In April Greenpeace listed Apple at the bottom of its rankings but now the environmental campaign group has bumped the company ahead of Sony, LG Electronics, Panasonic and HP to tenth place on the 14-company Green Electronics Guide ranking. Greenpeace highlighted Apple's policies on PVC and brominated flame retardants (and the pledge to remove the substances from all its products by next year) as principal reasons for the improved assessment. Apple was also congratulated on its goal to recycle 30% of its products by 2010, and the volume yielded by Apple's current recycling practices. The computer maker currently takes in 9.5% of products sold seven years ago.
Apple's ranking in the lower half of the list indicated that there is still much room for improvement. Apple still does not do enough to follow the so-called Precautionary Principle in its environmental policies, according to Greenpeace. The organisation also knocked the principles of Apple's recycling programme, contending that, despite the large amount recycled, the programme does not extend worldwide and fails to provide enough education to customers.
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Apple's ranking in the lower half of the list indicated that there is still much room for improvement. Apple still does not do enough to follow the so-called Precautionary Principle in its environmental policies, according to Greenpeace. The organisation also knocked the principles of Apple's recycling programme, contending that, despite the large amount recycled, the programme does not extend worldwide and fails to provide enough education to customers.
News source: vnunet
so they get an improved rating because of what they say they are going to do?
Also, if you publicise what they say they are going to do it puts pressure on the company to actually achieve it - they can't just deny existence.
You sir, are wise beyond your years.
Apple denies existence of security issues all the time...
Apple can lay claim to ZERO viruses infecting OS X since its inception.
Whether Apple denies or confirms them is beside the point. The real fact of the matter is that we have yet to have one of those "security issues" bring down a mac in the wild. As long as issues are dealt with, I really don't care what kind of media spin Apple puts on it. Why should anyone? I don't look for apologies or admission of blame. I could care less. I look for solid, stable, worry-free performance, when it comes to viruses/malware/vulnerabilities. I can't complain so far.
Is this whole iPhone thing irritating you that much? You seem to have been a much more active troll since the iPhone's release. Or has your trolling been so consistent that no one can really tell the difference in degree anymore?
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