CES 2023: Belkin Transitioning to More Environmentally Friendly Material for Chargers and Other Accessories - MacRumors

Belkin, known for its accessories created for Apple devices, contiguous announced plans to revamp its merchandise lineup with much environmentally affable materials. Several powerfulness banks, wireless chargers, and partition chargers volition beryllium updated with plastic-free packaging and volition beryllium constructed from 73 to 75 percent post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR).

The alteration volition prevention astir 7,000 metric tons of c emissions and volition trim CO2-eq emissions for included products by up to 67 percent. Belkin plans to update immoderate of its astir fashionable products first, including a enactment of partition chargers.

• BOOST↑CHARGE Magnetic Wireless Car Charger 10W
• BOOST↑CHARGE USB-C PD 3.0 PPS Wall Charger 25W
• BOOST↑CHARGE Dual USB-C PD Wall Charger 40W
• BOOST↑CHARGE PRO 4-Port GaN Charger 108W
• BOOST↑CHARGE PRO Dual USB-C(R) GaN Wall Charger with PPS 45W
• BOOST↑CHARGE PRO Dual USB-C(R) GaN Wall Charger with PPS 65W

Belkin is making this alteration arsenic it celebrates its 40th anniversary. The institution is already acceptable to go 100 percent c neutral successful scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2025, with today's update to PCR materials aimed astatine reducing scope 3 emissions.

The PCR that Belkin is utilizing volition region integrative discarded from landfills, and it volition trim Belkin's dependence connected virgin plastics.

"When we deliberation astir the quality a institution of our size and power tin marque connected the planet, moving distant from utilizing virgin plastics successful our products is an evident decision," said Steve Malony, CEO, Belkin. "I americium arrogant to enactment alongside the teams that made this shared imaginativeness a reality. Their dedication to doing the close happening inspires maine and together, we volition proceed to enactment towards a much sustainable future."

MacRumors was capable to spot Belkin's caller PCR products and determination is virtually nary quality betwixt the updated accessories and the existing accessories, truthful consumers volition not beryllium capable to archer what's changed by looking astatine the products themselves. Belkin volition denote caller PCR products with callouts connected the packaging and merchandise pages online.

Belkin volition vessel the caller accessories passim 2023, and the institution has plans to grow the PCR worldly to further devices going forward.