iPod Recycling Program

Posted by Jesse Easley Categories: Corporate News, Portable Audio / Video

With Apple getting a lot of heat lately for their lack of environmentalism, they have decided to take a step to help good ol’ mother nature.  If you take your iPod into any of Apple’s Retail Stores, they will give you 10% off of the purchase of a new iPod.  The catch is that it has to be the iPod, iPod Mini, or iPod Photo and it has to all be done the same day. Apple has agreed to take the iPods that are brought into the stores and dispose of them without exposing the environment to the hazardous materials that the iPod consists of including lead.  The major incentive to this is that if you have an older iPod and you’re battery is on the fritz, you can get a substantial discount on a replacement.

Critics have blasted Apple for the fact that the iPod’s battery is difficult and expensive to replace, giving consumers an incentive to throw them out and buy new ones. Apple recently agreed to extend service warranties and replace batteries for free in certain cases. The agreement is part of Apple’s settlement of several class action suits related to iPod battery complaints.

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