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Apple & Samsung’s Next Gen Smartphones Could Be Made From 100% Recyclable Materials
Our phones have more recycled materials than ever, but the industry is still far from making phones entirely from recycled parts. Subscribe to CNET: Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 Follow us on TikTok: Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on Twitter: Like us on Facebook:
zunedog31
November 14, 2022 at 1:18 pm
Should be noted that this is for marketing purposes and doesn’t affect the environment in any meaningful way.
OW
November 14, 2022 at 1:20 pm
So are either company going to lower the prices of their phones if they are using cheaper recycled materials, saving them money or are they going to remain super expensive and even raise their prices (cough cough Samsung)
zunedog31
November 14, 2022 at 1:28 pm
It’s more expensive to remanufacture recycled materials than to use new materials.
OW
November 14, 2022 at 1:35 pm
@zunedog31 the process might be but to gather the new materials ultimately is more expensive than remanufacturing so that’s why companies choose to reuse old materials
Smarter Than You
November 14, 2022 at 5:03 pm
I doubt it costs less to do it.
OW
November 14, 2022 at 6:07 pm
@Smarter Than You gathering resources is definitely an expensive process; I think a good 30% of modern phone are reusable so the companies save money from not having to acquire those resources via mining or other companies doing it for them
AtmosPhotos
November 14, 2022 at 1:26 pm
Easily replaced and repaired? Hahaha…..
Del
November 14, 2022 at 1:44 pm
can we pay for them with recycled money
Mr. Marc G.
November 14, 2022 at 1:44 pm
So they are going to skip the part where they ship phones out to be used for 10-12 months and then replaced? They’ll just make them then immediately recycle them instead?
THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE
November 14, 2022 at 2:06 pm
Until they realize that apple has been recycling phones and calling them new since the beginning. *cough* iPhone s series *cough*
wyzemann
November 14, 2022 at 2:39 pm
If the total price of ALL smartphones dropped and remained below $1K because their parts and manufacturing processes were less costly, then yes, I’d be stoked. However, that is not the way of GREED. I don’t foresee flagship smartphones ever being priced below $1500, no matter how many “used/refurbished parts” they glue together. It will forever come down to the bottom line💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵💵.
xxnike629xx
November 14, 2022 at 3:16 pm
Besides, using recycled materials on the phones and its packaging, what these companies should do is make smartphones more modular and sell replacement parts that users can relatively easily replace themselves. It would give incentive to keep phones longer and not worry about spending $1000+ on a new phone every year or every few years.
vicdez
November 14, 2022 at 3:50 pm
How about they race to make the best reasonably priced flagships bwaaahahahahahq
Smarter Than You
November 14, 2022 at 5:04 pm
A flagship phone isn’t for everyone or it would negate that terminology
vicdez
November 14, 2022 at 6:01 pm
@Smarter Than You Apple makes all flagship phones with only one exception and price wise it still wouldn’t be called a midrange phone. Might have chosen a different user name as its clearly not representative of the person you are lol.
iApple OS
November 14, 2022 at 4:04 pm
Apple has been making recycled iPhones forever. Look at the 12 pro vs 14 pro
Smarter Than You
November 14, 2022 at 5:03 pm
cute
Sudarshan Jha
November 14, 2022 at 4:39 pm
Apple is way ahead in making recycled phone. iPhone 14 & 14 plus is best example.
Dragonflamass
November 15, 2022 at 6:04 am
Lets see what Samsung s23 and s23 ultra
Smarter Than You
November 14, 2022 at 4:59 pm
The best way to be environmentally conscious is to keep a phone at least 4 years and preferably 6. Therefor apple is the greenest as they support older phones for longer
Dan Kelley
November 14, 2022 at 4:59 pm
I have an idea! Go back to cell phone that you can replace the battery instead of junking the phone. Oh wait!, then people could use their phone a lot longer & Apples revenue would take a hit! Planned obsolescence is always in their favor, not the consumers!
Christopher Dean
November 14, 2022 at 5:02 pm
Here’s a crazy idea: Race to be the first to stop making people buy a new phone every two years, when the one they have right now could easily last
the rest of their lives. Instead of “recycled phone” because you “love the environment,” try no-phone, and fvck off.
Muhammad Fareez Rashdan
November 14, 2022 at 5:04 pm
Apple: How about we just recycle the design and called it environmental friendly strategy.
Samsung: Good idea.
Emmanuel K
November 14, 2022 at 5:27 pm
So they’re trying to make you pay 1k for recycled trash.
Ebolachicken
November 14, 2022 at 5:30 pm
lies they don’t even support old devices.
Odari Gerald Adventures
November 14, 2022 at 5:47 pm
This is such a good step. It would be interesting to see the same implemented by more flagships.
Din Wu
November 14, 2022 at 6:23 pm
More wokeness. This lady’s eyes look evil.
kilgore farms
November 14, 2022 at 6:38 pm
yay environment
Mark :-P
November 14, 2022 at 7:37 pm
Looking at Apple and Samsung phone prices, recycled phones are expensive!
Paul Harrison
November 14, 2022 at 7:56 pm
So called recycling creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It would be better is all phones received the 9 years of security updates that the iPhone 5S has received so far. It would be better is all phones less than 9 years old still received security updates and so did not need to be recycled.
Dwayne Johnson
November 14, 2022 at 8:03 pm
AppleCare have been recycling phones since the beginning.
Citynomad
November 14, 2022 at 9:29 pm
The one and only… Fairphone.
ShowAndTell
November 15, 2022 at 12:08 am
Status sysmbols used to consist of gem studded everyday things. Now its latched onto virtue signaling. Vegan leather and recycled phones. Nothings fundamentally changed, just as useless.
NorbJorb
November 15, 2022 at 1:34 am
I have a recycled phone. You can too. Just don’t buy a phone every year.
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November 15, 2022 at 4:26 am
0:10 about as good as you are at reading a teleprompter
Targetlockon
November 15, 2022 at 5:04 am
Race to free marketing and not truly economicly true to earth friendly
Drlogan Drlee
November 15, 2022 at 7:17 am
The priority should not be about increasing recyclable components, but convincing consumers that it’s not necessary to upgrade their phone every 2-3 years. I’ve been using the same phone for about 10 years now and the only thing to stop people keeping theirs longer is when Apple or Samsung prevents their aged products from installing the latest OS, which then stops users from using certain apps. Similar to the profit driven auto industry. It’d be nigh on impossible to tell companies to stop encouraging consumers to upgrade regularly. Perhaps law maker needs to put a heafty “green” tax on new consumer goods, so as to encourage people to either buy used or hold on to theirs for much longer.
David Lopez
November 15, 2022 at 9:33 am
To be fair, Apple has been recycling their phone designs for years. 😂
Sweet Dae
November 15, 2022 at 11:03 am
For me the right to repair for the phone. What i mean there are no restriction whenever i replace my battery or screen so i can use it longer than buying new one.
Elijah Dela Cruz
November 15, 2022 at 11:03 am
Yeah, but do Apple and Samsung make their phones and laptops easily repairable? Nope. Do they support third party repair stores? Nope. Do they provide easy access to replacement parts like what Valve/Steam and recently HP has been doing?? NOPE! DOES APPLE BRICK YOUR IPHONE IF YOU REPLACE THE CAMERA OR FACE ID WITH A GENUINE APPLE PART??? YES! What’s the point of Apple supporting iPhones for 5 years but making them very hard and costly to repair??
hogan 000
November 15, 2022 at 3:55 pm
Don’t care about recycling
hajizx1
November 15, 2022 at 10:52 pm
Samsung can make it easier to replace their batteries
nexus Ebtuoy
November 15, 2022 at 11:01 pm
100% propaganda MUMBO JUMBO, there ISN’T SUCH THING as 100% recycle PLASTICS, research acknowledging the big SCAM that is the so called recycling industry, a sustainable pollution SCAM!!!
Aaron
November 16, 2022 at 4:41 am
CNET, be realistic. There is no unlimited high quality trash. Recycled material sourcing is not stable, sometimes a batch of plastic comes because a ocean wave comes in correct direction. Also despite rare earth materials being a small part of the phone, it causes a LOT more environmental damage than other materials on the phone. This sustainable transition is already going as fast as it can be. People need to recycle material like the Japan to have more recycled materials to use. And people or the gov are not doing that. The real evolution will come when breakthrough battery technology, algae plastic or true biodegradable technology comes to mass production.
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TJ Wasiuk
November 16, 2022 at 2:10 pm
Their packaging/boxes definitely are not recyclable.
Henry Fernandez
November 17, 2022 at 10:25 am
iCloud lock is one of most anti-repair security features from Apple, solely affect green sustainable goal.
Salazar Reach
November 17, 2022 at 8:48 pm
Last thing on Earth I worry about if they are recyclable or not 😂😂😂. Apple thinks that it is not enough to overpay just for its really hoax labelled thing assembled by Chinese peasants, you need to overpay now for mythical recyclable 💩💩💩. Seriously, wherever I see recyclable label I usually avoid this stuff, because it is always something wrong with it, and you pay extra for the fact that this company invested in recycling, what I do not believe they really invested even 1 cent 🤣🤣🤣. Thank you for putting recyclable label anyway, much easier to recognize overpriced fake stuff this way 🤣👍🤣.