The bigger desktop’s footprint is more than ten times the small one’s, and almost half of it comes from plugging it in at your desk.
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Apple Watch Series 12 carbon footprint is 10 kg, Ultra 4 13 kg, AirPods 5 11 kg
The carbon totals we could not find in September are in Apple’s environmental reports. The watches show zero for electricity, and AirPods 5 does not.
iPhone Duo's carbon footprint is 93 kg, 30 kg more than iPhone 18 Pro
Apple’s own reports put the foldable at 93 kg of emissions in its base model. Almost all of the extra over iPhone 18 Pro comes before the box ships.
Apple's second China clean energy fund grows to $212 million, backs wind farms
Suppliers ATL, Avary and Diodes have joined in, roughly doubling the fund, and its first two wind farms are already being built.
When an Old Device Earns No Trade-In Credit, Apple Recycles It Free Instead
Apple’s trade-in program is usually described in terms of what it pays. It also has a published zero-dollar outcome. Apple’s own terms state plainly that not all devices are eligible for credit, and that ineligible devices are recycled free rather than returned or discarded some other way. An older Mac too worn for trade-in credit…
Trade-In, Refurbished and Apple's "End-of-Life Processing" Line: What Happens to the Old Device
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro Product Environmental Report splits the phone’s 63 kg CO2e footprint at 256GB into five stages, and the smallest by far is “end-of-life processing,” at under 1 kg. What that stage actually consists of, and how it relates to trade-in or Certified Refurbished, the two routes Apple actually offers customers for an…
Recycled Cobalt in the Battery: The Material Four of Six September Products Share
Apple states that the battery in iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, iPhone Duo, Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 uses 100 percent recycled cobalt. That single figure is the one material claim repeated identically across four of the six products launched this month. AirPods 5’s materials state a recycled-content figure…
Renewable Electricity in Manufacturing: 50, 60 and 35 Percent, and Two Products With No Figure
Apple states that 50 percent of the electricity used to manufacture iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max comes from renewable sources. iPhone Duo’s figure is higher, at 60 percent. AirPods 5’s is lower, at 35 percent. Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 carry no matching percentage in the material published…
Apple Watch Series 12's Recycled Materials: What Apple Publishes, and the Carbon Figure It Has Not
Apple Watch Series 12 is built from 40 percent recycled material overall, with 100 percent recycled aluminum and titanium in its cases, according to Apple’s own figures, and ships in 100 percent fiber-based packaging. Apple Watch Series 12 reaches stores Friday, September 18. Apple Watch Series 12's aluminum and titanium cases are both listed as…
iPhone 18 Pro Max Carbon Footprint: 69 kg at 256GB, 114 kg at 2TB, and Only in a PDF
Apple puts the iPhone 18 Pro Max at 69 kg of CO2e at 256GB, rising to 114 kg at 2TB, and the iPhone 18 Pro at 63 kg rising to 109 kg. Those numbers exist in exactly one place: the Product Environmental Report PDF Apple published for both phones. Storage, not color or size, is…
The iPhone 18 Pro Storage Choice Has a Carbon Price: 63 kg at 256GB, 109 kg at 2TB
Apple’s own Product Environmental Report for iPhone 18 Pro puts the 256GB model at 63 kg of CO2e and the 2TB model at 109 kg. That is a 73 percent increase in a phone’s carbon footprint for choosing more storage, published by Apple in a PDF dated September 2026 and never mentioned in the press…
Apple's Recycled Materials by the Numbers: iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Compared
Apple attached recycled-content figures to all three of the metal products it announced today. The iPhone 18 Pro and Apple Watch Series 12 are each 40 percent recycled material overall, while the Apple Watch Ultra 4 leads the lineup at 45 percent. All three ship in 100 percent fiber-based packaging. The overall percentages hide different…
Apple Looking Toward a Greener Future with Second Impact Accelerator Class
In an effort to expand environmental business solutions, Apple has announced the companies involved with the second Impact Accelerator class.
Apple Celebrates 40 Years in Australia with New Environment Initiatives and More
Apple celebrated its 40 years in Australia by announcing new environment and educational initiatives and support for Indigenous communities.
Apple and Other Tech Companies Are Buying Gold Illegally Mined in Brazil
Apple and other tech companies are allegedly buying gold illegally mined from Brazilian indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest.
iFixit's Pro Tech Toolkit and Mako Driver Kit are now Carbon Neutral
On Wednesday, iFixit announced that its Pro Tech Toolkit and Mako Driver Kit are now registered carbon neutral products.
North Vancouver Plans to Use Electricity From Bitcoin Mining for Heat
The city of North Vancouver in Canada is planning to use electricity created by Bitcoin mining to heat houses.
The technique will involve using MintGreen’s Digital Boilers, which recover more than 96 per cent of the electricity used for bitcoin mining to heat commercial and residential buildings.
Operating at full capacity 365 days a year, the bitcoin miner will be able to heat 100 residential and commercial buildings in the city, situated in the hills north of Vancouver.
Apple Should Scrap Leather if Its Serious About The Environment
Apple is always keen to tout its environmental credentials. However, Adam Oram at iMore makes a really good point. If the company wanted to really improve the impact it has on the environment further, it would stop using leather.
One aspect of Apple’s product lineup no one appears to be looking at, though, is the use of leather. Environmentally, leather is extremely damaging, and it’s surprising to me that Apple has not pursued more eco-friendly alternatives. Apple has a long history with leather, having made a variety of accessories. Right now, in Apple’s product lineup, it has several leather items, including iPhone cases, folios, and sleeves, Apple Watch bands, iPad Smart Covers, MacBook sleeves, MagSafe wallets, and AirTag key rings. These are all supplementary to its hero products, but they are often sold as add-ons when picking up a new phone or tablet.
Apple Celebrates Earth Day 2021 With Curated Content for Customers
In celebration of Earth Day 2021 today, Apple announced some new education resources, curated content, and activities for users.
Smartphone Case Maker ‘Incipio’ Partners With Eden Reforestation Projects
Incipio is partnering with Eden Reforestation Projects for Earth Month 2021. For every purchase of an Organicore smartphone case, five trees will be planted.
What Apple's Doing With All That Green – TMO Daily Observations 2021-03-17
Bryan Chaffin and Charlotte Henry join host Kelly Guimont to discuss how Apple is spending money including Maps features and more “green” updates.
Apple's Environmental Moves – TMO Daily Observations 2020-10-20
Today, Charlotte Henry and Andrew Orr join host Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s latest changes to help achieve their environmental goals.
Send Fax From Your iPhone With EcoFax
EcoFax is an app that lets you send fax from your iPhone. At the end of the month, the company plants trees to compensate for all the paper used to deliver those faxes. They partnered with Trees for the Future Foundation and aim to increase the number of trees they plant as more people use the app. I checked the privacy policy, and it can access and collect data like: your identity, location data, camera, contacts, storage, photos and/or media, notifications, and mobile data. Camera, contacts, storage, and photos make sense, because that’s how the app functions. If that doesn’t bother you and you need to send faxes, maybe consider EcoFax. App Store: Free (Offers In-App Purchases)
Unreliable Entities, Sustainability Reports – TMO Daily Observations 2020-05-18
Andrew Orr and Charlotte Henry join Kelly Guimont to discuss Apple’s inclusion on China’s “naughty” list and corporate responsibility.