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Home / News / Business News / Apple could share its 'Daisy' robot to boost electronics' recycling
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    Apple could share its 'Daisy' robot to boost electronics' recycling

    Shubham Sharma
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    Last updated on Jan 11, 2020, 02:27 pm
    Apple could share its 'Daisy' robot to boost electronics' recycling
  • In a bid to reduce reliance on minerals extracted from mines, Apple is pushing the use of Daisy, the robot it deploys to disassemble devices and reclaim valuable materials for reuse in electronics.

    Currently, the machine is being used on iPhones, but soon, we could see it working on other companies' products as well.

    Here's all about it.

  • In this article
    First, a bit about Daisy and its capabilities Recycling 200 iPhones per hour, extracting 14 minerals Apparently, recycling 1 lakh iPhones can yield a lot Goal to create a 'closed-loop' of recycled minerals Plus, Apple could also share these machines Many are skeptical of Apple's plan
  • Daisy

    First, a bit about Daisy and its capabilities

    First, a bit about Daisy and its capabilities
  • Developed by Apple's engineers, Daisy is a 20-yard-long machine that breaks apart iPhones and sorts their components to recover materials that "traditional recyclers can't."

    It uses a blast of -80 Celsius degree air to separate the batteries of the devices and then removes screws to detach internal modules, including the ones that make the phone vibrate.

    Finally, the parts are sent for mineral extraction/refining.

  • Capacity

    Recycling 200 iPhones per hour, extracting 14 minerals

    Recycling 200 iPhones per hour, extracting 14 minerals
  • In its current configuration, Daisy disassembles as many as 200 iPhones per hour, extracting and recycling 14 useful minerals in the process.

    Out of this batch, recycled tin, cobalt, and some rare Earth elements are already being used by the company in its products.

    And, the good news is, Apple plans to build on this effort and add more recycled materials to this list.

  • Information

    Apparently, recycling 1 lakh iPhones can yield a lot

  • If we put things into perspective, for every 1,00,000 iPhones disassembled, Daisy, in its current form, manages to recover 1,900 kgs of aluminum, 710 kgs of copper, 70 kgs of cobalt and 11 kgs of rare earth elements. Now, that's a lot of useful stuff.

  • Goal

    Goal to create a 'closed-loop' of recycled minerals

  • Apple plans to boost Daisy's work to such a point that in-house extraction/recycling of minerals is enough to create a closed-loop of sorts, where iPhones and MacBooks are made from wholly recycled materials and newly extracted minerals are not needed anymore.

    In fact, the company is already moving in this direction with a plan to bring more Daisy-like robots across US and Europe.

  • Sharing

    Plus, Apple could also share these machines

  • Apple's effort to boost recycling comes as it realizes that the growing demand for electronics around the world would increase the need for mining.

    As part of this, Reuters reports, the Cupertino giant is also considering sharing Daisy's technology with other companies, including electric car makers, which would need minerals on a large scale, thanks to the rising popularity of EVs.

  • Skeptics

    Many are skeptical of Apple's plan

    Many are skeptical of Apple's plan
  • While it remains unclear when or if Apple will go ahead with the plan to share Daisy's technology, many analysts remain skeptical of the idea of creating a closed-loop with recycling.

    "There is this ego that believes they can get all their minerals back, and it's not possible," Kyle Wiens, chief executive of iFixit, told Reuters, echoing the point of skeptics.

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