aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

God didn’t make little green apples

And neither does Steve Jobs.

Alternet, Apple Computers: Fun for You, Toxic for the Environment:

Jobs and the PR wizards at Apple have done a fantastic job of positioning the company as the technological haven for the hip, the progressive and the revolutionary. But when it comes to the environment, Apple is out of touch.

In December of 2006, Greenpeace released a report ranking the overall environmental policy of major technology companies. Dell was at the top but Apple found itself at the bottom. While top companies like Dell and Nokia have made great strides to eliminate the most toxic chemicals from their products and offer strong recycling programs, Apple has not.

Here’s the Greenpeace site. Check out the alternative keynote address.

NOTE: I promise to stop with the old song references.
This post’s title is from Roger Miller’s Little Green Apples.