Apple ME663 Material Efficiency, Restricted Substances, Packaging, Battery chemistry, Retail box

Battery chemistry

•Lithium-ion polymer, 74 Whr

•Free of lead, cadmium, and mercury

Battery design

The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display features a breakthrough battery design that dramatically improves its lifespan—up

to five years. So it uses just one battery in the same time a typical notebook uses three.

Packaging for the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is extremely material efficient, allowing at least 15 percent more units than the original 13-inch MacBook Pro to fit in each shipping container.

Material Efficiency

Apple’s ultracompact product and packaging designs lead the industry in material efficiency. Reducing the material footprint of a product helps maximize shipping efficiency. It also helps reduce the energy consumed during production and material waste generated at the end of the product’s life. Waste is further minimized through the use of batteries that last up to three times longer than typical notebook batteries. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is made of aluminum and other materials highly desired by recyclers. The chart below details the materials used in this model.

Material Use for 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display

Solid-state drive, 14g	Aluminum, 595g
Plastics, 50g
Display panel, 95g
Keyboard and trackpad, 95g
Other metals, 105g
Glass, 130g	Battery, 375g
Circuit boards, 150g

Packaging

The packaging for the 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display uses corrugated cardboard made from a minimum of 40 percent recycled content and molded fiber made entirely from recycled content. In addition, the packaging is extremely material efficient, allowing at least 15 percent more units than the original 13-inch MacBook Pro to fit in each shipping container. The following table details the materials used in its packaging.

Packaging for 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display (U.S. Configurations)

Material	Retail box	Retail and
		shipping box
Paper (corrugate, paperboard)	341g	698g
Molded fiber	—	303g
High-impact polystyrene	205g	205g
Other plastics	17g	17g

Restricted Substances

Apple has long taken a leadership role in restricting harmful substances from its products and packaging. As part of this strategy, all Apple products comply with the strict European Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment, also known as the RoHS Directive. Examples of materials restricted by RoHS include lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and the brominated flame retardants (BFRs) PBB and PBDE. The 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display goes even further than the requirements of the RoHS Directive by incorporating the following more aggressive restrictions:

•Arsenic-free display glass

•Mercury-free LED-backlit display

•BFR-free

•PVC-free internal cables and power adapter DC cable

•PVC-free AC power cord available in all regions except China, India, and South Korea

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