New iPod Nano is toxics-free (mostly)
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Good news for Mac addicts who are sick of trying to balance their eco-consciousness with their unquenchable desire for white plastic hipster technology: the latest iPod Nano, unveiled last week, is a big improvement on previous Apple products when it comes to greenness. Apple had been targeted by Greenpeace in past years for being way less earth-thinking than their freewheeling Californian company image would lead you to believe. After the Greenpeacers began that campaign, Steve Jobs agreed to stop using BFR (brominated flame retardants) and PVC (polyvinyl chloride) in Apple products after 2009.
The Nano is a step toward that goal: its construction is BFR/PVC-free, and there's no arsenic or mercury in there either. Moreover, the Nano is classified as "highly recyclable" - a definite improvement over the old iPods (I have two or three dead one moldering in my drawer right now).
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