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		netsharc on March 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple’s 2018 MacBook Pros Attempt to Solve Flexgat... There was a hyped report where they said they recovered over 2204 lbs of gold from their hardware, this number quoted in every news story: https://www.geek.com/apple/apples-recycling-program-recovere... 2204 lbs is 1000kg converted to lbs, rounded down. If that's not a marketing number I don't know what is

sebazzz on March 5, 2019 | [–]

They probably recovered less if there was less hardware to replace. You can't recover much gold from only a ribbon cable versus an entire display assembly.

TazeTSchnitzel on March 5, 2019 | [–]

And much, if not most if it will not be from Apple hardware IIRC. Apple is obliged to recycle old electronics, not just its own.

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