Pixel 5 Built With 100% Recycled Aluminum, Says Google

Oct. 27, 2020

With a view towards making more environmentally sustainable products,Googlesays it is using recycled material on all its new consumer hardware offerings, including thePixel 5smartphone and Nest Audio speaker. In an officialblog poston Monday, the company claimed thatthe back cover of the Pixel 5 is made out of 100% recycled aluminum, making it the first Pixel or Nexus smartphone to incorporate reclaimed metal.

As for the newNest Audio, it contains 70% recycled plastic across its enclosure parts, including the acoustic fabric. It is covered in the same sustainable fabric that Google first introduced with theNest Minilast year. As for the latestNest Thermostat, its trim plate is said to be made from 75% post-consumer recycled plastic.

According to Google, its focus on incorporating recycled materials in its hardware design“not only supports our sustainability commitments, but also enables our supply chain partners to confidently invest in and develop these types of materials so that the wider consumer electronics industry can use them too”.

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