Not exactly WTF news, but still interesting...

Asustek Computer plans to debut a nature-friendly laptop PC with a casing made of bamboo on Saturday at Taiwan's IT Month exhibition.

The laptop, first announced last year, is part of Asus's efforts to use renewable materials in products. The shell of the laptop is made of real bamboo, which grows fast and is used widely throughout Asia in furniture, as well as construction scaffolding, food for pandas, and in artworks.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente..._saturday.html

This is actually a pretty good idea in my opinion, since bamboo is not only biodegradable, but it also grows really quickly and thus is quickly renewable.