Re:City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products
by lmm on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @01:53AM
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That sounds like a smokescreen. Sure, Apple does a lot of good environmental stuff that's not covered by EPEAT. But that doesn't change that it's started gluing screens and batteries to cases, making them basically impossible to recycle, which is the real story here.
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Re:City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products
by elithrar on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @02:02AM
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> ... making them basically impossible to recycle, which is the real story here.
I would argue that they are "much more difficult" to recycle by anyone other than Apple.
They can still be recycled.
Re:City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products
by Blara on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @02:42AM
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Do you have a source for that? I've heard that the recycling company that Apple uses in fact does not recycle the newer "glued models".
Re:City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products
by josteink on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @03:46AM
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If it can only be done by Apple, it is safe to assume that in 99%+ of the cases it wont be done.
Re:City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products
by atirip on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @02:51AM
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I don't know. Why are computers needed to be recycled by HAND? C'mon, cars are recycled by machinery and modern cars use glue like hell. So whats the issue here?
Re:City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products
by ars on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @05:03AM
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> So whats the issue here?
Mainly the battery. You can't just shred it like you can a car.
Re:City of San Francisco Will No Longer Buy Apple Products
by mkaltenecker on Wednesday July 11, 2012 @09:39AM
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That is wrong. Apple doesn’t glue the screen in the Retina MBP to the case. It’s screwed to the case, as you can see here: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/MacBook-Pro-Retina-Display-Te...