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I was pretty bummed to see today’s report from Greenpeace, confirming suspicions that the iPhone, despite the slick design, is not the greenest consumer electronics product out there.

Greenpeace found that the iPhone “contains toxic brominated compounds (indicating the prescence of brominated flame retardants (BFRs)) and hazardous PVC.”

Earlier this year, in a promise to bring us “A Greener Apple” Jobs wrote, “Apple plans to completely eliminate the use of PVC and BFRs in its products by the end of 2008.” 2008 is coming up fairly quickly - does this mean we’ll see a greening of the iPhone some time next year? A complete overhaul?

Apple products always look sleek and clean. What can we do to make them green, too?

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