India, April 17 -- Tech major Apple on Thursday announced that a record 30 percent of material across all of its products shipped in 2025 came from recycled content.

 The achievement, along with other key progress milestones Apple shared today, is the result of innovation by teams across Apple and deep collaboration with its global supply chain. As part of this work, Apple now uses 100 percent recycled cobalt in all the batteries it designs and 100 percent recycled rare earth elements in all magnets.

The company also accomplished its goal to remove plastic from packaging, with Apple products now shipping in fibre-based packaging that can be easily recycled at home.

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