The Redmond-based company wants to be green too, and they want to achieve 100% recyclability within eight years.

Microsoft has an annual sustainability report. This year, the company announced that the Redmond team is slowly but surely making progress towards this goal. Dave McCarthy, corporate vice president of Xbox operations, responded to the report in a blog post on Xbox Wire. He wrote the following: “Our products and services have an impact on the environment due to the choices we make in hardware design, manufacturing, and delivery, as well as during their usage and at the end of life in terms of recycling and re-use options.

As Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith, shared today, the impact of Xbox sales and usage on our Scope 3 emissions increased year over year because of the pandemic. Progress isn’t always linear; it fluctuates based on various factors. It will not be a straight path to 2030, but we’re committed to reducing our environmental impact across all business areas to achieve our ambitious commitments.”

Xbox consoles, games, and their packaging will be more environment-friendly, and the Xbox Series consoles have already been designed with greater sustainability in mind. According to the post, the Xbox Series S is the first console to use PCR (Post-Consumer Recycled), recycled materials for its body, and many internal components. Microsoft has also improved the Energy Saver, rest mode in its consoles: new firmware and game updates can be downloaded in this way. This mode will be enabled by default when you first power up your console, and it can make the Xbox ecosystem much more energy efficient.

By 2030, Microsoft’s zero-waste policy could be a reality: by then, Xbox games, products, accessories and all Microsoft product packaging will be 100% recyclable in OECD countries. The first steps towards this goal have already been taken, with Xbox gift cards being shipped using cardboard instead of plastic and thinking about preserving the life and durability of controllers while also using PCR materials.

So Microsoft is on the right track, but it’s a long way to 2030…

Source: WCCFTech