Apple Refuses to Allow its iPhones to be included in the UK's First-Ever Green Ranking Scheme
Adam Vaughan
Article Source: The Guardian
The scheme gives phones a rating of zero to five based on their environmental footprint and major manufacturers including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung have signed up.
The network O2, which is launching the rating system, said 93% of the devices its customers use will be covered.
Launched in partnership with sustainability advisers Forum for the Future, the green ranking scheme scores handsets on the ecological impact of their raw materials, the manufacturing process, packaging, how long they are likely to last, energy efficiency and how easy they are to reuse or recycle.
An Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on why the company had decided not to join the voluntary labeling scheme, but highlighted its environmental reporting online.
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