Apple Responds To Epeat Delisting Touts Energy Star

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There is some backlash over Apple’s recent move to delist its products from the U.S. EPEAT Government standard for Green computers.

Today, it was reported that San Francisco was no longer able to buy Apple computers because of the delisting, and many other education, government and other big business entities could theoretically follow suit.

Apple released the following statement to the Loop this evening to clear up the situation somewhat:

While these are all very important environmental attributes, the lack of repairability and ability to take apart these new machines does have a negative affect on consumers and the environment—which is a still a downside/tradeoff for new Retina MacBook Pro designs. Will these moves affect your buying decision?

• Apple’s new designs force it to abandon EPEAT Green standard, potentially cutting off big customers (9to5mac.com)