A watan Mayu 2018, Apple ya ba da sanarwar sadaukarwa ga Elysis, wani kamfani da aka haife shi daga ƙungiyar manyan kamfanoni biyu masu mahimmanci a duniya a masana'antar aluminium: Alcoa da Rio Tinto, kuma sun sami gagarumin saka hannun jari (tare da Gwamnatin Kanada da Quebec) don samun damar sarrafa alminiyon ba tare da amfani da kwal ba.
Kamar yadda za mu iya karantawa a shafin yanar gizon Elysis, Apple ya sayi rukunin farko na carbon maras carbon wanda aka ƙera a cibiyar Pittsburgh kuma za'a yi amfani da shi a cikin samfuran Apple waɗanda ba a fayyace su ba, kodayake za su kasance mafiya yawa, saboda ana samun wannan abu a mafi yawan kayayyakin Apple.
Alcoa da Rio Tinto, ta hanyar Elysis, sun yi niyya kasuwanci da lasisi aikin narkewa mara ƙarancin carbon daga 2024, ta yadda kowane kamfani zai iya amfani da shi kuma ya manta da kwal a matsayin babban tushen makamashi don cire alumina daga bauxite ta hanyar aikin electrolysis.
Lisa Jackson, Babbar Jami’ar Muhalli ta Apple, ta ce:
Fiye da shekaru 130, aluminium, abu ne na yau da kullun a cikin yawancin samfuran da masu amfani suke amfani dashi kowace rana, an samar dasu iri ɗaya, amma wannan yana gab da canzawa.
Alcoa, tana saka kuɗi da yawa a cikin R&D tun shekara ta 2009 don sarrafa aluminium ba tare da amfani da carbon ba, wani tsari wanda shekaru 10 daga baya ya sami nasarar ganin haske. Elysis, yana shirin buɗe masana'anta a Kanada don aiwatar da wannan aikin a Saguenay, Quebec, masana'antar da da farko ba zata buɗe ƙofofinta ba har sai na huɗu na biyu na 2020.
Har yanzu, an nuna cewa, kamar sauran manyan kamfanonin fasaha, Apple yana kula da ƙaƙƙarfan sadaukarwa ga mahalli. Ya kamata a tuna cewa duk kamfanonin da ke aiwatar da masana'antu ko aiwatar da taro don samfuran Apple suna amfani da makamashi mai sabuntawa kuma ba kwal ba a matsayin tushen makamashi.