Apple Retreats, Admits That Pulling EPEAT Certification Was a Mistake"

From DailyTech: Earlier this week, Apple caught a lot of flak for removing the EPEAT Gold rating from 39 of its products including monitors, desktops, and laptops. While many of Apple's older products -- while often challenging to disassemble -- can be taken apart, repaired, and recycled, the same cannot be said for some of Apple's newest machines.

Apple's new MacBook Pro w/Retina Display has its batteries glued to the casing and the display assembly us completely fused together (and features no protective glass), which means that repairs to the display will be extremely costly according to iFixit.

Some have speculated that since Apple's future MacBook Pro and MacBook Air offerings will be going to this design/construction layout, its products would no longer qualify for EPEAT Gold certification. So by pulling its EPEAT Gold certification for its products early, Apple could sidestep the matter altogether with future products.

Apple is now backtracking on its stance since many municipalities, universities, and large corporations only purchase EPEAT certified hardware. Interestingly, Bob Mansfield, Apple's SVP of Hardware Engineering, fell on his sword to announce that a mistake was made in pulling EPEAT certification.

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