Apple’s second day of recent Mac bulletins introduced the redesigned and radically smaller M4 Mac mini. However the redesign isn’t all about aesthetics. The brand new Mac mini can be now Apple’s first carbon impartial Mac.

Mac mini joins Apple Watch as second main carbon impartial product

Per Apple’s press launch:

Mac mini is made with over 50 p.c recycled content material total, together with one hundred pc recycled aluminum within the enclosure, one hundred pc recycled gold plating in all Apple-designed printed circuit boards, and one hundred pc recycled uncommon earth components in all magnets. The electrical energy used to fabricate Mac mini is sourced from one hundred pc renewable electrical energy. And, to handle one hundred pc of the electrical energy prospects use to energy Mac mini, Apple has invested in clear vitality tasks world wide. Apple has additionally prioritized lower-carbon modes of delivery, like ocean freight, to additional cut back emissions from transportation. Collectively, these actions have decreased the carbon footprint of Mac mini by over 80 p.c.² For the small quantity of remaining emissions, Apple applies high-quality carbon credit from nature-based tasks, like these generated by its modern Restore Fund.

Apple additionally highlights that the Mac mini’s packaging is ”completely fiber-based,” which helps advance Apple’s objective of eliminating plastic from all its product packaging by 2025.

Beforehand, the one totally carbon impartial Apple product has been the Apple Watch. The primary carbon impartial Watch was launched final 12 months with the Sequence 9, and expanded to extra choices with this 12 months’s Sequence 10 lineup.

Not everybody agrees with Apple’s definitions of carbon neutrality, because the EU final 12 months prevented Apple from advertising its new Watch as carbon neutrality. This is because of Apple’s reliance on carbon credit to cowl a part of its emissions, simply as the corporate is doing with the Mac mini.

Nonetheless, the progress towards Apple’s 2030 objectives can clearly be seen with right this moment’s product launch.