Editing Motorola (section)

==Environmental record==
Motorola, Inc., along with the Arizona Water Co. had been identified as the sources of [[trichloroethylene]] (TCE) contamination that took place in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]]. The malfunction led to a ban on the use of water that lasted three days and affected almost 5000 people in the area. Motorola was found to be the main source of the TCE, an industrial solvent that is thought to cause cancer. The TCE contamination was caused by a faulty blower on an air stripping tower that was used to take TCE from the water, and Motorola has attributed the situation to operator error.<ref>{{cite news |last=Balazs |first=Diana |url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/05/09/20080509sr-pvwater0510-ON.html |title=Companies trying to prevent PV water pollution |work=The Arizona Republic |date=May 9, 2008 |accessdate=July 12, 2011 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925123027/https://help.azcentral.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Of eighteen leading electronics manufacturers in [[Greenpeace]]'s Guide to Greener Electronics (October 2010), Motorola shared sixth place with competitors [[Panasonic]] and [[Sony]].<ref name="greenpeace.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/Guide-to-Greener-Electronics/ |title=Greenpeace – Guide to Greener Electronics |publisher=Greenpeace International |access-date=January 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113113437/http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/Guide-to-Greener-Electronics/ |archive-date=January 13, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Motorola scored relatively well on the chemicals criteria and has a goal to eliminate [[PVC]] plastic and [[Brominated flame retardant]]s (BFRs), though only in mobile devices and not in all its products introduced after 2010, despite the fact that [[Sony Ericsson]] and Nokia were already there. All of its mobile phones were now PVC-free and it had two PVC and BFR-free mobile phones, the A45 ECO and the GRASP; all chargers were also free from PVC and BFRs.<ref name="greenpeace.org" />

The company was also increasing the proportion of recycled materials used in its products. For example, the housings for the MOTO W233 Renew and MOTOCUBO A45 Eco mobile phones contained plastic from post-consumer recycled water cooler bottles.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://responsibility.motorola.com/index.php/environment/products/materials/#performance |title=Motorola – Material content |publisher=Motorola |accessdate=January 12, 2011 |archive-date=August 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808192807/http://responsibility.motorola.com/index.php/environment/products/materials/#performance |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the company's information, all of Motorola's newly designed chargers met the current [[Energy Star]] requirements and exceed the requirements for standby/no-load modes by at least 67%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://responsibility.motorola.com/index.php/environment/products/energy/#performance |title=Motorola – Energy efficiency |publisher=Motorola |accessdate=January 12, 2011 |archive-date=August 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809052054/http://responsibility.motorola.com/index.php/environment/products/energy/#performance |url-status=dead }}</ref>