Set sprinklers to water the lawn or garden only - not the street or sidewalk.
Use the microwave to cook small meals. (It uses less power than an oven.)
Purchase "Green Power" for your home's electricity. (Contact your power supplier to see where and if it is available.)
Scrape, rather than rinse, dishes before loading into the dishwasher; wash only full loads.
Cut back on air conditioning and heating use if you can.
Turn off appliances and lights when you leave the room.
Greenpeace has released the sixth version of its Guide to Greener Electronics, which ranks the top 18 manufacturers of PCs, TVs, cell phones and video game consoles based on the use of hazardous chemicals in their products and availability of recycling take back programs.
Both TVs and video game consoles were new additions to this version, which allowed for Nintendo to score the first zero in the history of the program. Nokia also took a slide in this version, as its two previous ratings were above eight and it only ranked 6.7 this time thanks to a penalty deduction for staff negligence about the take back program.
No companies scored higher than an eight, with the top three rankings awarded to Sony Ericsson (7.7), Samsung (7.7) and Sony (7.3). The full report is available here.
Visit Earth 911’s Electronics section to learn more about the importance of recycling your electronic devices, or click here to see a list of take back programs.
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