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  • Credit: Kim White, Greenpeace

    Greenpeace attacks HP with paint, William Shatner

    PC maker breaks chemicals promise 31 July 2009 10:38 GMT

    Greenpeace, unhappy with Hewlett Packard's perceived broken promise to eliminate hazardous chemicals (polyvinyl chloride and brominated flame retardants) in its products, has attacked the corporation on two fronts - with paint and William Shatner.

  • Greenpeace slams HP, Lenovo, and Dell in 11th Guide to Greener Electronics

    Greenpeace slams HP, Lenovo, and Dell in 11th Guide to Greener Electronics

    Philips gets a gold star for effort 1 April 2009 7:13 GMT

    Greenpeace has slammed HP, Lenovo and Dell in its latest Guide to Greener Electronics chart after it claims the companies broke promises about phasing-out toxic chemicals in their products.

    The companies join Microsoft and Nintendo for being...

  • Greenpeace reveals tenth Guide to Greener Electronics

    Greenpeace reveals tenth Guide to Greener Electronics

    Motorola, Microsoft, Dell, Apple, Lenovo, Samsung, Nintendo and LG named and shamed 24 November 2008 11:13 GMT

    Greenpeace has released its tenth edition of the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics that shows, in the organisation's words, "that most consumer electronics companies have been slow to get serious about climate change."

    Although Greenpeace...

  • Greenpeace discusses new greener MacBooks. Hardware, Apple, MacBooks, Eco, Greenpeace, Statistics 0

    Greenpeace discusses new greener MacBooks

    "Not quite the breakthrough we were hoping for" 17 October 2008 12:15 GMT

    Greenpeace has offered its thoughts on Apple's new greener MacBooks.

    Posted by "tomD" on Greenpeace's "Making Waves" blog, the campaigners note the devices have reduced toxics, are more energy efficient and use less packaging, but state...

  • Greenpeace reveals Nokia as greenest electronics brand . Eco, Greenpeace, Statistics 0

    Greenpeace reveals Nokia as greenest electronics brand

    As Microsoft, Sharp and Nintendo still lag behind 16 September 2008 12:43 GMT

    Greenpeace has revealed its latest Guide to Greener Electronics and Nokia has regained the lead with seven points out of ten.

    Near the bottom is Microsoft, which received 2.2. Sharp only managed 3.1 while Nintendo "remains rooted to the bottom"...

  • Greenpeace happy with new iPods. Audio, iPod, Apple, Greenpeace, Eco 0

    Greenpeace happy with new iPods

    But calls for greener iPhones and Macs 11 September 2008 11:04 GMT

    Greenpeace has stated that it has "applauded" Steve Jobs' announcement that Apple's latest models of iPods will now be free of both PVC and BFRs, along with an absence of mercury and the use of arsenic-free glass.

    "Greenpeace congratulates...

  • Greenpeace goes after gaming giants. Gaming, Eco, Greenpeace, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo 0

    Greenpeace goes after gaming giants

    Consoles aren't eco-friendly 20 May 2008 10:57 GMT

    Greenpeace has named and shamed all of the major games console makers in a new report.

    The environmental activists claim that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are all not doing enough to make their products eco-friendly.

    In particular,...

  • CeBIT 2008: Greenpeace talks eco electronics . Eco, Greenpeace, Statistics, Apple, Nokia, Acer, Nintendo, Sony, Sony Ericsson, CeBIT2008 0

    CeBIT 2008: Greenpeace talks eco electronics

    "No product could yet lay claim to being truly green" 6 March 2008 11:14 GMT

    Greenpeace usually has a presence at CeBIT and this year is no exception with the campaigners showing a pile of e-waste and releasing more info on which companies are doing their green bit.

    Greenpeace recently asked electronics manufacturers...

  • Greenpeace praises MacBook Air . Hardware, Laptops, MacBooks, Apple, Greenpeace, Eco 0

    Greenpeace praises MacBook Air

    "We can almost taste that green Apple" 18 January 2008 12:40 GMT

    Greenpeace, the environmental organisation that has been very critical of Apple in the past, has responded positively to the launch of the new MacBook Air.

    Describing the "highlight" of Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote speech where he launched...

  • Greenpeace looks at games machines . Gaming, Nintendo Wii, PS3, Sony, Xbox 360, Microsoft, Greenpeace, Eco 0

    Greenpeace looks at games machines

    Big three not "even close to making a greener console" 12 December 2007 10:59 GMT

    Greenpeace is continuing its worthy march through the consumer electronics industry with the launch of a new area of its website dedicated to games consoles.

    Although most of us chose a console based on more selfish factors, such as exclusive...

  • Greenpeace to protest at UK iPhone launch . Phones, iPhone, Apple, Greenpeace 0

    Greenpeace to protest at UK iPhone launch

    Planning rallies for Friday 6 November 2007 9:05 GMT

    MacNN reports that Greenpeace is planning a rally during Apple's launch of the iPhone in Europe to protest the use of alleged toxic chemicals in the device, including brominated flame retardants.

    The environmental campaigners argue that...

  • Greenpeace turns its sights to laptops. Hardware, Laptops, Greenpeace, Eco 0

    Greenpeace turns its sights to laptops

    Names and shames the naughty ones 26 October 2007 10:50 GMT

    After grabbing headlines with their recent attack on Apple, and in particular the iPhone, Greenpeace has released another statement about consumer electronics - this time focusing their attentions on laptops.

    The Greenpeace investigation...

  • Greenpeace attacks Apple over iPhone . Phones, iPhone, Apple, Greenpeace, Eco 0

    Greenpeace attacks Apple over iPhone

    Leads to lawsuit 16 October 2007 7:41 GMT

    Greenpeace has published a detailed report on the un-environmentally friendly qualities of Apple's iPhone, which has led to the company being sued.

    The Center for Environmental Health is suing Apple based on the Greenpeace research. In California,...

  • Greenpeace publishes latest Green Guide - Nokia is the greenest . Gadgets, Biz, Greenpeace, Eco 0

    Greenpeace publishes latest Green Guide - Nokia is the greenest

    Find out who isn't... 20 September 2007 14:05 GMT

    Greenpeace states that a year on from the launch of the Greenpeace guide to greener electronics, the industry has made "great improvements".

    The environmental campaigners say that companies are now competing to become the first to go green...

  • CES 2007: Dell launches 'Plant a Tree for Me’ initative for PC buyers. Hardware, Desktop PCs, Biz, Dell, Apple, Greenpeace 0

    CES 2007: Dell launches 'Plant a Tree for Me’ initative for PC buyers

    Dell promises a money towards trees from every purchase 12 January 2007 11:03 GMT

    Dell has announced that it is launching a global carbon-neutral initiative called 'Plant a Tree for Me' that will plant trees for customers to offset the carbon impact of electricity required to power their systems.

    The new scheme, which...

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