[given the new US administration, using market forces is bound to be the most effective way for the next four years, so let's rack up more gains! - Will] Tech giants to stop using old-growth-forest products By Bloomberg News January 5, 2001, 10:35 a.m. PT URL: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4383888.html Microsoft and Intel are among eight technology companies that have agreed to stop using products such as paper and packaging made from old-growth forests, according to reports. The companies are expected to make the announcement in a full-page advertisement set to run in Monday's edition of the magazine Industry Standard, according to The Wall Street Journal. The other companies are Texas Instruments, AT&T, CMGI, 3Com, E*Trade and Ikon Office Solutions, the newspaper said. Builders and their suppliers have slowly implemented such bans in the past few years in response to demands from environmentalists, the paper said. Some environmental groups are relying on market forces to get companies to implement bans, instead of working to change laws. Copyright 2000, Bloomberg L.P. All Rights Reserved.
