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> Another phone goes to landfill That's disingenuous. Apple has a recycling program, where they take apart every component to be reused or recycled into new ma
by applecrazy 7y ago
> Another phone goes to landfill
That's disingenuous. Apple has a recycling program, where they take apart every component to be reused or recycled into new materials.[1]
[1]: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/04/apple-adds-earth-day-donations-to-trade-in-and-recycling-program/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/04/apple-adds-earth-day-...
- r3bl 7y agoHas a recycling program =/= everyone who ever purchased an iPhone is using that recycling program. 7.8 million "Apple devices"[0] in 2018 is a lot, but an average iPhone is far more likely to end up on a landfill. If it were easy to extract the battery, that wouldn't be such a problem. [0] They group them all together and I can't find any other metric: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/04/apple-expands-global-recycling-programs/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2019/04/apple-expands-global-...
- saagarjha 7y agoYes, but phones that Apple swaps out generally do get recycled.