A shekarar da ta gabata, kamfanin na Maidert County, hukumomin Arewacin Carolina sun ba da sammacin kamfanin da ke Cupertino kuma suka karba tarar $ 40.000 don ɓatar da abubuwa masu haɗari a cikin bayanan bayanan da suke da su a cikin wannan gundumar, a cewar sabon rahoton da kamfanin ya fitar.
A cewar wasu takardu a cikin jama'a, jaridar The News & Observer ta ba da rahoton cewa Ma'aikatar Inganta Muhalli ta Arewacin Carolina ta gayyaci Apple a karshen shekara don fayyace jerin take hakkin muhalli da suka hada da sun hada da jigilar kwayoyin mai da aka kashe, dauke da abu mai haɗari, ba tare da an gano shi da kyau ba.
Apple kuma bai biya kuɗin da ya dace na kamfanonin da ke samar da ɗimbin shara mai haɗari ba, a cewar wannan littafin. Cibiyar bayanai ta wannan gundumar tana amfani da batirin jagora don lalata rumbun kwamfutocin da basu da inganci, amma wannan haɗin yana haifar da babban ƙwayar benzene, wani abu mai matukar guba wanda a cewar masu binciken ya samar da adadi mai yawa a tsakanin shekarun 2014 zuwa 2016.
Apple ya biya tarar amma ba tare da shigar da kurakurai ba, kasancewa ɗaya daga cikin fewan kaɗan, amma mai mahimmanci, amma ana iya ba da wannan ga kamfanin cikin jajircewar sa ga mahalli.
A cewar mazaunan yankin, wadannan wuraren suna haifar da hayaniya kuma jirage masu saukar ungulu suna ci gaba da yawo a kusa da makaman. Bugu da kari, wasu 'yan kwangila na cikin gida sun yi korafin cewa Apple bai dauki ma'aikata a wuraren da ke kusa ba.
Duk da rashin kwanciyar hankali da wasu mazauna wurin ke samu, a cewar Babban Jami'in Gundumar Maiden, wanda ke ikirarin cewa Apple na bayarwa Ina aiki kusan mutane 500 ban da samar da dala miliyan 1,5 kowace shekara a cikin haraji, wuraren da a cewar wasu jami'an jihar, sun yi asarar dala miliyan 5.000.