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| May 02, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 San Jose Mercury News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Troy Wolverton

SAN JOSE, Calif. _ His company under attack for its environmental record, Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Wednesday chalked the issue up to a PR problem _ but did vow to make changes.

In a letter published on Apple's Web site, Jobs reported on the company's efforts to encourage the recycling of its products and to phase out certain toxic chemicals from its products and manufacturing processes. Apple had already committed to phasing out many toxic chemicals and had been ahead of the industry in doing so, Jobs said.

But Jobs announced the company would go further than it had previously announced to recycle products and eliminate chemicals such as mercury. The company also plans to update…

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