Environmental campaign organisation Greenpeace has published its latest study of the green credentials of electronics manufacturers, including makers of PCs and mobile phones, as well as Microsoft, which came near the bottom of Greenpeace's latest Guide to Greener Electronics.
Microsoft, which makes most of its revenues from software, fared poorly due to the Xbox games console and Zune media player, said Iza Kruszewska, a Greenpeace International campaigner who contributed to the guide. "Microsoft doesn't give information to [US] consumers on what to do with discarded products," said Kruszewska. "Yes, Microsoft doesn't make too much hardware, but you'd expect a brand name like Microsoft to score better," she added. Another contributing factor was that Microsoft has no figures on the amount of its products that it recycles.
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