Apple has always been environmentally conscious. During 2017 and 2018 it received several congratulations for the use of renewable energy in all its facilities and had carried out a strategy for its suppliers to do the same.
In the last keynote he advanced it, but is in charge of publicizing it. The new MacBook Air and Mac mini are the first Macs to feature the 100% recycled aluminum boxes. But they are not the only components made with recycled materials, top cover and connector walls Mac mini also have these materials.
In the case of these parts, not all of them are made with recycled materials. The minimum use of recycled material is 60%, Whereas the fan has a figure of 27% It is made with biological plastic made from renewable sources, replacing oil.
In the case of the MacBook Air, lthe fans and the speaker of the new MacBook Air retina are made with a 35% and 45% respectively, with recycled plastic. The controversial Air butterfly keyboard, features up to 34% organic plastic, while welding the motherboard, Has 100% recycled tin of its components.
In the end, all of this translates into "carbon footprint" that leaves each of the components. Apple estimates the new Mac mini to be a 45% more ecological, if we take into account the manufacturing process. Another thing will be, but it is not estimated, the energy savings of the components of the new model, lower consumption thanks to the processors and the optimization of the system in general, resulting in lower consumption and energy consumption. For the MacBook Air, this figure stands at 47%. These figures are evaluated in terms of the useful life of four years.
But Apple takes care of all the components. As well
. From now on we will see a significant effort by Apple in the use of recycled materials, in the materials of all its equipment, as a differential factor with respect to the competition.
