Bamboo laptops benefit the environment

Treehugger had a good article on whether bamboo laptops are beneficial to the environment. Besides the eco friendly looks that wood gives there are benefits to using bamboo.

Bamboo is more biodegradable than plastic, and bamboo can be harvested in a sustainable way since it grows very fast like a weed. Plastic uses too much chemicals and is difficult to biodegrade. You can recycle plastic, but we must develop computer components in a way that they can be taken apart for recycling. Until then we are just going to see these hazardous electronic parts back in the landfill.

Anyways there are more options for bamboo computers such as the:
Asos Eco book bamboo laptop

Asus Eco book is $2000 but only includes 1 GB of ram.

Dell studio Hybrid with bamboo case
Dell has the Studio Hybrid which has a bamboo sleeve option. Ultra sleek design with power efficiency. Its get just about the same features as a regular pc except its 80% smaller and uses 70% power. These cool laptops are portable and affordable. Go Dell!!

Cedar wood Fujitso prototype laptop
The Fujitsu laptop is actually made with cedar wood. Even the plastics are made of bio-based plastics! It’s only a prototype, but it could be the future for us. In 2002, Fujitsu became the first computer manufacturer to develop corn-based plastic and adopt the environmentally friendly material for PC parts. Original bio-based plastic has been used for a limited number of smaller parts and gradual improvements to its properties to satisfy various manufacturing requirements and increase the percentage used in its notebook PCs. The newly developed bio-based plastic accounts for about 30% of the plastic material in the housings of 2 of their prototype laptops.

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100 Responses to “Bamboo laptops benefit the environment”

  1. Blaine says:

    Wow!! Those laptops are looking so stylish and unique!!

  2. what-is-a-blog? says:

    wow! lovely and environment friendly! i need to have one of those! :)

  3. Lindsay says:

    I’m not sure I could give up my macbook, but those are pretty snazzy :)

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  5. HSN says:

    Wow these are really cool, I think it is really classy too, the 1 GB ram is an issue but man this is so innovative!

  6. loozegear says:

    I now realized that I have been green about being green,thanks for the inspiration

  7. Jenna says:

    Awesome — these look so unique! I wouldn’t mind having one!

  8. Solar says:

    The Asus one is environmentally friendly but actually looks more better than a plastic cased laptop. If only they made and environmentally friendly version of their £200 netbook then I would have one!

  9. Lesley Brown says:

    These look great, they look quite heavy though?

  10. Composite Doors says:

    What a brilliant idea, I am laughing my socks off, not because ethey look bad , but because I actually want one.

    I am now wonder about my iPod bamboo style.
    I hope I don’t get sme type of beatle crawling through though.

  11. Composite Doors says:

    Sorry one thing I did not think before.

    What about how much energy is used to farm the bamboo? i,e, fuel for machinery, fuel for transport, energy to cut and shape the bamboo, then disposing of the remnants.
    Transport of finshed units would cost more becuase they are heavier, has all that manufacturing costs been factored in to making these, to decide are they really helping the enviroment??

  12. Construction Claims says:

    Those are really cool, but I would be so scared that the laptop would crack or break as it went through my daily life. I would loev to have one, but cannot afford it.

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    Wouldn’t these be too heavy? I hope not as these are great for the environment.

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  15. Heidi / Savory Tv says:

    Those are brilliant, I hope that more manufacturers follow suit!

  16. Beauty Salon Equipment says:

    I never understood the point of “green stuff”. What are the benefits of buying a $2000 laptop made of bamboo, when the same laptop, made of plastic and other not environmentally friendly materials cost 3 times less?

  17. rajshree says:

    these laptops looking very beautiful….

  18. Chrystal K. says:

    Wow, environmentally friendly and very classy-looking. They remind me of the monitor that Will had in Will and Grace.

  19. catylincairo says:

    Wow these are really cool, I think it is really classy too, the 1 GB ram is an issue but man this is so innovative!

  20. MOSO Bamboo says:

    The DELL PC is built with MOSO Bamboo.

  21. Lina says:

    It looks absolutely crazy… I can imagine having a bamboo bicycle, but having wooden laptop is above my imagination:))) But I would love trying out such a thing, definitely.

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    I love these laptops - they are so colorful!

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    Bamboo Laptops, I love it!

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    I like the bamboo design on laptop. It looks outdoorsy:)

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    Those are fantastic! I want one now.

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    It’s really a good idea and very unique to have a bamboo design laptop.

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    Ohhh!! they look neat, and they are good for the environment, perhaps my next laptop will be a bamboo one =))

  31. Fur Real Friends says:

    At least if you drop it just get a little elmers wood glue… ;-)

  32. Spearypearl says:

    These kind of articles has to come into existence as they do not need the material that causes pollution.

  33. gilagratisan says:

    These look great, go green

  34. gilagratisan says:

    these look beatiful. GO GREEN

  35. kentucky girl says:

    Do you think they will make a macbook like this? That would be cool.

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    They should be able to do any laptop kentucky girl, inside it is just a processor. I like the look of the bamboo laptops too…

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    That are some “cool” laptops. I might have to invest in myself and get one.

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    Wow!! Those laptops are looking so stylish and unique!!

  41. Freewarehoney456 says:

    I wonder if there’s any price difference since the materials are alot cheaper?

  42. Kim Kasch says:

    I think this is so exciting. Bamboo is a wonderful option. I’m going to post a link to this site on Friday.

  43. Solar says:

    One way to make laptops more environmentally friendly would be to make them more reliable. Most electronic products seem to have such a short lifespan, the manufacturers only build them to last a couple of years. This works for them anyway because people are encouraged to upgrade to a new model anyway. Laptops are notoriously unreliable (even from respected manufacturers) and usually cost a fortune to fix, making it more viable just to buy a new one, so we end up with another one going to landfill and the environmental cost of building, transporting and selling a new laptop!

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  75. John says:

    Personally, I have just accepted the toxins in my laptop as a price of doing business. And, speaking of price, discount codes or promotional codes from the manufacturer would go a long way in bringing the price into a more acceptable range. What really caught my attention though was that this laptop reminds me of a modern, wooden frame and body car that I recently saw in an auto magazine. Are we on the cusp of returning to bio-based construction materials instead of petroleum-based (plastic) construction materials? I certainly hope so. They are better for us, clearly more sustainable, and aesthetically more pleasing.

  76. Jessie says:

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