1. The % of recycled content or FSC/SFI paper used in the packaging
2. The % of recycled content in the Verizon Wireless Device
3. Meets Verizon Wireless requirements for lack of industry-recognized hazardous toxins in the plastics and batteries
4. Meets Verizon Wireless requirements for how efficiently the device uses energy
5. Meets Verizon Wireless requirements for the recyclability of the device and its components

The ECO Specs Label will initially be available on a select number of devices, and expanded to all phones, tables and accessories at a later date, Verizon said.

Now Facebook has taken yet another step to establish its environmental street-cred. Recently, the company released real-time PUE, or power usage effectiveness statistics for its data centres in Prineville and Forest City.

Presented in a management dashboard style page, the statistics for the social networking giants’ two major data centres are now available in real time – refreshed every minute – from, where else, Facebook. Available information include PUE, WUE (water usage effectiveness), as well as the outdoor humidity and temperature. Historical data is also available as charts spanning between 7 days to up to a year.

From the statistics, both of Facebook’s facilities are among the leaders in energy efficiency, with both Prineville and Forest City registering PUEs of less than 1.10. More importantly, the PUE performances of the two facilities were pretty consistent across the last three months – except between 15-24 March 2013 for the Prineville site, where PUE spiked uncharacteristically to above 1.52. Facebook didn’t exactly explained the inconsistency, but it seems to be an oddity rather than the norm.

Have fun checking out the pages from the links above…