Apple has designed a robot that disassembles old iPhones, enabling components, such as cobalt and copper, to be used in new products. Google has pledged to increase its use of recycled plastics in its products, including its Google Pixel phone, Google 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 2020 , and that all product shipments would be carbon neutral by 2022 . Google did not set a target for the proportion of recycled plastic to be used. Google Home ’s Google streaming devices already contain recycled plastic.
Google has pledged to increase its use of recycled plastics in its products, including its Google Pixel phone, Google 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 2020 , and that all product shipments would be carbon neutral by 2022 . Google did not set a target for the proportion of recycled plastic to be used. Google Home ’s Google streaming devices already contain recycled plastic.