Environmentalists Push for a 'Greener' iPod
Christian Science Monitor -

By Samar Farah | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor
First, Apple made iPod. Wondrously white and smooth and with a navigational Click Wheel so touch sensitive, it granted music lovers a sense of magical powers untold.

Then environmentalists broke the spell. The iPod, they told attendees at the Macworld Conference & Expo last month, was not magic but a piece of hardware with a very mortal heart: a battery that lasts only two to three years and is difficult to replace.

Why pick on the tiny iPod when landfills around the country are filling up with 16-inch monitors and ancient CPUs? Because of the sheer numbers of the devices being sold, and Apple's reputation as a forward-thinking company.

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