The first thing that came to my mind for me when reading the following section......hmmm, is Apple moving towards products "Powered by Poet". Of course this is just my mind playing with me......the timing is interesting though!

EPEAT requires that companies make products that can be disassembled and repaired by consumers, so that the computer recycling process (which often ends up taking place in the poorer parts of China) isn’t likely to let toxic substances such as batteries leach into the environment.

Apple had signed up for the standard years ago, and withdrew without explanation last week — likely because the design of new products such as the iPad and Macbook with Retina Display makes them much harder to disassemble.