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Apple Is Now Forcing Its Suppliers to Go 'Green' (afr.com)
Apple is already running on 100% green energy, according to Fast Company. But Apple is still "keen to show it's a good corporate citizen," reports the Australian Financial Review:
Apple's annual supplier responsibility report released on Thursday revealed 20 manufacturing supplier facilities had been removed from the company's supply chain for breaches of environmental permits or workplace rules. "Smelters and refiners deeper in our supply chain are held to similar standards and if they exhibit a lack of commitment to meet our supplier code of conduct, they risk losing Apple's business," the report said...
In 2018, Apple completed 770 audits of its supplier manufacturing facilities, logistics and repair centres and contact centre facilities. There were also 279 third-party mineral smelter and refiner audits conducted... Apple's 13th annual supplier responsibility progress report said all final assembly points for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods and HomePod, were now certified zero waste to landfill, while conserving billions of litres of water and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Apple's suppliers in 45 countries have diverted 1 million tonnes of garbage in three years, saved 28.7 gigalitres of water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 466,000 annualised metric tons, which is the equivalent to taking 100,000 cars off the road for one year.
In 2018, Apple completed 770 audits of its supplier manufacturing facilities, logistics and repair centres and contact centre facilities. There were also 279 third-party mineral smelter and refiner audits conducted... Apple's 13th annual supplier responsibility progress report said all final assembly points for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, AirPods and HomePod, were now certified zero waste to landfill, while conserving billions of litres of water and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Apple's suppliers in 45 countries have diverted 1 million tonnes of garbage in three years, saved 28.7 gigalitres of water and reduced greenhouse gas emissions by more than 466,000 annualised metric tons, which is the equivalent to taking 100,000 cars off the road for one year.
I hope more people see past Apple's sleight of hand here. They design their devices in such a way that makes it very difficult (or impossible) to repair, and it's usually just cheaper to replace it out of warranty since they charge exorbitant prices to due so and don't authorize third-party repair. E-waste is a real thing, but they completely ignore this because "green electricity" is easier to get a headline for and doesn't affect their bottom line.
Having to replace a bunch of parts and drop $700 because a MacBook Pro's butterfly keyboard broke isn't green, Apple. These things have embodied energy, implicit in their manufacture. They're not disposable.
Huh? I got one of the first MacBooks with a butterfly keyboard, when it broke they happily fixed mine under warranty. I'm now on my third butterfly keyboard equipped MacBook and have not had any problems since.
What is involved in each one? Most people just talk about the run time. Check out the worlds longest burning bulb.
https://www.popularmechanics.c...
LED's are made of plastic and plastic is a hydrocarbon, and they break down and expire and will go into land fills too. Most of them are engineered to only barely meet the very weak regulatory requirements to be energy efficient.
Wtf? You can't be serious with this shit ....
The LED bulbs I have in my home right now literally use 1/10th the electricity of an equivalent incandescent bulb. That's not "barely energy efficient", that's an order of magnitude more efficient. They also last a hell of a lot longer. So far I've gotten 3 years out of them and lost 1. In that time period I would have replaced a minimum of 27 incandescent bulbs. Probably more.
Lastly your "world's longest burning bulb" has lasted as long as it has because the filament is ridiculously thick. Which makes it even LESS efficient than a standard incandescent bulb. The damn thing is basically a resistance heater which happens to produce some light. If you think that this is in any way more "green" than modern LED bulbs, you've been smoking a bit too much green yourself ...
E-waste is a real thing, but they completely ignore this
How on earth can you claim this?
Not only does Apple accept every product for free for recycling or resale (they will give you some credit if they can sell it again), Apple also carefully recycles each item themselves to extract as much material as possible.
In fact Apple has gone so far (in a keynote last year) as to say a stated goal is to eliminate the need for raw materials, and get all of the material they need for new devices from recycled ones!
Apple is the model for how all companies should behave with regards to e-waste.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Yes.
And you can read about it in the very same report.
https://www.apple.com/supplier...
LEDs must be used in modern light fixtures that have improved cooling. Older light fixtures were designed for incandescent bulbs and were often sealed with no air flow. This is fine for incandescent bulbs which can handle very high temperatures. But LED bulbs, despite generating less heat, will run too hot and incur a limited lifespan.
So if one is upgrading to LED lights, be certain to check each fixture and change those that do not facilitate cooling of the LED bulb. If you do not, the LED lights will die early. FYI, compact florescent bulbs have the exact same problem.