Apple Is Now Running On Renewable Energy

Apple is starting to take steps in the right direction towards a greener future. Apple has taken a look at their carbon footprint and have decided that it's too big for their liking. Here's what they're doing about it:

Apple is "sourcing lower-carbon materials" to make their devices and have partnered with "suppliers to add clean energy to their facilities." They produce renewable energy that powers 93 percent of their "offices, retail stores and data centers around the world." Apple's data centers "around the world run on 100 percent clean energy and power billions of iMessages, answers from Siri and song downloads from Itunes."

Almost 100 percent (99 percent to be exact) of the paper in Apple packaging is recycled or sustainable. Apple is working with "over 160 recyclers around the world, whose facilities we hold to rigorous standards of environmental compliance, health and safety and social responsibility." Since 1994, Apple has kept over 597 million pounds of equipment out of landfills.

Apple has also taken mercury and arsenic out of their products screens. They started a Full Material Disclosure program in 2015 "that shows us the chemical composition of every material in every component of our products."

Apple has created Apple Renew, "a global program that lets you bring used Apple devices to any Apple Store for reuse or responsible recycling." They also host recycling collection events and take-back initiatives to ensure that their devices stay out of landfills and are recycled correctly.

Apple is doing all that they can to reduce their carbon footprint, help the environment and make their products and stores as eco friendly as possible.

So many brands and companies are changing the way their products are made to help save the environment. I'll link Apple's environmental page and the other blog posts I've made on different eco friendly companies below.

Apple's environmental page: http://www.apple.com/environment/

Blog posts on other eco friendly companies:

Ecoscraps: http://ridewithmark.blogspot.com/2016/04/grow-your-garden-with-ecoscraps.html

Patagonia: http://ridewithmark.blogspot.com/2016/05/patagonia-is-putting-environment-ahead.html

Denik: http://ridewithmark.blogspot.com/2016/05/denik-notebooks-changing-world-one.html

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