Nokia 2007 Annual Report Download - page 53

countries in accordance with European Union WEEE directive 2002/96/EC (Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment). The WEEE directive specifies that the costs of collecting and treating electronic
waste in the EU are split among manufacturers according to their market share per product category
in a given EU country.
Energy saving in Nokia’s device business
Over the last nine years, we have reduced the average noload energy used by our chargers by over
50%, and our bestinclass charger needs just one tenth of the power used by our most common
chargers. In May 2007, we became the first mobile manufacturer to put alerts into devices encourag
ing people to unplug their chargers. We have committed to include these alerts across the Nokia
product range during 2008.
In 2007, we committed to all Nokia chargers being compliant with the US Environmental Protection
Agency’s Energy Star requirements by the end of 2008. Our newest chargers, such as that used with
the Nokia 3110 Evolve, launched in December 2007, use up to 94% less energy than Energy Star
requirements and also meet the highest European Union standards.
At the end of 2007, we joined the Climate Savers program with the WWF. As part of the program, we
confirmed our targets for reducing the average noload standby energy use of chargers and
committed to further energy saving projects in Nokia facilities and to increasing the use of green
electricity.
Materials in Nokia devices and packaging
As of the beginning of 2007, all Nokia mobile devices worldwide are fully compliant with EU RoHS
(Restriction of Hazardous Substances). We have also phased out PVC from all Nokia’s mobile devices
and enhancements.
In December 2007, we introduced the Nokia 3110 Evolve, the first mobile device whose biocovers
use more than 50% renewable materials, reducing the amount of fossil fuels used to manufacture it.
The packaging for the Nokia 3110 Evolve contains 60% recycled materials, which doubles the amount
of recycled content typically used. The packaging is also smaller in size, which means substantially
less cardboard used and energy consumed during transportation.
Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks aims to exceed mandatory requirements for environmental stewardship and
to set the pace for our industry, based on lifecycle thinking, by:
• designing products to minimize environmental impacts over the entire lifecycle
• reducing suppliers impacts through supplier network management
• focusing on environmental management of our own operations
• reducing impacts at the end of our equipment’s useful life by recovering materials and energy
and reusing or disposing of substances properly
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