What about the landfills where all these products will end up? Don’t batteries leak and cause horrible damage? All these libs buy all these pads, pods and Mac computers and they never think about the final dump destination.
Or is there a “green” disposal that I have not learned about yet?
“Or is there a “green” disposal that I have not learned about yet?”
Yep.
http://www.apple.com/recycling/
You make a good point, and it doesn’t end there. Green cars and all the other electronic toys, gadgets, gizmos, musical instruments...they all go somewhere when they’re through using and playing with them.
They’ll put it in a green or blue trash bin and they think they’ve done some grand deed. Even better, they’ll try to sell them, thus passing the disposal problem to someone else. And then it’s out of sight, out of mind. “Not my problem.”
As others have pointed out, Apple has a recycling program, unlike most other manufacturers. There is an interesting article in the March 2014 issue of Popular Science, "The Garbage Man" about a man and his company trying to recycle tech garbage. "Among industrialized nations, the U.S. remains the only country without federal laws that mandate the domestic recycling of electronics and cars. As a result, much of that plastic flows offshore to the developing world."
At least Apple is trying to recycle. Why focus on Apple, when practically all other electronic waste is shipped off to Asia and Africa? Do you wonder about the final dump destination when you buy a PC, toaster, TV, or game station? That electronic waste ends up in China, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Nigeria and Ghana but nary a peep from Americans complaining about the situation. Misplaced anger at Apple.
Uh, no. The gold, silver, and aluminum content of the computers makes them far more recyclable than all the plastic computers from other makers. There are companies that literally "mine" old computers for the rare earth elements. Leaking battery issues doing damage was mostly from the old mercury cells. Lithium is no where near the problem mercury was claimed to be.
Uh, no. The gold, silver, and aluminum content of the computers makes them far more recyclable than all the plastic computers from other makers. There are companies that literally "mine" old computers for the rare earth elements. Leaking battery issues doing damage was mostly from the old mercury cells. Lithium is no where near the problem mercury was claimed to be.