ASUS will launch the first ever bamboo notebook aiming to be as environmentally conscious as it is elegant. Hoping for fifty-percent of its product to be recyclable, it sports a biodegradable mouse, keyboard and exterior. For those who are technologically inclined with a heart for green living this could be the perfect gift! And although it won't make it in time for the holidays you could always frame the picture and have it delivered later. Besides, who doesn't want to keep celebrating into January!
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11-20-2007 @ 12:38PM
Karsten said...
Hmm, the housing is natural, the rest is hazardous waste.
The mouse and keyboard are biodegradable meaning what? They are made from PLASTIC that biodegrades (and therefor cannot be recycled and is lost once it is degraded)? Or is it made from natural materials that can be regrown. The first is an even bigger waste of resources than just regular plastic, the other is possible, but only for certain parts of a mouse or keyboard. Biodegradable means ONLY that it will fall apart when exposed to sun, water, microorganisms, etc. It means NOT that it is natural or does not require petrochemicals to be made.
Watch out! Greenwashing at work!
Better solution: Keep your old computer longer than anyone else you know, refuse to upgrade based on peer pressure, keep running old software, get your computer fixed if possible, learn to live/work/play without a laptop computer, begin to understand that there is no green solution if you do not do any of the above and try to make up in other areas. See the website below.
Karsten
http://www.polluteless.com
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11-23-2007 @ 11:00PM
Chelsea said...
Let the pandas eat the bamboo. These things are the reason they're endangered! We can live without a bamboo laptop dear lord.
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11-25-2007 @ 10:02AM
Karsten said...
Folks, it is OK to use natural materials under certain conditions.
If the material is grown, harvested, processed, etc... organically, meaning without the help of petrochemical based fertilizers and pesticides, and does not result in loss of farm land for food, can be composted, grows and is grown faster than it is used, does not result in people going hungry or food prices going up because we make consumer products rather than food, and the products made last and are used (!) a very long time, there should be no problem.
Karsten
http://www.polluteless.com
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