How the companies line up

Activists deliver electronic waste back to the offices of Hewlett Packard to demand the removal of toxic substances from HP products.

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Here is how the largest electronics companies rank on the toxic chemicals in their products. Removing toxic chemicals from products reduces pollution and makes reuse and recycling less hazardous and cheaper.

Companies at the top of the class are going further than required by EU law on hazardous substances (ROHS) that comes into force in July 2006. Those at the bottom have made no commitment other than the minimum required by law.

None of these companies have a global policy on electronic waste so this listing is based only on global policy on toxic chemicals in products. Click the names to contact the companies directly.