Apple expands global recycling programs, announces new Material Recovery Lab in Austin –

Apple announced today a further investment in its recycling programs and related e-waste efforts, which includes an expansion of its recycling program for consumers and the announcement of a new, 9,000-square-foot Material Recovery Lab based in Austin, Texas, focused on discovering future recycling processes. The company also reported the success of its existing efforts around […]

Source: techcrunch.com

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has expanded its recycling programs, quadrupling the number of locations in the U.S. Customers can send their iPhone to be disassembled at these locations by Daisy, its recycling robot. Daisy disassembles and recycles used iPhones returned to Best Buy stores throughout the U.S., and KPN retailers in the Netherlands. As part of the Apple Trade In program, customers can also turn in their eligible devices to be recycled at any Apple Store or through apple.com.