Google has pledged to increase its use of recycled plastics in its products, including its Google Pixel phone, Google Home speaker and Nest devices, while also reducing emissions from shipments. The company’s sustainability chief, Anna Meegan, said that all Made By Google products would contain recycled plastic by 2022, and that all product shipments would be carbon neutral by 2020. Speaking to Fast Company, Meegan said the firm could reduce emissions by 40 per cent by switching from air shipments to cargo. Google did not set a target for the proportion of recycled plastic to be used. In an interview with Reuters, Ms. Meehan said: “We are committed to being part of this global effort on climate change.
Google has pledged to increase its use of recycled plastics in its products, including its Google Pixel phone, Google Home speaker and Nest devices, while also reducing emissions from shipments. The company’s sustainability chief, Anna Meegan, said that all Made By Google products would contain recycled plastic by 2022, and that all product shipments would be carbon neutral by 2020. Google did not set a target for the proportion of recycled plastic to be used. In an interview with Reuters, Ms. Meehan said: “We are committed to being part of this global effort on climate change.