Sep 13, 2023
By: Katya Naidu
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Apple has plans to go completely carbon neutral by 2030. It said at its Wonderlust event it made rapid strides — with materials, energy and transportation.
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Apple Watches are popular and their straps are now completely leather-free, and their Carbon neutral straps will use recycled yarn and other materials designed by Hermes and Nike repurpose materials to give a suede-like feel in rich colours.
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The watches will use recycled Aluminum and even Cobalt – along with other recycled metals like tin, copper and tungsten. Its Pro model phones will also use a Titanium enclosure instead of stainless steel.
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Their products will be shipped by ocean instead of air which will reduce GHG emissions by 78 percent.
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To make up for the power consumed by Apple Watches, the tech giant will set up that much green energy capacity — to ensure net zero usage by its consumers.
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It also has plans to eliminate plastic from its packaging by next year, and already uses fibre and a smaller packaging to ensure minimal impact.
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Apple offices are already Carbon neutral and its stores are powered by green energy – and last year they cut water usage by 63 billion gallons.
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“We have innovated and re-tooled almost every part of our process to reduce our impact on the planet,” said Tim Cook, Apple CEO.
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Apple has taken up projects to restore mangroves in Columbia and grasslands in Kenya to ‘remove Carbon from the atmosphere’.
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