Charleston: Google toughens the competition in the market by bringing in use of recycled plastic in its products. Google on Monday announced that it will start the use of recycled plastic in building of their products.
Three out of nine products of Google will now be made by recycled plastic which will eventually aim for consumers for environment friendly gadgets. Google aims to build all their products from recycled plastic till 2020. For now it will bring in the recycled plastic in 3 of its products which include Google Home speakers, Chrome cast streaming dongles.
The new commitments step up the competition among tech companies aiming to show consumers and governments that they are curbing the environmental toll from their widening arrays of gadgets. The company has detailed disclosures online contain recycled plastic, ranging from 20 percent to 42 percent in the casings.
Apple, the leading competitor of Google, which in 2017 committed to “one day” only using recycled and renewable materials, has at least 50 percent recycled plastic in some parts of several products, recycled tin in at least 11 products and recycled Aluminum in at least two. Anna Megan, head of sustainability for Google’s devices and services unit, said in an interview that Google has been looking for Sustainable standards over the years in its hardware.
The company’s transport-related carbon emissions per unit fell 40 percent last year compared to 2017 by relying more on ships instead of planes to move phones, speakers, laptops and other gadgets from factories to customers across the world. “We are fundamentally looking to build sustainability into everything we do,” she added, “It’s going to take us time to demonstrate progress.
