http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/28/at-10-2m-metric-tons-apple-reports-emissions-for-first-time/ Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 22:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/09/28/at-10-2m-metric-tons-apple-reports-emissions-for-first-time/comment-page-1/#comment-151606 Graham Rankin Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:30:57 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=21639#comment-151606 Unfortunately the report doesn't, for obvious PR reasons, acknowledge the role of coal-fired power stations in Shenzhen, China, where sub-contractor Hon Hai makes most of Apple's products. China is building 550 coal-fired power stations to utilise its ten trillion tonnes of coal reserves, a process encouraged by every iPhone sold in the West. The real emissions totals for Apple, and for other companies outsourcing in China, are far higher than those indicated. Some people would also like to see an account of where the Lithium used in all portable Apple products' batteries comes from- it's almost certainly Tibet, which would open up a whole new set of issues for a future report. Unfortunately the report doesn’t, for obvious PR reasons, acknowledge the role of coal-fired power stations in Shenzhen, China, where sub-contractor Hon Hai makes most of Apple’s products. China is building 550 coal-fired power stations to utilise its ten trillion tonnes of coal reserves, a process encouraged by every iPhone sold in the West. The real emissions totals for Apple, and for other companies outsourcing in China, are far higher than those indicated. Some people would also like to see an account of where the Lithium used in all portable Apple products’ batteries comes from- it’s almost certainly Tibet, which would open up a whole new set of issues for a future report.

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