Retina MacBook Pro now EPEAT certified
It seems Apple’s Bob Mansfield isn’t the only one backpedaling. EPEAT, the organization that certifies electronics devices’ repair and recyclability, is now listing the Retina MacBook Pro as EPEAT Gold certified, quite an about face given previous comments from the organization’s CEO.
“If the battery is glued to the case it means you can’t recycle the case and you can’t recycle the battery,” said EPEAT chief Robert Frisbee recently.
Given that the Retina MacBook Pro’s batteries, as well as its display components, are indeed glued to the chassis, then Apple’s popular new portable shouldn’t have been awarded EPEAT Gold Certification. Retina MacBook Pro doesn’t receive top marks in every rating, however, and Apple does get points for removing toxic chemicals.
Whereas Apple hardware VP Bob Mansfield had said that leaving EPEAT was a “mistake,” a move the company rectified on Friday, it appears that EPEAT felt a few pangs of guilt, too, as the two organizations have now made nice…
Will this satisfy Apple’s critics?
via Electronista
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Everyone knows (or at least should know by now) that the glued batteries in the MacBooks are just as easily removed as the glued batteries in the iPhone and the iPad.
The batteries are removed easily using a heat gun aimed at the outside case.
It is common sense that Apple would NOT glue the batteries in a way that they could not remove them easily.
Whenever a customer would take their MacBook to Apple for replacement of the batteries, or if Apple refurbished and resold a MacBook with new batteries, Apple can replace those batteries quickly and easily.
It is easy to use a common tool to remove the batteries from the case of the MacBook Pro Retina Display – just use a heat gun aimed at the outside of the case. This easily melts the glue and the battery is then easily removed. Duh.
1. EPEAT Criterion: Use common tools to disassemble the computer.
2. MACBOOK PRO RETINA DISPLAY: PASSES.
The requirement that parts be removable with common tools is probably there to increase the profits of recyclers, who can then send the machines to sub-industrial areas where illiterate workers can disassemble them with screwdrivers. These profiteers will then turn around and criticize Apple for the working conditions in its Chinese factories? Double hypocrisy.
Manufacturing methods change. Glue allows more reliable, more flexible, and thinner construction. We may as well require that automobiles be constructed of wood in factories powered by water or steam.
[...] More than a few people will be surprised to learn that the Retina MacBook Pro, with its difficult to remove batteries and display components, is now listed as EPEAT Gold Certified. [...]
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