...Steve Jobs issued a statement today about Apple’s environmental record and future plans. The statement addresses some of the concerns raised with Apple by environmental and investment groups... Robin Schneider, Vice Chair of the Computer TakeBack Campaign...[said,] “Steve Jobs has made some significant commitments regarding phasing out toxic materials in Apple products, which we applaud. We are also glad to see that Apple is finally stating public goals and measurements regarding their takeback program. And we would still like to see them expand their takeback program for all their products globally, to agree to stop lobbying against takeback legislation in the states. But we are very troubled by their statements about what happens to their e-waste down the line – it’s not at all clear that they are not allowing their e-waste to be exported to developing countries”... [also refers to Dell, HP, Lenovo]