that are largely free of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), together with the housing and peripherals. The company scores top marks on all the other chemicals criteria.
Samsung has also improved its reporting on the recycling of obsolete products and supplies good information to consumers on what to do with discarded products – at least for those products for which Samsung offers a takeback service. On the down side, it loses points for providing voluntary takeback of electronic waste in only a few countries and for only some groups of products.
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