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Apple Products Decertified as Environmentally Sound
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From the article:
“Companies like Dell have 171 products listed on EPEAT, but yet if you look on Dell’s Web site, none of their computers are even Energy Star Compliant.”
Are there various levels of Energy Star compliance? I honestly don’t know, but that didn’t sound right so a quick Google search brought me these:
https://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/optix/EnergStar5.0_SpecSheet.pdf
https://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx150/en/ug/reg.htm#estar_comp
Something seems amiss, or I’m completely misunderstanding what the Energy Star sticker means.
EDIT:
Just saw this on twitter: https://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2012/07/10/san-francisco-officials-plan-to-block-apple-procurement/Wonder if this is an isolated response or if Apple’s move will eventually cost them a significant amount of sales.
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[Michael Hancock] “Are there various levels of Energy Star compliance? I honestly don’t know, but that didn’t sound right so a quick Google search brought me these: “
There seems to be different categories. I don’t really know.
Also Energy Star and EPEAT are different.
That Dell comment seems a bit erroneous.
I haven’t found a similar statement from Apple anywhere else, yet.
Yes, they stand to lose business., it was their decision.
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The total statement, as reported by the Loop is thus:
“Apple takes a comprehensive approach to measuring our environmental impact and all of our products meet the strictest energy efficiency standards backed by the US government, Energy Star 5.2 … We also lead the industry by reporting each product’s greenhouse gas emissions on our website, and Apple products are superior in other important environmental areas not measured by EPEAT, such as removal of toxic materials.”
… none of which speaks to why they don’t want to be certified. (One could just as easily imagine the above paragraph in a press release announcing EPEAT certification.)
It also leaves aside the question of 3rd party audit and transparency, which are fundamental aspects of the issue.
Some good detailed assessments on the Greenpeace site:
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/electronics/Guide-to-Greener-Electronics/Franz.
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Looks like someone changed their mind:
Apple acknowledges ‘mistake,’ places eligible products back on EPEAT
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(Edit: didn’t see your post, David; same info)
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