Apple to make all its products from recycled materials

Tech giant ramps up efforts to reduce mining, but reports say fully recycled devices are some way off

Apple chief executive Tim Cook
 Apple chief executive Tim Cook
(Image credit: Justin Sullivan / Getty)

Apple has set itself a goal of manufacturing products that contain only recycled materials as it tries to "reduce the need to mine materials from the earth".

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