Apple Exits "Green Hardware" Certification Program

westlake writes "CNET reports that Apple is turning its back on the EPA supported EPEAT hardware certification program. One of the problems EPEAT sees are barriers to recycling. Batteries and screens glued into place — that sort of thing. There is a price for Apple in this: CIO Journal notes that the U.S. government requires that 95 percent of its electronics bear the EPEAT seal of approval; large companies such as Ford and Kaiser Permanente require their CIOs to buy from EPEAT-certified firms; and many of the largest universities in the U.S. prefer to buy EPEAT-friendly gear."

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Re:No Surprise There

[PopeRatzo]

You mean the Occupy protesters that wanted everybody to stick it to the banks by joining Credit Unions, even though Credit Unions have the benefit of being tax-exempt (unlike banks) and therefore contribute NOTHING to the local economy, while at the same time hating the rich for using tax breaks? Those people?

Credit unions are exempt from federal income tax (though they pay lots of employment, property and sales tax) because they are not-for-profit and thus exempt from federal corporate income tax. A corporation that does not make a profit has no income on which to pay federal corporate income tax.

This is the reason that the boards of directors of credit unions are all volunteers and are member owned.

The members of a credit union pay taxes on their income from the credit union, just like anyone else.

Banks on the other hand, are entirely for profit, and thus pay taxes on their income because they are not required to re-invest all of their income in ways that benefit the members directly. A credit union does not have customers, it has members.

I hope that cleared things up a bit. I'd hate for you to make those assertions where people know who you are and can therefore peg you as a dope. A little bit of information inoculates you from that embarrassment.

Re:No Surprise There

[dave420]

Not narrow-minded? If the battery is glued in, you can't remove it for correct recycling without rupturing it, spilling its contents. How is realising that is a bad idea "narrow minded"?