Greenpeace International today condemns some of the key computer producer to back the promise to lessen the harmful substances hardware.

Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo is pointed out by Greenpeace, is not able to hold the promise to the elimination of harmful substances, such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic and brominated flame retardants (brominated flame retardants) from their products. The material may be harmful to the environment and human health.

Commended retain a non-profit companies such as Acer, Toshiba and Apple. Commend Apple introduced a new line of computers, "almost free" of certain hazardous substances, such as PVC plastics and brominated flame retardants.
Details, pointing out that in the Greenpeace guide to green electronics guide the ranks of the IT business environment and in accordance with their own recovery work, as well as the content of energy and chemicals in their products.

Greenpeace accused previously to defer HP's commitment to phase out pollutants and their products from 2009 to 2011. Lenovo to postpone a similar commitment to the end of 2010. Non-profit organizations also pointed out that Dell completely abandoned the timetable for the elimination of PVC plastic and brominated flame retardants in products; this is the previously scheduled end in 2009.

"There is no excuse back, and there is no reason for these companies did not have a computer free of PVC and brominated flame retardants, said:" Greenpeace on its Web site.

Greenpeace said that Apple's new product line is "almost" non-PVC and brominated flame retardants, including MacBooks, like notebook computers. It also commends the efforts of Apple to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and recycling work. However, criticism of Apple does not provide a timetable for the elimination of chemicals from certain products, such as arsenic in the glass display.

Acer, on the other hand, maintained its pledge to remove PVC and brominated flame retardants in products by the end of this year, according to Greenpeace. Toshiba has also received very well with chemicals and harmful materials in many of its products, which also includes the three new models.

Dell is also going to lessen the hazardous materials from their products, and has offered a wide range of products which do not include materials like PVC and many other hazardous materials as it was addressed by Michel Mosmeyer, a spokesman for Dell. However, the lack of feasible use of many other components of our products, which contains these chemicals, and we are going to modify them as said by Mosmeyer.

Greenpeace believes that Dell is stepping up its recycling efforts and has pledged to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and harmful chemicals. Dell, for example, introduced the G Series displays, the first completely PVC and BFR products. However, nonprofit Dell engaged in public disputes should not be advertising Apple Series World Environment laptops.” This is ridiculous, and some companies such as Dell, Apple is busy with the challenges of the advertising claims that Apple is leading its competitors to phase out toxic substances," said Greenpeace. PC manufacturers should focus on matching or beating Apple's leadership on this issue.

Dell filed a complaint with the company's previous advertising national advertising monitoring Division (NAD) Board of Governors of the Better Business Bureau said that Apple's use of "phrase is the world's environmental series notebook is misleading to consumers, there are a wide range of advantages, advocates "opposed to all notebook manufacturers.

NAD in last month's survey came to the conclusion that can mislead consumers into Apple's claims and recommended changes in the Green Apple advertising slogan "avoid false." However, NAD's views also pointed out that Apple's products meet the higher environmental standards in all product lines compared to competitors.

In addition to computers, which also includes mobile phones and television? Nokia's environmental work in the highest rating, followed by Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG Electronics and Toshiba.