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"EPA's DfE Program and the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) entered into a voluntary partnership with representatives of the wire and cable industry to evaluate the environmental impacts of the current standard material formulations and alternative formulations. Specifically, the partnership used a life-cycle assessment approach to examine the impacts of heat stabilizers, polymer systems and flame retardants used in insulation and jacketing for selected wire and cable products. This information will address the information gap on the environmental impacts of the different materials used in wire and cable insulation, and help companies make environmentally sound product and material choices."

"...a voluntary labeling system that will let consumers know, for example, how much lead, mercury and toxic flame retardants their televisions contain." -Kevin Ferguson, New York Times

Image summarizing hazardous materials found in computers; Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition via WRPPN