Apple uses the first industrially produced carbon-free aluminum to build iPhone SE in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of its products.
The company has placed the first order for aluminum, which is generated through a new smelting process called "ELYSIS", which generates oxygen instead of greenhouse gases.
ELYSIS was created with funds from Apple's $XNUMX billion green bond investments in low-carbon and recycling technologies that can reduce your emissions. Every new device manufactured produces carbon emissions throughout the supply chain and requires the extraction of beautiful metals.
iPhone SE
In XNUMX, the iPhone maker released a ten-year roadmap outlining plans to reduce emissions by XNUMX% and develop carbon removal solutions for the rest of its footprint.
Apple plans to be carbon neutral by XNUMX and already uses clean energy to power its global facilities. The company will also develop other low-carbon product designs, launch recycling ideas and reduce its electricity needs.
This means that a decade from now, every iPhone, iPad or Apple device sold is going to have a net zero impact over time.
Carbonless aluminum has already been used in the production of the XNUMX-inch MacBook Pro, but it had not been released to the public until now.
"Apple is committed to leaving the planet better than we found it, and our Green Bonds are a key tool to advance our environmental sacrifices," said Llana Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment, social policy and ideas.
"Our investments advance the cutting-edge technologies needed to reduce the carbon footprint of the materials we use, even as we transition to using recyclable and renewable materials in our products to preserve the Earth's finite resources."
Other projects that will benefit from Apple's green bonds include clean energy ideas, including the largest onshore wind turbines on the planet that power its Danish data center in Viborg. Over the next year, Apple plans to expand the facility and build infrastructure capable of capturing excess thermal energy for the local area.