Amaya Toman I-Apple inweba uhlelo lwayo lokuphinda isetshenziswe ngezindlela eziningi kulo nyaka. Njengengxenye yemizamo yayo yokuphatha kahle imvelo, inkampani izophinda kabili inani lezindawo zayo zokugaywa kabusha e-United States. Ama-iPhone asetshenzisiwe azokwamukelwa ukuthi agaywe kabusha kulezi zindawo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kwasungulwa ilabhorethri ebizwa ngokuthi I-Material Recovery Lab eTexas ukuze icwaninge futhi ithuthukise izinyathelo zesikhathi esizayo i-Apple efuna ukuzithatha ukuthuthukisa imvelo.
Esikhathini esedlule, i-Apple isivele yethula irobhothi layo elibizwa ngokuthi uDaisy, umsebenzi walo okuwukuhlakaza ama-iPhone asetshenzisiwe abuyiswe ngamakhasimende enethiwekhi yezitolo eBest Buy e-USA, kodwa nasezitolo ze-Apple noma nge-Apple.com njengengxenye ye-Apple. Uhlelo lwe-Trade In. Kuze kube manje, cishe amadivayisi ayisigidi abuyiselwe kwa-Apple ukuze agaywe kabusha. Ngonyaka ka-2018, uhlelo lokugaywa kabusha luphinde lwathola amadivayisi e-Apple ayizigidi eziyisi-7,8, konga amathani angama-48000 we-e-waste.
Njengamanje, uDaisy uyakwazi ukuqaqa amamodeli e-iPhone ayishumi nanhlanu ngenani lezingcezu ezingama-200 ngehora. Izinto ezikhiqizwa uDaisy zibuyiselwa enqubweni yokukhiqiza, okuhlanganisa ne-cobalt, okungokokuqala ngqa ixutshwa nezilahlwa ezivela emafektri futhi isetshenziselwa ukwenza amabhethri amasha e-Apple. Kusukela kulo nyaka, i-aluminium izophinde isetshenziselwe ukukhiqizwa kwe-MacBook Airs njengengxenye yohlelo lwe-Apple Trade In.
I-Material Recovery Lab itholakala endaweni engamamitha-skwele angu-9000 e-Austin, eTexas. Lapha, i-Apple ihlela ukusebenzisana ne-bots nokufunda ngomshini ukuze ithuthukise izindlela zayo ezikhona. U-Lisa Jackson, iphini likamongameli wezemvelo wakwa-Apple, uthe izindlela ezithuthukisiwe zokuphinda zigaywe kabusha kumele zibe yingxenye ebalulekile yamaketanga okuhlinzekwa ngogesi, wengeza ngokuthi i-Apple ilwela ukwenza imikhiqizo yayo ihlale isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka kumakhasimende.
Umthombo: AppleInsider
