Toshiba has climbed up the ranking from joint 6th to joint 1st, by improving its score on Individual Producer Responsibility, whereby each company takes care of the electronic waste from its own-branded discarded end-of-life products. This is as a result of leaving the Electronic
Manufacturers’ Coalition for Responsible Recycling, which does not support Producer Responsibility for e-waste generated by electronic products, but is demanding that consumers pay ARFs (Advanced Recycling Fees). The company also scores well on the other e-waste criteria.
Toshiba has made commitments to phase out polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from its whole product range by 2009; it offers models of laptops whose circuit boards are free from BFRs, EcoMark-certified products without PVC, and provides examples of other components and parts that are free from these harmful substances.
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