Asus unveils Bamboo Series notebook

MUMBAI, INDIA: Asus Technology (India) announced the launch of its eco-friendly Bamboo Series notebook in India. The Bamboo Series notebooks are exquisitely designed with real bamboo to give a personalized and exclusive feel to each notebook.

The end-to-end eco-friendly bamboo notebook is ‘green’ throughout its lifecycle—from its conception and production to its recycling. It complies with RoHS and WEEE standard.

Stanley Wu, Country Manager—Notebook Business, Asus India said, “The launch of Bamboo Series notebook will usher in a new era of green computing. It will mark a paradigm shift in the way computers are used and manufactured. With the ever increasing concern over global warming and the ecological imbalance, we find it necessary to innovate products that are not only eco-friendly but also commercially viable.”

The Asus Bamboo Series notebook uses Super Hybrid Engine that reduces the yearly CO2 emission by 12.3kg per notebook. Given that Asus ships approximately six million notebooks per year, this works out to 73.8 million kilograms of CO2 emission reduced per year, which equates to saving 36 million trees annually.