Intel - The Most 'Green' Company

According to a report issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Intel Corp. declared as the most 'green' company in green technology policy. Intel is ranked first as the highest company in reducing carbon emissions in its factories.

Not only among other companies, compared to other technology companies, Intel's most green. Several other technology companies that get listed in the EPA, as the most green companies such as Cisco who is ranked 11, Sony was in 27, Motorola's 30, Dell at 35 and Sprint Nextel in 45.

According to the EPA, Intel is able to reduce CO2 emissions in large numbers. Previously, Intel has reduced emissions equal to 218,000 homes in the United States (U.S.). Currently, 88 percent of the total green energy technology is already used by Intel.

EPA released a list of energy-efficient companies that includes more than 1,300 organizations committed to reducing their carbon footprint and protect the environment.

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Fujitsu M440 ECO Mouse

Fujitsu has just introduced a biodegradable mouse. Fujitsu M440 ECO Mouse is the first mouse in the world that the veil 100 percent can be recycled. Raw materials used Fujitsu M440 ECO Mouse is a biodegradable Arboform plastic and Biograde. Both are shaped like a plastic material in general, but the raw materials from renewable sources so that the waste would be easy to decompose.

Arboform made of lignin, a byproduct of paper industry production company, Tecnaro. While Biograde derived from wood fiber, which is produced by FkuR. Fujitsu ensures that the mouse cable does not contain PVC are harmful to the environment.

Nevertheless, the circuits in Fujitsu M440 ECO Mouse certainly not 100 percent recyclable. Such as optical sensors, transistors, and the PCB wouldn't use materials that 100 percent recyclable, because they contain metal elements.

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Acer TravelMate Timeline X TM8172

Based on the results of Greenpeace Electronics Survey 2010, Acer TravelMate X Timeline TM8172 stated as the most environmentally friendly netbook. The results showed that the netbook is the most minimal contain hazardous materials. Hazardous materials are still used in netbooks such as PVC, BFRs, Antimony, Phtalate, and Beryllium.

Greenpeace gave a score of 28 for the environmental friendliness of material for this netbook. The score is only 2 points lower than the maximum score with a value of 30. Lack of this netbook is located on RoHS exemptions Used. In addition to environmentally friendly material, the Acer TM8172 is considered as superior in energy consumption and product lifecycle.

Here are the most environmentally friendly netbook rating:

1. Acer TM8172
2. Asus 1015PED
3. Samsung NP-N230
4. HP Mini 5103
5. Dell Latitude 2110

Acer TravelMate Timeline X TM8172 Specifications:

• Operating system - Genuine Windows 7 Professional - 32-bit version
• Processor - Intel Core I3-330UM Mobile Processor (3MB Intel ® Smart Cache, 1.20GHz)
• Memory - 2GB (2 / 0) DDR3 1066 SDRAM
• 250GB SATA hard disk drives
• 5-in-1 Card reader
• 11.6-inch screen (1366 x 768) TFT display
• Graphics Card - Intel HD Graphics
• Connection - 802.11 b / g / n WLAN, Bluetooth ®, gigabit LAN, webcam

Greenpeace acknowledged there has been no netbook really 100 percent free of hazardous materials. Even for netbooks tend to score low. However, efforts continue to reduce already done by the producers.

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