Apple has rejoined an environmental ratings scheme a week after quitting the programme.
The firm published a letter on its site saying it had realised the move had been "a mistake" after many of its customers had complained.
The u-turn follows an announcement by San Francisco city officials that they planned to ban local agencies from buying Apple Mac computers.
They said at the time that they hoped Apple would reconsider.
Apple helped set up the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) registry in 2006. It is designed to identify which electronic devices pose the least risk to the environment.
Apple's decision to leave followed the release of a new laptop which was hard to disassemble and recycle, meaning the device would have been unlikely to have secured the scheme's top rating.
A letter published on Apple's site by its senior vice president of hardware engineering said the move to quit the registry had been an error.
"We've recently heard from many loyal Apple customers who were disappointed to learn that we had removed our products from the EPEAT rating system," wrote Bob Mansfield.
"I recognise that this was a mistake. Starting today, all eligible Apple products are back on EPEAT."
Mr Mansfield added that the company believed it made the industry's "most environmentally responsible products" and suggested that the firm would now work with EPEAT to "evolve" its rating system.
(Via: BBC)
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