If you've ever attended an Apple event, you're sure to know that the company dedicates the first ten minutes to its environmentally friendly business, with executives emphasizing how much they love the environment and that they would do anything to reduce pollution.
In the spirit of eco-friendliness, Apple plans to build future iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks from recycled materials and a range of new materials such as bioplastics, which will help substantially reduce pollution and improve recycling.
Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environmental affairs, explained that future flagships will be made from recycled materials with the aim of stopping land mining altogether.
“We have undertaken 100% recycled material to make our new products. As far as I know, we are the only company that is trying to successfully complete such a project,” said Lisa Jackson.
To be honest, while this goal of Apple's is quite ambitious, the company is a long way from creating a product with the build quality of existing models using only recycled materials.
The iPhone X, for example, comes with the most durable glass on the market, so it will be a challenge for the company to achieve the same strength and stick to its eco-friendly strategy at the same time.
Apple announced earlier this year that it had suspended the use of cobalt sourced from the Democratic Republic of Congo, in response to allegations of child labor, harsh working conditions, and low pay in an industry responsible for the lithium-ion batteries used by the majority of devices these days.
