Recyclers disagree on impact of glued-in Retina MacBook Pro batteries
Summary
Apples solution to shaving thickness from the Retina MacBook Pro—gluing its lithium polymer battery cells directly to the aluminum unibody shell—continues to spark debate among proponents of sustainable electronics. Then, just weeks after the Retina MacBook Pro was released, Apple raised eyebrows in the tech industry by removing all of its products from the EPEAT green electronics registry. More surprising than the pull-out and reversal, however, is that Apple included the Retina MacBook Pro and its troubled battery among its registered EPEAT products, claiming it qualified for "Gold" status. Barbara Kyle, speaking for the Electronics Take Back Coalition (ETBC), suggested that the Retina MacBook Pro should not qualify for an EPEAT rating of any kind. Ars spoke to two large companies that specialize in recycling electronics to find out their opinions on just how difficult the Retina MacBook Pros battery is to remove.
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