It’s no secret that the consumer electronics industry has a plastic problem. Every year people around the world use approximately 622 million USB cables. It takes about 43,000 tons of oil and about 9,000 tons of plastic to make these cables, and those numbers will only continue to increase.

The outer jacket of Anker’s new bio-based cable is sustainably manufactured from 40% plant-based materials such as corn and sugar cane. This innovative new cable reduces thermoplastic elastomer (TPE)
and other petroleum-based plastics without sacrificing quality, strength or durability.

Steven Young, CEO of Anker Innovation
Yang) said: “As a global leader in mobile charging, we have a responsibility to explore ways to reduce the environmental impact of e-waste from our products and packaging.”