| Environmental Criteria | Apple | Industry | Leadership | |
| Lead (mostly in CRTs) | 99.8% reduction | ??? (CRTs still in use) | Apple | |
| Cadmium | RoHS fully met (year) | Operating under Exemption | Apple | |
| Hexavalent Chromium | RoHS fully met (year) | Operating under Exemption | Apple | |
| Decabromodiphenyl Ether | RoHS fully met (year) | Operating under Exemption | Apple | |
| Arsenic | Starting 2007; completing 2008 | ??? | TBD | |
| Mercury | Starting 2007; completing TBD | ??? | TBD | |
| Polyvinyl Chloride | Started 1995; completing 2008 | start in 2007; complete by 2009? | Apple | |
| Brominated flame retardants | Started 2001; completing 2008 | TBD by 2009? | Apple | |
| Recycling | Started 1994; now 9.5% | Started (date); now TBD% | TBD | |