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Motorola hangs up on toxic clean up promise
GREENPEACE INT’L MAI 2006
US mobile phone company Motorola has
backtracked on a promise to remove toxic chemicals from its products.
While competitors like Sony Ericsson and Nokia are living up to their
commitments to remove toxic chemicals, Motorola is not answering the
call to clean up.Over the last couple of years we have been pressuring leading companies
to remove the most toxic chemicals from their products. With
companies as diverse as H&M, Puma, Adidas, Hewlett Packard and
Nokia, we have scored some notable successes.Many chemicals in
everyday products are now common environmental pollutants. Almost everyone has dozens of man-made chemicals
in their body, and the effects of these chemical cocktails on our health
are largely unknown.Back in October 2005 we congratulated Motorola for joining the
good guys when they made toxic clean-up promises. In a July 2005 letter, Motorola
committed to phase out all toxic brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in
its mobile phones by mid 2007 and to provide a phase out date for the
hazardous plastic PVC by March 2006. But after follow-up talks on their
progress we received a letter on 15 May 2006 stating that Motorola cannot phase out BFRs and PVC from their products.Motorola’s letter makes several excuses for not keeping their
promise. But other mobile phone companies have shown us progress rather
than excuses. Sony Ericsson has already removed
BFRs from all their models except one. Nokia has already removed PVC in
all new models and is on target to remove BFRs by the end of 2006.For the other companies that made commitments in 2004 and 2005 it is
time to put words in to action. Both LG electronics and Samsung are
currently behind on their promises but still working towards
elimination of these toxic chemicals. Both companies have large product
ranges from cameras to refrigerators that can make elimination from the
whole product range more complex. Motorola makes mainly mobile phones
so it doesn’t even have the excuse of a diverse product range.Check out how the top electronics companies compare on eliminating toxic chemicals and consider who you want to get your money next time you go shopping for electronics.
So Hello? Motorola? If your competitors can make their products greener, why can’t you?
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