Apple’s new iPhone Air accommodates extra recycled titanium than any of its predecessors, the corporate introduced on the Tuesday Keynote. It’s utilizing 80 p.c recycled titanium. The cellphone as a complete is made with 35 p.c recycled materials by weight, in comparison with 30 p.c recycled materials for the iPhone 17.
The corporate’s newest lineup of watches additionally boast increased proportions of recycled content material. Each the Apple Watch Extremely 3 and Apple Watch SE 3 are made up of 40 p.c recycled content material, with 100% recycled cobalt within the battery. The Extremely 3 case is made with 100% recycled titanium, and Apple says that an “modern 3D printing course of” allowed it to chop down the quantity of uncooked supplies used within the case by half in comparison with earlier iterations. The Apple Watch SE 3 case is made with 100% recycled aluminum.
For comparability, Apple’s Sequence 10 watches got here with both 100% recycled aluminum or 95 p.c recycled titanium. Utilizing extra recycled supplies can reduce the air pollution and environmental dangers of mining and processing uncooked supplies, as does designing merchandise to have extra longevity.
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