A Greener Apple--Steve Jobs announced Apple's Commitment to Environmental Responsibility

In an announcement on Apple's environmental responsibility, Steve Jobs stated,

Apple has been criticized by some environmental organizations for not being a leader in removing toxic chemicals from its new products, and for not aggressively or properly recycling its old products. Upon investigating Apple's current practices and progress towards these goals, I was surprised to learn that in many cases Apple is ahead of, or will soon be ahead of, most of its competitors in these areas. Whatever other improvements we need to make, it is certainly clear that we have failed to communicate the things that we are doing well.

Then, he presented Apple's plan to remove toxic chemicals from its products and to recycle its products with a goal of recycling 28 percent of previous sales by 2010. More... [Bill Fox]