Sabemos ukuba iapile amabango ukuba yinkampani ezinikele ngokukodwa kokusingqongileyo, ubuncinci yindlela abasazisa ngayo rhoqo xa benethuba, into ebaluleke kakhulu ukususela ekufikeni kukaTim Cook kwisikhundla se-CEO kwinkampani yaseCupertino.
Nangona kunjalo, Amathandabuzo ngoku axhomekeke kwimigaqo-nkqubo yenkunkuma ye-elektroniki yakwa-Apple kwaye e-United Kingdom bakholelwa ukuba abazigcini izithembiso zabo. Masinyaniseke, asazi ukuba i-Apple ithatha amanyathelo ayimfuneko okanye hayi, kodwa yintoni eyinyani kukuba okwangoku bathathe itshaja ye-iPhone kunye nee-headphones kuthi.
En Guardian baye benza umsebenzi wophando apho bathandabuza ukuzinikela kweenkampani ezifana iapile kunye neAmazon kunye nokusingqongileyo:
Iingxilimbela zehlabathi ezifana ne-Amazon kunye ne-Apple kufuneka zithathe uxanduva olungakumbi lokunceda ukulungisa, ukuseyisa kwakhona kunye nokulungisa iimveliso zabo ukunciphisa iitoni ze-155.000 ze-e-waste eziyivelisa e-UK ngonyaka ngamnye.
Uninzi lwezi mveliso ziphelela kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma kwaye zitshiswe okanye zibi nakakhulu, ziphelela elwandle. Ngapha koko, ii-smartphones, iitafile kunye nezinye iimveliso zombane ezifana neekhompyuter zixabisa malunga neebhiliyoni ezingama-62.500 zeedola ngaphandle kokuba ziguqulwe zaba yinkunkuma kuba zibandakanya iintsimbi ezixabisekileyo ezifana negolide, isilivere okanye i-titanium.
Ngamafutshane, ngokutsho Guardian Iinkampani ezinkulu mhlawumbi zityala imali eninzi ekubhengezeni izenzo zazo zokusingqongileyo kunezenzo zazo eziphunyeziweyo. Nangona kunjalo, i-Apple ibango njengenkampani ekhupha i-zero, kodwa asazi ukuba oko kubandakanya abavelisi bezixhobo zentsimbi abathi emva koko bahlanganisele ukudibanisa iimveliso zabo, okanye ibhekisa kuphela kwi-CO2 eveliswe ziiofisi zabo okanye iiseva, eziya kuba ubuxoki obuncinci nomdla kakhulu. Yiba nokuba kunjalo, sonke kufuneka sikhathalele okusingqongileyo, kunye ne-Apple ngakumbi.