Who other than Apple takes back your device and disposes of it safely?
That was my biggest thought. They also give you money. I have old HP's and other old devices that I can't get rid of so how are they as highly rated with EPEAT. The local land fill won't accept them, the state facility that had dates that you could drop them off is down to twice a year. People are starting to dump them in the woods, side of the road etc. That is not safe at any level. I know when I turned our last Mac in and got an Apple store credit, that was great! I had read the ratings of their items when they quit EPEAS and I could be wrong but it looked to me as if it was the Macbook Air NOT the MBPR which had the high Energy Star Rating etc. if you have it repaired or send it back to be disposed of/recycled properly, that's better than any alternative we have available to us. If someone know if these other companies, HP etc are taking back their computers and devices to recycle please post. I'm tired of saying I have a new MBPR with all of the ruckus people raised about it, and I absolutely adore it. With the 3 year total warranty that will probably be all I need if anything does go wrong, and that's about as often as we upgrade our devices anyway. I have had enough years of tinkering with Windows PC's hardware well as software and with our Macs, Apple devices, it's such a nice change after 15+ years of Windows stuff, to use our devices and love using them. We are very happy with 7 in our home. I do think the EPEAT system DOES need to be upgraded or other products noted such as the the Samsung and Galaxy Nexus I believe? there was a whole list of them that do not have removable batteries and more. And what about all of the plastic? I wish they'd update the lists and there standards honestly.
I worked doing electronics assembly and products for years using epoxy resins, glues that are the Pro version of Super Glue, and they do have ways to release the part, and the grip of the glue for example. The worst part was the styrofoam, drilling it, it was what I had to use as the float with superglue type glue and magnets, soldered into a plastic tube, then filled with epoxy resin then attached to the plastic wires by soldering, and there was a computer chip glued in, same glue, guess what they were used for? They float in your gas station tanks to as an alert of a leak or imminent explosion . I was inspected by the government and certified. We lost our work which had been in a plant, reduced to at home work if we wanted a job with no benefits, and this was outsourced alone with so many other jobs in the late 90's -early 2000's. After seeing the chemicals they used that could remove these agents and many others, I have no doubt they have a way to remove the battery to recycle it.
