Apple Goes Green Discovering How Today’s Generation of MacBooks and iMacs Contribute to the Environment

Facts & The Cold-Hard Truth We all love computers It would be hard to imagine a world without them However, for a time, it was our environment that suffered while computers came of age Facts & The Cold-Hard Truth

Facts & The Cold-Hard Truth A lot of parts that were used to make computers were harmful to our environment We also seem to love our computers so much, we don’t know how to shut them down Facts & The Cold-Hard Truth

How Apple Goes Green Recyclability Reduced packaging Fewer toxins Energy efficiency How Apple Goes Green

Recyclability MacBook Pro’s are made from aluminum The materials that are used: arsenic-free glass, high-grade aluminum, and strong polycarbonate, are highly valuable to recyclers Longer-lasting products that save you money and produces less waste down the road Recyclability

All waste collected by Apple during the manufacturing stage is processed in the region in which it was collected No shipping overseas for recycling and no disposal of electronic waste in landfills or incinerators Recyclability Cont.

Packaging of MacBooks is desingned to be as small as possible What this means: More boxes can fit on each shipping palet More products can fit on each boat and plane Fewer boats and planes have to be used Fewer CO2 emissions Reduced Packaging

Reduced Packaging Cont. A new 20-inch iMac uses 55% less material than the first-generation 15- inch iMac Saves about 15,000 metric tons in materials Equivalent to 7,200 Toyota Priuses, for every 1 million iMacs that are sold Reduced Packaging Cont.

As Apple products get more powerful, less material is used, which generates fewer carbon emissions Still get amazing world- class products, but with fewer toxic materials to make it work Fewer Toxins

MacBook Pro includes has a highly sufficient power supply Reduces the amount of power wasted when bringing electricity from the wall to your computer Lesser power supply reduces energy bills and lessens the environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. Energy Efficiency

Energy-efficient Hardware MacBook Pro uses energy-efficient hardware that works with the operating system to conserve power How: Mac OS X activates sleep mode on already energy- efficient LED-backlit displays Balances tasks across both central processors and graphics processors regulates the processor between keystrokes, reducing power between the letters you type Energy-efficient Hardware

Energy Efficient iMacs For the new 20-inch iMac Energy efficiency was improved by 30% Greenhouse gasses are cut by 18% when sitting in idle mode As calculated by Apple: Over the course of a 4 year period, or the anticipated lifetime of the iMac, the energy improvements alone from this one product would be enough to offset all the emissions from ALL Apple facilities around the world for more than a year Energy Efficient iMacs

How Can You Help the Environment? Shut off your computer when you aren’t going to be using it for a while or you are going to bed. Set your computer to go into a low-energy mode or go to sleep after a certain amount of time of not using it How Can You Help the Environment?

References http://www.apple.com/en vironment/ http://www.apple.com/ma cbookpro/environment.ht ml http://www.cnbc.com/id/3 3022656/Apple_Goes_Gre en_Big_Time http://www.positivityblog. com/index.php/2007/10/1 5/20-simple-ways-to-help- the-environment-by-using- your-computer/ References