Over the past few years, Apple has made significant strides in the area of sustainability and environmental protection. The carbon footprint of the company's M1 processors has been reduced by 34%, for example. And when manufacturing the Apple Watch, Apple has taken the trouble to stop using mercury, PVC and beryllium.
Apple's product packaging has also been freed from plastic covers. denmark number data However, even though the company led by Tim Cook has made more than praiseworthy efforts to reconcile itself with sustainability, it still has a long way to go to become more "green" (even if this means putting less strain on its customers' pockets).
And if not, here's a good example. AirPods, Apple 's famous wireless earphones , are designed as disposable devices (and therefore candidates to be thrown into the trash can when their battery stops working, for example). Although the apple company offers a repair service, it is so expensive that it is often simply more profitable for the user to buy new AirPods.
Replacing the battery and wireless charging case on second-generation AirPods, for example, costs 154 euros , while buying new headphones costs 159 euros, just 5 euros that it would cost to repair the gadget.
Apple may offer repair services to its customers to avoid inflicting further damage on the already battered environment, but such services are so expensive that they end up weighing more on the wallet than on sustainability.
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