Comments on: New Apple iPhone 3G to arrive in Green Packaging

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:15:58 +0000

As if the iPhone didn’t already have a huge magnetic pull on me. Now this. Aagh! Must…buy…iPhone! But seriously, great to hear, thanks for sharing.

By: willo

willo — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:50:00 +0000

First… Hi Ryan!
Second… this is great to hear. I’m commenting on Digg, too… but just had to say I’m super pleased and inspired to hear they are doing away with the brominated flame retardants (BFRs) especially! It ain’t easy being green, but I sure appreciate hearing they’re trying.

By: Green Authors

Green Authors — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:11:10 +0000

I was actually impressed with the lack of “over packaging” when I bought a Mac a couple of months ago. Compared to other products the packaging did not fill a garbage bag.
I know that Apple and a few other companies are in the process of changing what their laptop shells are made out of to make them a little more green.

By: Ryan Mickle

Ryan Mickle — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:14:36 +0000

@Allan: I totally agree on your points above and was aware that the validity of Greenpeace’s claims was put into question. Perhaps I should have said “the sucker punch Apple received from Greenpeace.”

By: Allan

Allan — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:42:08 +0000

Regarding that Greenpeace campaign: it was proven essentially baseless and inaccurate:
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/ABC6DFDA-9DE9-4EA8-A269-65EAAB628676.html
Greenpeace is a wonderful organization; don’t get me wrong. And they sure succeeded in putting pressure on Apple and other companies, so it’s hard to describe this campaign and “bad”, but I hate to see statistics and biased reporting anywhere, and I hold the organizations I actually admire to a higher standard than most.