With a view towards making more environmentally sustainable products, Google says it is using recycled material on all its new consumer hardware offerings, including the Pixel 5 smartphone and Nest Audio speaker. In an official blog post on Monday, the company claimed that the 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.
Alongside the use of recycled materials, Google is also aiming to reduce the amount of waste materials in its products. Towards that end, the company says it is committing to achieving UL 2799 Zero Waste to Landfill certification at all final assembly manufacturing sites by 2022. The certification means that the vast majority of waste from those operations will be recycled.
