<story><title>Apple is back on EPEAT</title><url>http://www.apple.com/environment/letter-to-customers/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>droithomme</author><text>&quot;All eligible products&quot; is a key, the new iPad with its glued in battery is not among them.&lt;p&gt;The &quot;more efficient and longer lasting&quot; case materials he brags about are irrelevant in their disposable products made of low quality components that are not user serviceable or upgradable.&lt;p&gt;It&apos;s like bragging you made your automobile frame out of solid titanium with a carbon fiber shell, but ignoring the fact that you built the engine without any way to change the oil, so you&apos;re going to be throwing it out or sending it in for major costly service after a short time. Such planned obsolescent designs are certainly not environmentally sound, and claims of the longevity and strength of the frame materials, and even of certifications, are just PR to distract and hypnotize the marketplace into believing the opposite of the reality of the situation.</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple is back on EPEAT</title><url>http://www.apple.com/environment/letter-to-customers/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>younata</author><text>The retina macbook is rated EPEAT gold.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.apple.com/macbook-pro/specs/&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>