Consumers Opportunities of and Interest in Purchasing Green Electronic Products

Foreword

This study was initiated by the Danish product panel for electronic products under the Danish Environmental Protection Agency from early 2001 to mid-2002. The study and report were realised by a project group consisting of:

Mette Lise Jensen and Stig Yding Sørensen, CASA Anders Schmidt and Morten Grinderslev, dk-TEKNIK & MILJØ Ulf Hjelmar, Gallup

CASA and Gallup conducted the survey on consumer awareness, attitudes and behaviour, while dk-TEKNIK surveyed retailer activities.

The project was followed by a steering group consisting of:

Jette Baade,
Danish IT Industry Association Anders Mehlsen, TDC
Jeppe Juul, Active Consumers - Denmark
Thomas Roland, Danish Consumer Council
Nis Peter Nissen, Green Information Center
Ulla Lieberkind, Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs
Jørgen Jakobsen, Danish EPA

The consumer electronics retailers’ organisation proved unable to sit on the steering group, but subsequently had the opportunity to comment on the report.

The project group would like to thank the steering group for its positive involvement and constructive contributions to the survey and the report.

The survey was realised through a grant from the Cleaner Products Support Programme, etc.