Manufacturer carbon reports
MacBook Air M1 256GB carbon footprint: source and scope
Apple reports 161 kg CO₂e for the MacBook Air M1 256GB reference lifecycle. Review the 76% production share and configuration limits before modelling a second life.
Manufacturer-reported lifecycle footprint
161 kg CO₂e
MacBook Air (M1, 2020), 13-inch, Apple M1 chip, 256GB storage; US configuration.
- Reported configuration
- MacBook Air (M1, 2020), 13-inch, Apple M1 chip, 256GB storage; US configuration.
- System boundary
- Manufacturer's original product lifecycle: production, transport, use and end-of-life processing. This is not an absolute footprint of a refurbished unit.
- Use scenario / region
- US hardware configuration; regional electricity mixes in the manufacturer model.
- Use period in the report
- The source describes three or four years for first owners depending on product type, without explicitly assigning a duration to this model. No exact duration is inferred.
Lifecycle phases as reported
- Production
- 76 %
- Transport
- 8 %
- Use
- 15 %
- End of life
- < 1 %
Values retain the source’s units and rounding. A “less than” value is not zero; percentages are not converted into apparently exact kilograms.
Uncertainty and limitations
Apple describes model and data uncertainty but does not quantify a statistical interval in this report. The end-of-life share remains less than 1%, not zero.
Before using this result for refurbishment or ITAD
- Match the storage configuration and model generation before using this reference.
- A refurbishment scenario needs its own parts, repair, logistics and service-life assumptions. The original total does not demonstrate actual avoided emissions.
Original source and review
13-inch MacBook Air Product Environmental Report (November 2020) ↗
- Publisher
- Apple
- Pages checked
- 2, 8
- Source publication date
- Not established in this source review
- Source reviewed
- September 21, 2026
- Page updated
- September 21, 2026
SHA-256 of the reviewed source
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