Greenpeace protests: Samsung = false! products still toxic

Early in June 2004, Samsung has become the first public commitment in its new product removal of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) in electronic business, respectively in 2006 and 2007, the beginning and the end of 2010, 2010 are the removal of BFRs and PVC deadline.

"Unfortunately, Samsung's commitment and its television as slim. With its competitors such as Apple, HP, Nokia and Sony Ericsson have been launched without those toxic substances in products, Samsung into retreat, lost not only the market and consumers ' trust. "Greenpeace pollution prevention project manager Cui XI Crystal case evaluation.

An enterprise like Samsung is contrary to the promised time frame, is a consumer trust and betray. Samsung to delay the Elimination of toxic substances in the time frame should have a clear justification: like Greenpeace green electronic products on the list of other e-business, some even before the time limit of one year of notification. By contrast, the Samsung only it introduces new green product a few weeks before recognizing its reach on his promise to try to avoid in the next issue of Greenpeace green electronic products top set.

Regardless of the production, use or disposal, all plastic PVC is the most harm to the environment, and under certain temperature combustion will produce the infamous carcinogenic dioxins. Very difficult to BFRs in environmental degradation, and bioaccumulation, the animal and human body accumulate; products containing BFRs can use released, if you use in Asia and Africa generally used in the original recovery methods, it also burns produced dioxins.

"At present Samsung sales second in the world, but the market has only two phone is totally non-PVC and BFRs, personal computer or even a paragraph. "Cui XI Crystal said," if Samsung would seriously face environmental problems, it should catch up with its competitors, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Apple, because they are from a year ago launched the beginning do not contain PVC and BFR's many new products. Growing awareness of the consumer arising from environmental problems, Samsung must understand that human health and the environment is also beneficial to the company's profitability. ”