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ENVIRONMENTAL pressure group Greenpeace has praised LG's commitment to eliminating toxic chemicals from its entire consumer electronics range.

According to the green group: "LG's commitment comes after we lifted the lid earlier this year on many top brand electronics companies' poor performance in removing toxic chemicals from their products and the mountains of electronic waste (e-waste) that they generate."

Greenpeace said that, after finding itself exposed on the Internet at the bottom of the e-waste pile, LG contacted the environmental group to find out what it had to improve. Soon after, it committed to eliminating hazardous chemicals from its entire product range.

"With the most recent commitment of LG, the five 'first in class' companies in the electronics sector with 5S per cent share of the global mobile telephone market, and Sony, which is the leader in the electronics industry, it shows that it is possible to make electronic equipment without the use of these hazardous substances and still remain profitable", said Zeina Alhajj, Greenpeace international toxics campaigner.

LG joins the growing list of environmental leaders including Nokia, Samsung and Sony, which have already made commitments to eliminate toxic chemicals from their products.

Environmental awareness appears to be contagious. Hewlett Packard has said it will be offering a free take-back service for its customers across the European Union, despite some countries delaying the implementation of the EU WEEE recycling directive.

"If LG found it so easy to make the commitment, and companies with more than half the market share in mobile phones and a significant market share of other consumer electronics make a similar commitment, why can't the slackers at Dell, Apple or Acer do the same?" asked Greenpeace.

Kirstie McIntyre, WEEE programme manager for HP UK and Ireland, said: "Although HP has been recycling for many years, the new free recycling service will be available for the first time throughout the EU.

"By offering the new one-stop service for free, HP is making it easy for businesses to use."