Apple Products Use Record 30% Recycled Materials, Advancing Toward Carbon Neutrality Goal
Apple released its Environmental Progress Report, announcing a record 30% recycled material content in all shipped products for 2025, alongside its innovations in recycling technologies like robots Daisy and Dave.
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(CNA, Reporter Wu Chia-hao, Taipei, 16th) Apple today released its annual "Environmental Progress Report," detailing its progress toward achieving carbon neutrality across its entire global business footprint by 2030, and announced that in 2025, the use of recycled materials in all shipped products reached a record 30%.
Apple's Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan said that across all aspects of the business, Apple is demonstrating how innovation and collaboration can turn grand ideas and bold goals into measurable results. From expanding the use of recycled materials to eliminating plastics from packaging, Apple is setting new standards, inspiring the company to continuously improve and work harder for the well-being of humanity and the planet.
In addition to reaching 30% recycled content across all shipped products last year, Apple also achieved multiple targets for the use of recycled materials in specific components. Now, all Apple-designed batteries use 100% recycled cobalt, all magnets use 100% recycled rare earth elements; and all Apple-designed printed circuit boards use 100% recycled gold plating and tin solder.
Apple completed the transition to 100% fiber-based packaging last year, fulfilling its commitment to eliminate plastics from packaging by 2025. Over the past 10 years, Apple's engineers and designers have developed alternatives to common packaging components, replacing plastic protective films and trays with versions made from responsibly sourced paper.
While expanding the use of recycled materials in products, Apple is also developing new technologies to maximize the recoverable materials from devices. Apple introduced a new world-class electronics recycling line, Cora, at its Advanced Recovery Center in California. Through precise shredding and advanced sensing technology, Cora achieves material recovery rates significantly higher than industry benchmarks.
Furthermore, Apple's disassembly robots, Daisy, located in the Netherlands and the United States, can currently disassemble 36 iPhone models to recover more internal materials. Each Daisy can process about 1.2 million iPhones annually. Another robot, Dave, is dedicated to disassembling the Taptic Engine to recover precious rare earth magnets, tungsten, and steel.
Apple's previously launched affordable laptop, the MacBook Neo, has the lowest carbon footprint of any MacBook in history. It features 60% recycled material content, the highest of all Apple devices, including batteries with 100% recycled cobalt and all magnets using 100% recycled rare earth elements.
(CNA, Reporter Wu Chia-hao, Taipei, 16th) Apple today released its annual "Environmental Progress Report," detailing its progress toward achieving carbon neutrality across its entire global business footprint by 2030, and announced that in 2025, the use of recycled materials in all shipped products reached a record 30%.
Apple's Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan said that across all aspects of the business, Apple is demonstrating how innovation and collaboration can turn grand ideas and bold goals into measurable results. From expanding the use of recycled materials to eliminating plastics from packaging, Apple is setting new standards, inspiring the company to continuously improve and work harder for the well-being of humanity and the planet.
In addition to reaching 30% recycled content across all shipped products last year, Apple also achieved multiple targets for the use of recycled materials in specific components. Now, all Apple-designed batteries use 100% recycled cobalt, all magnets use 100% recycled rare earth elements; and all Apple-designed printed circuit boards use 100% recycled gold plating and tin solder.
Apple completed the transition to 100% fiber-based packaging last year, fulfilling its commitment to eliminate plastics from packaging by 2025. Over the past 10 years, Apple's engineers and designers have developed alternatives to common packaging components, replacing plastic protective films and trays with versions made from responsibly sourced paper.
While expanding the use of recycled materials in products, Apple is also developing new technologies to maximize the recoverable materials from devices. Apple introduced a new world-class electronics recycling line, Cora, at its Advanced Recovery Center in California. Through precise shredding and advanced sensing technology, Cora achieves material recovery rates significantly higher than industry benchmarks.
Furthermore, Apple's disassembly robots, Daisy, located in the Netherlands and the United States, can currently disassemble 36 iPhone models to recover more internal materials. Each Daisy can process about 1.2 million iPhones annually. Another robot, Dave, is dedicated to disassembling the Taptic Engine to recover precious rare earth magnets, tungsten, and steel.
Apple's previously launched affordable laptop, the MacBook Neo, has the lowest carbon footprint of any MacBook in history. It features 60% recycled material content, the highest of all Apple devices, including batteries with 100% recycled cobalt and all magnets using 100% recycled rare earth elements.