Apple continues to make progress on its journey toward environmental sustainability, according to the company’s most recent annual environmental progress report.
The company’s 2026 environmental progress report shares details about Apple’s successes in 2025. The headline? Thirty percent of the material used in Apple products shipped in 2025 came from recycled content. Further, greenhouse gas emissions were down more than 60% since 2015, while the company has made further progress regarding its use of renewable energy, innovative materials, and recycling.
An article posted in mid-April to the “Recycling Today” website summarizes some of Apple’s other areas of environmental progress in 2025, including circuit boards made of 100% recycled materials and the launch of a new electronics recycling line in California.
According to the article, outgoing CEO Tim Cook noted that “these milestones in our work to protect the planet show that ambitious goals can also be powerful engines of innovation.” And Sabih Khan, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, echoed Cook, confirming that “across every part of our business, we’re showing how innovation and collaboration can turn big ideas and bold ambitions into measurable progress.”
Apple’s environmental progress in 2025 supports the company’s overall effort to reach its “Apple 2030” overarching environmental goal to achieve company-wide carbon neutrality by the end of the current decade.
Read the “Recycling Today” article on Apple’s 2026 Environmental Report.
