Apple has set ambitious goals to achieve carbon neutrality across its entire value chain by 2030, with a focus on reducing emissions by 75% compared to 2015 levels. Recent updates indicate significant progress, with greenhouse gas emissions already reduced by more than 55% since 2015, suggesting the company is on the right track.
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Apple Trade In is a program that allows you to trade in your old Apple device for credit for a new one or for an Apple gift card. It’s a convenient way to recycle your old device and get money back on a new one. But have you ever wondered what happens to your old iPhones when you trade them in for the latest model?
Additionally, this year, Apple rolled out a new product sorter at its Asset Recovery Center in California, aiming to automate the process for greater efficiency and productivity. Apple says it is committed to spreading this technology to recycling partners around the world as an affordable and time-saving solution.
To further increase efficiency, the California Asset Recovery Center began using autonomous mobile robots to help move products and components throughout the facility. In addition to this, Apple is partnering with academic institutions like Carnegie Mellon to further the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and automation to further improve recycling.
The company says that right now, devices as old as the iPhone 7, for example, still have trade-in value and encourages its customers to drop off their used Apple devices at any Apple Store or visit apple.com/recycle. Apple is committed to responsibly recycling products that no longer have value, recovering the valuable materials they contain to give them a new life in future products.
Despite progress, not everything is going smoothly in the recycling department
According to a recent report, Apple regularly asks its recycling partner to destroy “dozens of thousands” of devices that could have been refurbished instead.
Apple has set ambitious goals to achieve carbon neutrality across its entire value chain by 2030, with a focus on reducing emissions by 75% compared to 2015 levels. Recent updates indicate significant progress, with greenhouse gas emissions already reduced by more than 55% since 2015, suggesting the company is on the right track.
Image-Apple
Apple Trade In is a program that allows you to trade in your old Apple device for credit for a new one or for an Apple gift card. It’s a convenient way to recycle your old device and get money back on a new one. But have you ever wondered what happens to your old iPhones when you trade them in for the latest model?
Additionally, this year, Apple rolled out a new product sorter at its Asset Recovery Center in California, aiming to automate the process for greater efficiency and productivity. Apple says it is committed to spreading this technology to recycling partners around the world as an affordable and time-saving solution.
To further increase efficiency, the California Asset Recovery Center began using autonomous mobile robots to help move products and components throughout the facility. In addition to this, Apple is partnering with academic institutions like Carnegie Mellon to further the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, and automation to further improve recycling.
The company says that right now, devices as old as the iPhone 7, for example, still have trade-in value and encourages its customers to drop off their used Apple devices at any Apple Store or visit apple.com/recycle. Apple is committed to responsibly recycling products that no longer have value, recovering the valuable materials they contain to give them a new life in future products.
Despite progress, not everything is going smoothly in the recycling department
According to a recent report, Apple regularly asks its recycling partner to destroy “dozens of thousands” of devices that could have been refurbished instead.