Seagate cited as a leader in green manufacturing

Seagate has been recognized by two non-profit environmental organizations as a leader in green electronics manufacturing.

Seagate was cited by ChemSec and Clean Production Action as one of seven firms that have negated the need for most if not all brominated and chlorinated chemicals.  The other firms profiled: Apple, Sony/Ericsson, DSM Engineering Plastics, Nan Ya, Indium and Silicon Storage Technology.  Check out the full report here.

Bromine and Chlorine have been linked to the formation of dioxins,  very nasty human carcinogens.

A half billion hard drives are manufactured every year. Changing what goes into those drives by even a little bit makes a huge impact on our planet.

Green is about so much more than just low-power hard drives – although Seagate leads there as well.

Here’s BusinessWeek’s take.