Apple said that will stop connecting the power adapter with the iPhone 12 and other products 865span_span_span_span _span_span _span _span _span _span _span 1,000 zinc and 1,000 tons of zinc that will be bundled and sold. The smaller packaging of the iPhone 12 allows the company to transport the device more efficiently. According to Apple's data, each shipment can carry up to 70% of the iPhone 12.
Last year, Apple reduced its carbon dioxide emissions from 25.1 million tons in 2019 to 22.6 million tons. It also cut energy consumption by 13.9 million kilowatt-hours.
Apple's vice president of environmental, policy and social initiatives Lisa Jackson (Lisa Jackson) said in the opening letter of the report: "As a company, we are more urgent than ever to provide for our planet and her Of people create a stronger and healthier future." "By 2020, this means that we have made substantial progress in tackling climate change. Apple has achieved carbon neutrality in our global business, and We are committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 from the supply chain to the entire footprint of the products we use. These same products now use more recycled materials than ever before, such as equipped with Retina displays 40% of the recycled materials in the MacBook Air screen, and 99% of the recycled tungsten that we now use in the iPhone 12 and Apple Watch Series 6."
The report pointed out, Apple's material recycling laboratory in Texas The ongoing work is to recover materials such as rare earth elements, steel and tungsten from recycled iPhones. Apple said that its disassembly robot Daisy removed a ton of components from the iPhone that contained as much gold and copper as 150 tons of mined ore. The company also said that 39,000 tons of e-waste were delivered to landfills last year.
Apple’s M1 chip is designed to improve energy efficiency. The company said that using the processor in the Mac Mini will reduce the overall carbon footprint of the system by 34%. At the same time, Apple claims that part of the reason is due to the switch to more energy-efficient power adapters. The of the 8th generation iPad consumes 66% less energy than the "Energy Star" rating requirement. In the past 12 years, Apple has reduced the average energy consumption of its products by more than 70%.
These efforts have been extended to Apple's supply chain, where more than 110 suppliers have pledged to use clean energy. As of December last year, more than 90% of companies have installed technology to reduce F-GHG emissions related to display panel assembly, reducing by more than 90%.
Apple's data center owns , which relies solely on renewable energy for long-term power generation and 's recent US$200 million investment in carbon dioxide capture from the atmosphere 5s .
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