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Greenpeace, the environmental advocacy group, ranks Sony Ericsson as the most environmentally responsible electronics maker while slamming Microsoft and Nintendo for their poor e-waste management efforts as well as for high levels of toxic materials in their electronics products. London-based Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson received the first-place ranking because it plans to have all BFRs removed from its products by the start of 2008, and also because all its handsets have been free of PVC plastic since 2006. However, the company was penalized because it provided inaccurate information to consumers regarding its handset recycling efforts. Greenpeace investigators found that product takeback programs advertised in Thailand, Russia, Argentina and India were nonexistent.

The Greenpeace scorecard ranking is as follows:
* Sony Ericsson, up from second place in the last edition of the guide
* Samsung, up from eighth
* Sony, up from sixth
* Dell, down from third-place tie with Lenovo; Lenovo, down from third-place tie with Dell
* Toshiba, up from 10th
* LG Electronics, down from fifth
* Fujitsu-Siemens, down from eighth
* Nokia, down from the number-one slot
* HP, up from 13th
* Apple, up from the 12th-place tie with Acer
* Acer, down from the 12th-place tie with Apple
* Panasonic, up from 14th
* Motorola, down from ninth place
* Sharp, first time in the ranking
* Microsoft, first time in the ranking
* Phillips, first time in the ranking
* Nintendo, first time in the ranking

[Via: CIO]