Apple updates site with environmental impact
Apple on Thursday updated its Web site with a new section on how its products are impacting the environment.
Apple has made public information in several categories including Life Cycle Impact, Product Usage Impact, and Product Environmental Reports. The company also created a section dedicated to its own environmental updates.
Taking a look at the power management section will give you an idea of how extensive the information is that Apple provided. According to Apple, Mac OS X even regulates the processor in between keystrokes, saving power.
"Designing green products includes considering the environmental impact of the materials used to make them," reads Apple's Web site. "From the glass, plastic, and metal in our products to the paper and ink in our packaging, our goal is to continue leading the industry in reducing or eliminating environmentally harmful substances."
To show how things like packaging can affect the environment, Apple compares the 2006 13-inch MacBook to that of the 2009 13-inch MacBook Pro. The end result: "By reducing our packaging over 40 percent between 2006 and 2009, we ship 50 percent more boxes in each airline shipping container. That saves one 747 flight for every 32,000 units we ship," according to Apple.
The Web site features a lot more information including emissions per hour of product use, recycling efforts, and what the company has done to reduce energy in its facilities.
Jim Dalrymple has followed Apple and the Mac industry for the last 15 years, first as part of MacCentral and then in various positions at Macworld. Jim also writes about the professional audio market, examining the best ways to record music using a Macintosh. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network and is not an employee of CNET. He currently runs The Loop. You can follow him on Twitter @jdalrymple. 
Anyone who has recently been through the large drought in the south eastern USA will tell you - they were FORCED to stop using water. And when they all complied, what happened? The water utilities all began to lose revenue. What did they do? They INCREASED rates to make up the difference. They didnt suffer along with the rest of the folks. They raped their customers, regardless.
Do you think the electric companies will behave any differently? If so, then you're all as deluded as Pelosi, Reid, Gore and the rest of those fruitcakes. And yes, the messiah too.
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ps,can someone calculate how big the pile would be when you stack all the ipods together?
Agrainofsalt... cars normally have longer lives than computers... if your using your first gen ipod in 10-12 years call me, I will apologize. You can use those cars for spare parts, so technically they aren't so bad.
baconstang... a PC is as useless as the user... Mac or PC. Yes there is more PC users than Mac users so the numbers are greater in terms of useless users. The PC's that get tossed are greater cause there are far more PC's than Apple computers out there. Yes I know Mac is better than PC, yawn...
Ironically, there are entire markets dedicated to the recycling of cars and ships as those raw materials are in demand here in this country and abroad. Cars go to the shredder, and ships are cut up for scrap iron and recycled.
There really isn't anything like that for computers currently. A good chunk of them get shipped in bulk to third world countries where they *burn* them, polluting the atmosphere in an attempt to extract the gold but then toss the rest. That's not recycling, that pollution.
And yes, Apple is guilty of this just as much as Dell, HP, and other PC makers.
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my point again-all those millions of ipods they sell will end up in the trash can someday
So you don't like ipods, fine, but the question you asked about how ipods are recycled has been answered. I tried a quick search on zune and pre recycling but all I got were these pages:
http://www.palminfocenter.com/news/8261/recycle-your-mobile-phone-for-free-with-palm/
http://www.zune.net/en-us/support/productguide.htm
maybe somebody can find better references.
They are not 'recycled' as you would think of it, removing the components and reusingthe base material to make new products.
But as long as they pay another company to haul it away for 'recyling purposes', then they can claim they have done their part. What happens to it after that is none of their concern.
-By reducing packaging we save x $$$$ on materials
-By reducing packaging we save space=storage and that saves us x $$$$$$
-By reducing packaging we save space ,storage,weight-that saves us x $$$$ on shipping
That is why we are dropping the prices of our computers by x $$$$$$$
...ain't gonna happen,huh?I believe that packaging is very important to the dumb monkeys who consume the product.making the packaging less "candy" like they need to make the monkeys believe that the candy is wrapped in the crappy-looking-cool-green packaging
1. Apple shouldn't sell iPods because they won't last forever and may end up on a trash heap.
2. You don't know how an iPod is recycled so you assume it doesn't happen.
3. You want to see Apple's financial statements because you think they are too expensive.
4. You believe that everyone who buys something is a monkey.
5. Candy should come in crappy-looking-cool-green packaging.
BTW, when the computer you are typing on dies, what will you do with it?
1-Yes!
2-I don't know how its done but i am sure something is left.I would like to see an article about that.
3-Sure i do but not only because they are overpriced but also because i'm curious
4-Yes.
5.No
BTW,if it dies i will fix it.I will save x $$$$ doing it myself instead of going to apple store.The bad part i will toss in the trash and i wont be walking around saying what a good deed i did for my planet and my fellow monkeys.
1. Then no company should sell anything as it may end up on a trash heap.
2. Have you done any research (see baconstang's comment above).
3. Just because you're curious, it means Apple has to do it?
4. The include yourself in the mix.
5. Then please rewrite your above comment again so as I can make heads or tails of it.
"BTW,if it dies i will fix it.I will save x $$$$ doing it myself instead of going to apple store.The bad part i will toss in the trash and i wont be walking around saying what a good deed i did for my planet and my fellow monkeys."
So you are worse than those who take their products back to the manufacturer to be recycled. I see Apple, whilst running a profitable business, at least trying to lessen their environmental footprint. You I see a as a person who criticises those who try to do the right thing whilst you do the wrong thing, because you want to save money.
One question for tektaktyks-- After you replace those parts on your computer, where do you think they go after the trash?? Oh, you don't care because it's about you not Apple.
Dell-garbage,i will never buy it.(especially after the fraud case).
Sony (vaio products) overpriced,bs
Acer-better figure out whats wrong with it,upgrade your ram before you run out of warranty.stupid bastards.
LG-i will never buy a tv from them-garbage.
i could go on but i hope you get the point.i wouldnt say im worst because i will only change the part that needs to be changed,and when my pc doesnt meet my needs anymore i will give it to some poor member of my family or a friend.and my point is that apple is a "poser" among electronics companies,they are full of crap.i like the iphone,its a cool toy,but thats all i can buy from them.
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- In the EU the price of an Electronic item includes a cost for recycling (it's actually pretty small, since it's everywhere). Manufacturers have to arrange for recycling after use (smaller manufacturers just join a bigger scheme). Search for "WEEE recycle" to see more.
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(36 Comments)BTW I still have my old HP notebook, runs Win95 - just too old for WIn98 (I don't use it much these days, but 3 months Save To RAM beats the C*** out of modern PCs.) I only mention due to HP comment above :-)