An LG computer monitor that Al Gore could love

Posted June 13, 2008 at 10:57 PM by Renay San Miguel

Section: Gadgets / Other, Green, Peripherals, Displays

No disrespect to Kermit the Frog, but it’s actually a helluva lot easier these days to be green, especially with corporate marketers working overtime to tout any and all energy-efficient / environmentally-safe qualities of their products. Such is the case with LG’s new Flatron W2252TE LCD monitor, which the company claims is the “world’s most energy-efficient monitor.” LG says the Flatron model uses 45-percent less power but still manages to serve up enough contrast and brightness for all that web surfing and all those games you like to play on your computer.

Of course, as smartplanet.com points out, there’s no mention in the LG press materials of all those nasty toxic chemicals like lead and barium that make up your basic LCD monitor.  Savings in energy consumption is commendable and a good start, but the real environmental damage in technology is done when computers, monitors and cell phones are manufactured (contaminated water leeching onto public lands) and disposed of haphazardly (heavy metals breaking down near water sources.) Just ask environmental groups keeping tabs on so-called “computer recycling” done in China and Latin America.

A quick search of LG’s website turns up no information about tech product recycling programs like those promoted by Dell and HP. The Flatron, meanwhile, debuts in the United Kingdom later in the summer. No price details yet.

Via [Pocket Lint]