So slim, so pricey...

The MacBook Air elicited a "meh" from analysts and probably won't have folks lining around the block à la the iPhone. Still, there's some good news.

Tucked in Engadget's exhaustive coverage of Jobs' keynote was this little nugget.

"There's a few things we've done on the environmental side. It's enclosed in a fully aluminum case -- it's easily recycled, highly desirable by recyclers. It's our first mercury and arsenic-free display. All of the circuit boards are bromide and PVC free. We're very happy about that as well... the retail packaging is 50% less volume, this helps a great deal in energy expended in transporting and disposing the materials."

Woot!

Although I still won't buy one, it's nice to know that they've done some Greenpeace-proofing. It should buy Apple a reprieve. Until they find out about the non-user-replaceable battery, that is.

Update: Wired reports that Greenpeace is not easily placated.