Apple says it’s using more recycled materials than ever before
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At the Material Recovery Lab in Austin, Texas, engineers and experts use a pilot-scale industrial electronics shredder for research and development. Apple's newest recycling machine, Taz, was developed out of this process, designed to help conventional bulk electronics recyclers recover more precious materials. | Image: Apple Apple products contained almost 20 percent recycled materials in 2021, the highest percentage the company has achieved to date. Apple shared new details on its recycling programs today, along with some new features it's offering customers ahead of Earth Day on April 22nd.
In a first for any Apple device, recycled gold was used in the plating of the main logic board in the iPhone 13 and iPhone13 Pro, as well as in wire in the device's front camera and rear cameras. That milestone," Apple says, was the result of the company pioneer[ing] industry-leading levels of traceability to build a gold supply chain of exclusively recycled content."
A first for any Apple device
That builds on the company's previous efforts to retrieve gold from...