There have been some pretty risible attempts at making technology firms appear “green” recently but digital music is surely a more environmentally-friendly alternative to disk media, right?

Not necessarily. According to a Reuters story, sales of recordable CDs are still growing as users burn files. Also, discarded MP3 players are seen as problematic because they are full of heavy metals. Who would have thought the type of music had anything to do with it?

20 Jun 2007