2008-11-11 11:21 請寫信給飛利浦執行長要求回收廢棄產品
標籤 ： 國際綠色和平組織（GreenPeace International）因為荷蘭電子大廠飛利浦在世界環保作為表現不佳，發起寫信給該公司執行長，要求趕快開始自願回收他們的廢棄電子產品，以免毒害第三世界的土地。（因為世界上有害廢棄電器都送到第三世界作廢五金處理，如同當年台灣台南二仁溪畔居民做的事情，遺毒至今仍在。）
我們台灣人曾經引以為傲出過一位羅益強先生，1996年，擔任台灣飛利浦總裁的羅益強被飛利浦總公司延攬進入荷蘭總部最高決策核心，成為飛利浦公司最高決策董事會五名董事的一員，也是百年來第一位進入飛利浦管理核心的亞洲人。飛利浦在環保方面表現好壞，我們台灣人也應該出聲。
Please join us and tell Philips now to simply take back and recycle its products要求飛利浦公司回收及再利用他們的電子產品
Philips is the biggest obstacle in the electronics industry to tackling the growing problem of e-waste. Unlike many of its competitors it does not provide any voluntary take-back and promotes an approach that means the public will pay more or distorted costs for recycling old products. （中譯：在解決日漸嚴重的電子廢棄物問題上，飛利浦是電子產業中最大的絆腳石。與它眾多的競爭者不同的是，該公司並不提供任何自發性回收方案，亦不在這方面需求提供任何管道，這意指一般大眾將為回收舊產品付出更多或遭到扭曲的費用。）
若要寫信，請按：
Write to the CEO of Philips 或http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/philips/write-to-philips
國際綠色和平組織已將信件打好，信件內容為：
Dear Mr. Kleisterlee,親愛的Kleisterlee先生：
Philips is lagging behind many of its competitors on tackling e-waste. As a result many discarded Philips products end up at dump sites in developing countries, like Ghana and India. There, people have no means to deal with this toxic waste safely. At the same time Philips is undermining laws that make it take better financial responsibility for its own e-waste. （中譯：飛利浦在解決電子廢棄物的議題方面落後其他競爭者甚多，導致許多廢棄的飛利浦產品最終流落到開發中國家的垃圾場，如迦納及印度等國。在當地，人們沒有適當的方法及工具以安全的方式來處理這些有毒廢棄物。同時，飛利浦也私底下阻礙法律要求它負起處理電子廢棄物的財務責任。）
To demonstrate true environmental leadership I expect Philips to take responsibility for its discarded products by offering free global recycling schemes. I also expect you to stop Philips' active lobby against the implementation of individual producer responsibility, under existing legislation and its adoption in future legislation. （中譯：為了展現貴公司在環保議題上的領導地位，我期望飛利浦可以藉由提供免費的全球回收方案，負起處理自家廢棄電子產品的責任。我也期望在符合既有法規及未來法規對電子產品廢棄物之規範下，停止飛利浦為了規避電子產品製造商的企業責任而進行的遊說（編按：阻礙立法）行動。）
您只要舉手之勞打入英文姓名及電郵址，再按送出即可。示範畫面如下：
這也是讓全世界看到台灣發聲的機會，希望更多台灣人發信。
發信後，您同時會收到信件副本。
註：本文英文信件之中譯文是由我的二位環境教育伙伴協助呈現：張顧獻博士翻譯，陶維極老師審校，謝謝他們的幫忙。
20090303後記
在綠色和平發起全球抗議行動後，飛利浦終於願意擔負產品回收處理的企業社會責任，綠色和平又一次為萬物生存的地球環境把關成功。
我也要感謝在台灣以網路聲援的朋友，有您的關心與付出，環境能在彈指間變得更好！
VICTORY! Philips accepts recycling responsibility
26 February 2009
Encouraged by Greenpeace pressure, Philips has accepted responsibility for their own products with their new recycling policy.
Enlarge ImagePhilips had been the biggest obstacle in the electronics industry to tackling the growing problem of e-waste. And we have been calling on them since 2007 to stop actively opposing laws that would oblige electronics producers to accept financial responsibility for the recycling of their own products.
After several actions and 47,000 messages from our supporters, the company has finally agreed to our demands. This is a big step forward, and makes Philips a new green leader in the electronics sector.
This is not only good news for consumers but also for the environment - because recycling costs are influenced by the amount of toxic chemicals present in products and how easy it is to recycle them. Producers like Philips now have the added incentive to develop cleaner, more recyclable products that will reduce recycling costs now that they are paying for the collection and recycling of their own products. Producer responsibility is crucial to the greener development of the electronics industry.
- Discover how Philips went from zero to hero on our blog (rumour has it that Skittles were involved!)
Taking it back
Philips is also creating take-back systems for its waste within some countries where legislation does not currently oblige it to do so. It intends to set up a global take-back system, but still has to commit to an implementation timeframe.
Philips’ commitment to a financially sensible recycling policy, together with the simple step of taking back its obsolete products and recycling them properly everywhere, is likely to substantially improve its ranking in our next Guide to Greener Electronics.
Better for the climate
The electronics giant has also made commitments to make substantial cuts in its own greenhouse gas emissions and support a 30 percent emissions reduction for industrial nations by 2020.
The latest edition of our Green Electronics Guide had shown Philips to be one of the leaders on energy, but still scoring abysmally on e-waste. Thanks to the public pressure mounted on the company over the last couple of years, with this week's announcement Philips now becomes one of the leaders in this field.
We are happy to now be able to hold Philips up as an example of how electronics companies can be truly green across the board. We now want to see Philips maintain a leading role by helping to ensure future legislation on e-waste continues to ensure Individual Producer Responsibility and fully integrate environmental costs into product prices.
Follow the leader
We will be pressuring other companies to follow Philips’ lead, and embrace producer responsibility. Electronics waste is often dumped in landfills or burned in smelters. Some is exported, often illegally, from the Europe, US, Japan and other industrialised countries, to Asia or Africa. Only last week, we exposed the illegal export of e-waste from Western countries to Africa. There, workers at scrap yards, some of whom are children, are exposed to a cocktail of toxic chemicals and poisons.
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