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Apple claims to be environmentally friendly and invests significant amounts of funds in corresponding PR campaigns,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Environment {{!}} Mother Nature |url=https://www.apple.com/environment/mother-nature/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Apple}}</ref> but the reality is not quite as green. | Apple claims to be environmentally friendly and invests significant amounts of funds in corresponding PR campaigns,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Environment {{!}} Mother Nature |url=https://www.apple.com/environment/mother-nature/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Apple}}</ref> but the reality is not quite as green. | ||
Customers are lead to think that their purchases and frequent replacement of their devices do not have a negative impact on the environment, which is not the case. | |||
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====CO<small>2</small> Certificates and forest projects==== | ====CO<small>2</small> Certificates and forest projects==== | ||
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==== The packaging trick ==== | |||
Apple, like many companies, regularly emphasises how environmentally friendly their packaging is and highlight advancements in this area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apple 2030 – We’ve reduced our emissions by over 60% |url=https://www.apple.com/environment/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Apple}}</ref> | |||
This deliberately distracts from the fact that only a negligible fraction of the environmental footprint of an electronic device, being made of siginificant amounts or rare earth minerals, metals and mined components and consuming vast amounts of energy and water, comes from the packaging. | |||
Some of the environmental advancements touted by Apple could also be argued to be environmentally beneficial side effects of purely economic decisions aimed at maximizing profit, such as shipping iPhones without chargers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dragan |first=Lauren |date=2023-09-12 |title=iPhones No Longer Come With a Charger or Headphones. Here’s What to Get If You Need Them. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/iphone-12-charger-headphones-options/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> | |||
===Underpowered base models=== | ===Underpowered base models=== | ||