PEAT Claim That Apple’s Ultrathin MacBooks are Upgradable Will Mean ‘More E-Waste’, Greenpeace
Greenpeace isn’t happy with EPEAT’s rating of Apple’s laptops, claiming that as a result of the green standards group’s changes to the criteria, the world’s electronic waste problem will grow.
“EPEAT’s announcement today to include computers with difficult-to-replace batteries in its green electronics registry will result in less recycling and more e-waste,” Greenpeace IT analyst Casey Harrell said.
EPEAT’s investigation of ultrathin laptops, including Apple’s MacBook Air, ruled that they conform to the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) environmental standard.
One of the issues in question was EPEAT section 4.4.2.1, which requires that “the product is upgradeable with commonly available tools.”
Source: Macworld
By Karen Haslam