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How Green is the iPad? [Infographic]

Posted April 20, 2012 at 6:38pm by iClarified · 10699 views
Sortable breaks down the environmental footprint of the iPad in a new infographic spotted by Mashable.

Specifically, the CO2 emissions from one iPad equal the CO2 output of a 515-mile drive. And the new iPad is responsible for more CO2 emissions than its older brothers: The original iPad averaged 130 kg of CO2, and the iPad 2 averaged 105 kg. The new iPad emits 180 kg of C02. When you average out the emissions from all 55 million iPads sold (7,590,000 kg CO2), it equals the emissions of 1.2 million cars in one year.

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