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Visitors to the show reportedly objected to the large number of activists who were leafleting at the entrance to London's Olympia exhibition centre, while companies, including Apple, are said to have been unhappy with their antics inside the venue.

Greenpeace recently attacked Apple for its use of toxic chemicals in its products and 'poor' performance on take back and recycling.

The organisation said in a statement that its ejection from MacExpo was 'totally over-the-top' and renewed its call for Apple to use clean components and to reuse and recycle its products wherever

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'Apple refuses to address our criticisms on their products, both for the recycling and for the use of harmful chemicals,' said Iza Kruszewska, a Greenpeace campaigner at the show. 'Instead of hiding their head in the sand, Apple should be a world leader in the greening of the electronics industry, not lagging behind.'

Apple has denied Greenpeace's claims, which appear to be largely concerned about a flame retardant and potentially carcinogenic compound, tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBA).

The company says that it is actively looking for an alternative to TBBA and notes that, 'Many Apple products have enclosures made of inherently flame retardant aluminum and polycarbonate plastic, reducing the need for added flame retardants.'

In fact Greenpeace's insistence that TBBA is one of the 'worst toxic chemical' jars with the opinions of leading scientists. The EU Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks, for example, reported that 'there are no concerns for the carcinogenicity of tetrabromobisphenol A ... bioaccumulation of this compound is not considered to be of concern.'