'Daisy' is part of a mission to use only recycled components in the iPhone

The robot, named Daisy, can take nine different iPhones models apart and extract the important parts of them, in ways traditional recyclers cannot. They can then be used all over again, helping to cut wastage out of the process of making phones.

The new announcement is part of Apple's broad plans for Earth Day, the event held on 22 April each year to mark green efforts. It also said that it would encourage people to recycle more of their phones, so that they can be broken up by Daisy: for every iPhone handed in until 30 April through its GiveBack recycling scheme, it will make a donation to Conservation International.

Both of the efforts come as part of Apple's wide-ranging commitment to the environment, which recently saw it announce that it is entirely powered with renewable energy. And they help contribute to one key part of that commitment: the hope that eventually every Apple product will only be made with recycled products.

Source: Independent