Mio goes green

Over the last few years it seems as though the whole world has gone green. It’s green house gas this, recycle that. It’s enough to drive you mad. Since pretty much every scientist and former politician has an opinion on what causes global warming, whether it’s by the cyclical nature of the earth or by humans being their usual self destructive selves, it makes you wonder why you bother in the first place.

Mio, along with a lot of other companies and governments, accepted that it may well be the fault of humans, so erring on the side of caution, have decided to do their part to make the planet a bit healthier. Whether this will have any real effect remains to be seen, but as they say, every little counts.

So what are Mio doing? Well it falls under a two categories: voluntary and compulsory. The voluntary stuff includes things like producing smaller packaging and making our offices more environmentally friendly, by using energy efficient light bulbs and recycling rain water. The compulsory requirements are: RoHS for the EU and China and restricts the use of hazardous materials; WEEE is another EU directive that aims to reduce the amount of material going into landfill sites and EuP which looks at how energy efficient products are during their life cycle ( from raw materials to disposal).
I guess whatever we do can’t be bad. Will it have any real effect? Only our children’s children will be able to answer that one.

For more information on Mio’s green policies, check out http://www.mio.com/greenerMio.htm and feel free to share your environmental ideas with the rest of the community.

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