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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by maxxxxx on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @02:26PM (#18718562)
"For example, Apple appears to be taking the environmental impact of their business seriously:

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I think Apple is doing "greenwashing". If they were serious they would make their devices repairable and upgradeable.

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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by bilbo0s on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:43PM (#18720001)
Devil's Advocate I know, but would people recycle things if they could repair things themselves?

I mean, let's figure you have two possibilities:

1 You have to take it to Apple and have it replaced. In which case Apple will try to salvage (recycle) whatever they can.

2 You buy a new sub-component, take the old sub-component out, and salvage (recycle) the old sub-component yourself.

In all honesty, what is the percentage of people who would actually complete the salvage (recycle) step of option 2? I think it's, at least reasonable, to suspect that the percentage is not terribly high.

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Re:K-Cup creator John Sylvan regrets inventing Keurig coffee... by mattigames on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @02:33PM (#18718646)
Apple puts a lot of effort to make iphones NON-repairable as explained by this technician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26cNHSilikI&feature=youtu.be...
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