http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/03/greenwash-green-certification-and-consumer-responsibility/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:33:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/03/greenwash-green-certification-and-consumer-responsibility/comment-page-1/#comment-12727 Brie Johnson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:19:40 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/03/greenwash-green-certification-and-consumer-responsibility/#comment-12727 Great article! The Green Electronics Council has looked at the issues with recycling when forming EPEAT criteria. One of the required criteria for EPEAT products is that manufacturers provide a product take-back service. Purchasers will have the option "purchase, at a competitive price, a take-back or recycling service that meets the U.S. EPA environmental standard defined in the "Plug-In to eCycling Guidelines for Materials Management," published May 2004." http://www.epeat.net/Criteria.aspx#criteriatable It also addresses the challenges of recycling equipment with required and optional criteria that manufactures build their equipment for easy disassembly. EPEAT really is a great tool that could serve as a model for how to guide manufacturers to take responsibility for their products and communicate to their customers as well. Further, it's easy for purchasers of institutions to require the purchase of EPEAT equipment giving the industry further incentive to build products to higher standards. Great article! The Green Electronics Council has looked at the issues with recycling when forming EPEAT criteria. One of the required criteria for EPEAT products is that manufacturers provide a product take-back service. Purchasers will have the option “purchase, at a competitive price, a take-back or recycling service that meets the U.S. EPA environmental standard defined in the “Plug-In to eCycling Guidelines for Materials Management,” published May 2004.”
http://www.epeat.net/Criteria.aspx#criteriatable
It also addresses the challenges of recycling equipment with required and optional criteria that manufactures build their equipment for easy disassembly.
EPEAT really is a great tool that could serve as a model for how to guide manufacturers to take responsibility for their products and communicate to their customers as well. Further, it’s easy for purchasers of institutions to require the purchase of EPEAT equipment giving the industry further incentive to build products to higher standards.

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