“Apple uncovered a seemingly welcome surprise by recovering over a ton of gold from old devices you recycled,” Don Reisinger reports for Fortune.
“The tech giant revealed in its annual Environmental Responsibility Report this week that it recovered 2,204 pounds of gold, valued at millions of dollars in material,” Reisinger reports. “While the recycling could be viewed as a nice cash infusion for most, for Apple, one of the richest companies in the world with hundreds of millions of cash in the bank, it’s a pittance. What’s more, Apple isn’t using the material to cash it in, but rather to reuse it for its future production efforts.”
“On Thursday, Apple extended its conservation credibility by announcing a new program, dubbed Apps for Earth,” Reisinger reports. “Through April 24, Apple will donate 100% of the proceeds from 27 apps, including Yoga Studio and Angry Birds 2, to the World Wildlife Fund.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Here, like we did more than once way back when for certain classmates who will remain nameless, we’ll do the math for you:
2,204 pounds is 32,141 troy ounces of gold @ 1,235.55/troy ounce or $39,711,812.55 worth of reclaimed gold from iPhones.