Comments on Adam's review of Eco Friendly HDMI Cable
Eco Friendly HDMI Cable
Description: An Eco Friendly HDMI Cable.
Green even the little electronics
When i think of the direction we need to move in to go green, the co-axle cables I use to connect my DVD player to my TV isn't the first thing that comes to my mind. Yet here we have what is undoubtedly a green product meant to do just that. What i think is really awesome about this is that it is a harbinger of things to come. Moving forward EVERYTHING will have to be green. Sure, changing your HDMI cable is going to have very little effect on your overall carbon footprint or the toxins you put into the earth when you throw these things away. It isn't just this cable though - these foreshadows a time when any company making anything will have to take green into account.
As for what makes it green, the parent company spent 6 months developing an environmental quality assurance program and minimize or eliminate where possible hazardous materials like cadmium and lead in their products, reducing their environmental impact on the planet.
Plus, when the product shows up[ at your front door it is packaged in post-consumer waste cardboard, and the plastic package is 100% recyclable. This, my friends, is the future.
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Ed G. says:
This is a great product, and I definitely plan to buy one the next time I need a new cable.
What I'm not going to do is use it to replace a non-green but still functioning cable. I think a policy of using less should be given priority.
Adam W. says:
I think you are 100% right. It rarely makes sense to toss out something that already functions just to replace it with something that functions slightly more efficiently.
I just ran into this problem with my brother. He told me he was in the market for a new keyboard and asked if I had any advice. I launched into this whole spiel on which companies are the most eco-friendly and how he should get and ergonomic keyboard etc. Then he told me he was probably going to get a mac keyboard, and i asked him why, and he replied that he wanted to get a keyboard to match his new computer. At this point, it occurred to me to ask him if there was anything wrong with his old keyboard... Nope. He just wanted a newer, cooler one.
This is definitely something we all need to avoid. With the exception of something old that is super inefficient (refrigerators, dishwashers and washing machines come to mind) we should never replace something with a newer, more eco model until we need to replace it anyway.
Thom L. says:
I'm all about supporting companies that have sustainable practices top to bottom, even if their product isn't exactly green top to bottom. Thanks!