Less than a sixth of global e-waste is properly e of these robots inside every recycler in the world, it's not going to have an impact," Wiens said. The move is an attempt to address criticism that Apple's products, while sleek and seamless in design, are so tightly constructed that their components can be difficult to disassemble, refurbish and reuse.Meet Apple's recycling robot Liam which rips apart iPhones  din7985 Factory  Horoscope IndiaPoliticsCrimeAll IndiaWorldSouth AsiaAsiaMiddlee on Sunday Auto RefreshHoroscope Friday, been under development for nearly three years, will initially focus on the iPhone 6.

Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, said Liam can help push the technology sector toward more recycling, by manufacturers and consumers. "On the one hand there is this really cool robot, and that's great."Greenpeace urged Apple to build more products using recycled metals, and to make its devices easier to deconstruct.A large number of older iPhone menewable energy.Jackson, who was U. In the ultra-thin MacBook Air, for instance, the chips, hard drive, battery and processors cannot easily be upgraded. "A lot of the sector has followed their lead because they've helped change the supply chain," he said.Jackson said Apple's design approach will not change, but the company is working on better ways to disassemble its devices and recover reusable materials. Kyle Wiens, co-founder of iFixit, an open-source repair manual for devices, said one reason iPhones, iPads and iPods are difficult to pry apart is that their batteries are glued into the devices. "But making it s that can be recycled, such as silver and tungsten. The units use bespoke screws or glue to hold them together. "We need more R&D if we are going to realize the idea of a circular economy in electronics," she said. The Liam system consists of 29 robotic mon the iPhone 6