July 12, 2007
Greenpeace Hates Sony
Well, Greenpeace actually places Sony dead last in its “Guide to Greener Electronics.
The guide ranks fourteen electronics companies on their various environmental practices and policies like how they dispose of e-waste and their recycling programs.
Greenpeace says Sony was “penalized for double standards on their waste policies” in terms of individual producer responsibility (IPR). This refers to vendors and how they take responsibility for the environmental impact of their wares, as opposed to making consumers bear the burden.
“Sony is a founding member of the European Recycling Platform which supports IPR; however, in the U.S., Sony is part of a coalition that has been opposing producer responsibility and lobbying for U.S. consumers to pay an advanced recycling fee (ARF),” Greenpeace says in the current guide.
To read more about the rankings, check out this informative article at InfoWorld.
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