Is a device that’s full of toxic hexavalent chromium but uses 7 percent less power really better for the environment? And if the company sells 10,000 more units because of the word “green” on a label, releasing that many more pounds of hazardous chemicals into the eco-system, isn’t that actually worse for the planet? How does a person sort all this out?
PC Magazine leaves the cleaning products to the specialists and will focus on what they knows best: computers. In recent months, PC Magazine has developed a new set of benchmark tests to measure a computer’s “conscience.” Then they solicited “green PCs” from the major PC makers and started testing. The best earn their GreenTech Approved seal. From now on, every PC they test will undergo their proprietary, PC Magazine Labs–based green benchmark tests, and will take careful note of compliance with industry standards such as Energy Star 4.0, EPEAT, and Europe’s Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. In the coming months, they’ll be devising new ways to evaluate the greenness of printers, monitors, cell phones, and more in all the product categories we will cover.
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