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For example, HP’s product documentation for HP OfficeJet 9015e claims 'EPEAT Silver'; however, the corresponding EPEAT Registry describes the registered device as 'HP OfficeJet Pro 9010/9012 ...
Apple has ended support for a leading, government-backed green standard … and some are seeing red. Apple on Monday voluntarily pulled its 39 products off of the EPEAT standard, a leading ...
However, Apple also added the Gold label to all four models of the new MacBook Pro with Retina display. Almost immediately, the Electronics TakeBack Coalition took offense with what had happened.
Apple has announced today that it will again begin to use the EPEAT green certification program, reversing a decision to remove the labels barely a week ago on July 6th. That day, the EPEAT said ...
Walmart’s Sustainability Consortium Developing Green Label for Electronics Last year, Walmart announced that it was developing a Sustainability Index for every product on its shelves.
To achieve the EPEAT label, producers must meet criteria for efficient power and water use, recycled content, disclosure of substances used in manufacturing, worker health and safety and more.
The booming demand for green IT products has been underlined with the release of new figures showing sales of PCs and laptops carrying the EPEAT environmental label more than doubled during 2007 ...
First Solar Inc. has received the EPEAT Climate+ designation for its Series 6 Plus and Series 7 TR1, the world’s first photovoltaic (PV) solar modules to do so.
Apple Removes 'Green' EPEAT Label On Macs, Faces Backlash In San Francisco. Apple is reportedly removing 39 of its products from a government-issued list of environmentally friendly tech products, ...
Greenpeace has accused the US green IT labelling scheme EPEAT of "caving in" to pressure from leading manufacturers and approving a number of "ultra-thin" notebooks that will prove difficult to ...
Apple has pulled its products from the EPEAT ‘green’ product registry, telling the organization that its new design direction was not compatibly with EPEAT standards.
Robert Frisbee, CEO of EPEAT, said Apple decided to pull its products from the registry because its product "design direction" no longer coincided with EPEAT’s requirements.