Green Options » bfr http://greenoptions.com/tag/bfr Posts tagged 'bfr' Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Apple Introduces “Green” MacBooks http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/14/apple-introduces-green-macbooks/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/14/apple-introduces-green-macbooks/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:51:21 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/14/apple-introduces-green-macbooks/ green my apple

Last month, Apple took a big step towards becoming environmentally-friendly by eliminating Brominated Flame Retardant (BFR) and polyvinylchloride (PVR) from its iPods. Now the company is taking another huge step with its notebook computers.

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It’s that time of year again—Greenpeace has released the 9th edition of The Guide to Greener Electronics. The guide scores companies based on a set of criteria for chemicals, e-waste, and energy.

This year, Nokia regained its first place crown with a rating of 7 out of 10 points. The company performed well in a variety of areas— it has an excellent take-back policy in India, and all new products since 2005 are vinyl-plastic (PVC) free. Additionally, all models released after 2009 will be free of brominated flame retardants (BFR) and antimony trioxide.

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