Apple is Moving to 100% Recycled Cobalt Batteries (.PDF Download)

May 1, 2023
By 2025, Apple, Inc., plans to use 100% recycled cobalt in all of the batteries that it designs.

“E-waste,” “electronic waste,” “e-scrap” and “end-of-life electronics” are all terms that describe used electronics that are nearing the end of their useful life, and are discarded, donated or given to a recycler, according to the EPA. A major source of e-waste, batteries and the materials they contain can harm the environment, particularly when those batteries aren’t properly disposed of.