{"id":98381,"date":"2020-07-23T08:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T08:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=98381"},"modified":"2020-07-23T08:47:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T08:47:08","slug":"apple-announced-target-for-becoming-carbon-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/apple-announced-target-for-becoming-carbon-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple announced target for becoming carbon neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Recently gadgets manufacturing company Apple has announced target of becoming carbon neutral. What is the target year fixed for it?<\/strong><br>(a)2035<br>(b)2030<br>(c)2028<br>(d)2025<br><strong>Answer: (b)<br>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>US based Apple has announced it&#8217;s firm to become carbon neutral across its entire business and manufacturing supply chain by 2030.<\/li><li>This will make its devices having &#8220;zero climate impact&#8221; at point of sale. It will be 100% renewable for Apple.<\/li><li>It follows climate-focused pledges by other technology giants.<\/li><li>Amazon too eyes 2040 as target to go carbon neutral, reflecting the challenges it faces in converting its home-delivery vehicles to more eco-friendly energy sources.<\/li><li>The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change&#8217;s target for net-zero carbon-dioxide emissions is the year 2050. This is necessary to limit global warming.<\/li><li>Under this plan, Apple will invest in new eco-friendly projects as well as the purchase of green energy offsets.<\/li><li>Other efforts announced:<\/li><li>In the 10-year roadmap planned by Apple, it include the use of a new robot named Dave.<\/li><li>It will be used to recover materials from the vibrating Taptic Engine of devices returned for recycling.<\/li><li>It has also announced the increased use of recycled raw materials in its own products and new solar-panel projects in Scandinavia, to power its own data centres.<\/li><li>It will also work on eco-friendly energy projects to benefit local communities.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Author: Himanshu Shukla\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/jul\/21\/apple-promises-to-become-fully-carbon-neutral-by-2030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/jul\/21\/apple-promises-to-become-fully-carbon-neutral-by-2030<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/amp\/technology-53485560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/amp\/s\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/amp\/technology-53485560<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Recently gadgets manufacturing company Apple has announced target of becoming carbon neutral. What is the target year fixed for it?(a)2035(b)2030(c)2028(d)2025Answer: (b)Related facts: US based Apple has announced it&#8217;s firm to become carbon neutral across its entire business and manufacturing supply chain by 2030. 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