{"id":25901,"date":"2007-04-04T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-04T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:50","slug":"901-apple-sends-toxic-computers-to-china-green-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/901-apple-sends-toxic-computers-to-china-green-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple sends toxic computers to China \u2013 green group"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>An updated version of Greenpeace&#8217;s <em>Guide to Greener Electronics<\/em>, which was published on Tuesday, charged that Apple &quot;scores badly on almost all criteria&quot; in a detailed survey of its environmental attitudes and practices, including recycling and phasing out the use of hazardous chemicals. <\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>When the guide was first published last September, Apple was ranked tenth; now it is ranked fourteenth out of 14. In first place on the list was the Chinese PC maker Lenovo.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Greenpeace rated each company out of 10 on its policies on recycling and use of toxic chemicals:<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>1: Lenovo 8<\/div>\n<div>2: Nokia 7.3<\/div>\n<div>3: Sony Ericsson 7.0<\/div>\n<div>4: Dell 7.0<\/div>\n<div>5: Samsung 7.3<\/div>\n<div>6: Motorola 6.3<\/div>\n<div>7: Fujitsu-Siemens 6.0<\/div>\n<div>8: HP 5.6<\/div>\n<div>9: Acer 5.3<\/div>\n<div>10: Toshiba 4.3<\/div>\n<div>11: Sony 4.0<\/div>\n<div>12: LGE 3.6<\/div>\n<div>13: Panasonic 3.6<\/div>\n<div>14: Apple 2.7 <\/div>\n<div><strong>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/strong>see <a href=\"https:\/\/news.independent.co.uk\/environment\/article2418417.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">full story<\/a><\/div>\n<div><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huge numbers of obsolete computers, especially those made by Apple, the celebrated computer company, are shipped to China and 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