On the occasion of the 53rd World "Earth Day", Apple officially released an environmental report card, listing a series of "environmental protection" measures in the past two years, including the cancellation of chargers. In the face of Apple's show off, some netizens commented that "the first time I saw the cutting corners so fresh and vulgar" caused a hot discussion, which point of view do you support?
Apple said that it made a "ten-year covenant" with the earth two years ago, and Apple promised to reach the goal of carbon neutrality by 2030, making great efforts to this end. Apple has been working to reduce carbon emissions from designing, manufacturing, using, and recycling every Apple product, and now it can be seen that the environmental achievements of the past two years have been remarkable.
Take the iPhone13 as an example: the phone uses 100% recycled metal motherboard layer and front and rear camera cables, 100% recycled rare earth elements for all magnets, and 100% recycled tin for motherboard and battery management unit solder. The antennae needed for Apple's phones are drawn from recycled plastic levels, ruggedly designed to withstand outside liquids and accidental drops, and robots disassemble parts that can be recycled from the iPhone.
Seeing these efforts made by Apple, most netizens expressed support, some metals and plastics can be recycled completely, so that those garbage into waste into treasure is very worthy of praise. However, the following Apple's approach caused great controversy, and some netizens bluntly criticized "cutting corners so fresh and vulgar" caused controversy, and even quarreled with some loyal fruit fans, as if no one could convince each other's views.
In addition to the above renewable energy materials, Apple also canceled the box plastic film in the iPhone 13 series, which can reduce the production of 600 tons of plastic per year, and the screen protector in the box is made of recycled fiber. Starting with the iPhone 12 series, Apple officially canceled the charger included in the box, although this design is bold, but Apple can save 550,000 tons of copper, tin and zinc ore resources mining.
Netizens retorted: 1. Canceling the box plastic sealing film does reduce the generation of plastic waste, but it also brings some "post-sealing machine" problems, and the cost of second-hand business counterfeiting is lower. 2. The use of recycled fibers to make the screen protector is opaque, can only be removed after the garbage is generated, it is better to directly replace the original film is more environmentally friendly. 3. Cancel the charger caused great inconvenience to users, Apple is still producing, packaging, transporting, selling separately, the actual consumption of resources has not been reduced in the slightest, in the name of scientific and technological environmental protection, in fact, it is "cutting corners".
At the same time, some netizens listed Apple's various "bad deeds that are not environmentally friendly", the Android camp has long adopted the Type-C interface, but Apple is maverick in insisting on the Lighting interface, is it that the license fee is more important than environmental protection? And Apple also prohibits users from replacing accessories by themselves, unable to extend the use cycle of a mobile phone, and speeding up the speed of replacing mobile phones. Standing on the commanding heights of environmental protection and making a lot of money, but transferring the cost to consumers, is such a company really environmentally friendly?
Do you approve of Apple's environmental actions, or do you support the criticism of netizens?