Indasteri ea mekotla ea polasetiki ka la 30 Pherekhong e ile ea senola boitlamo ba boithaopo ba ho matlafatsa litaba tse rekoang ka har'a mekotla ea mabenkele ho ea ho liperesente tse 20 ka 2025 e le karolo ea boikitlaetso bo pharaletseng ba ho tšoarella.

Tlas'a morero ona, sehlopha se seholo sa khoebo sa US se ntse se iketsetsa lebitso la American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance 'me se ntse se eketsa tšehetso bakeng sa thuto ea bareki le ho beha sepheo sa hore 95% ea mekotla ea polasetiki e sebelisoe hape kapa e sebelisoe hape ka 2025.

Letšolo lena le tla ha baetsi ba mekotla ea polasetiki ba tobane le khatello e kholo ea lipolotiki - palo ea linaha tse nang le lithibelo kapa lithibelo mekotleng e behiloeng selemong se fetileng ho tloha ho tse peli ka Pherekhong ho isa ho tse robeli ha selemo se fela.

Basebeletsi ba indasteri ba re lenaneo la bona ha se karabelo e tobileng lithibelong tsa mmuso, empa ba amohela lipotso tsa sechaba tse ba khothaletsang ho etsa ho feta.

"Ena e 'nile ea e-ba puisano ka indasteri ka nakoana hona joale ho beha lipakane tse ling tsa litabatabelo tsa litaba tse tsosolositsoeng," Matt Seaholm, motsamaisi ea ka sehloohong oa ARPBA, eo pele e neng e tsejoa e le American Progressive Bag Alliance, o itse."Sena ke hore re hatela pele hantle.Ua tseba, hangata batho ba tla botsa potso, 'Joale, le etsa eng joaloka indasteri?'

Boitlamo bo tsoang ho ARPBA e thehiloeng Washington bo kenyelletsa keketseho ea butle-butle ho qala ka liphesente tse 10 tse tsosolositsoeng ka 2021 le ho nyolohela ho karolo ea 15 lekholong ka 2023. Seaholm o nahana hore indasteri e tla feta lipakane tseo.

"Ke nahana hore ho bolokehile ho nahana, haholo-holo ka boiteko bo tsoelang pele bo tsoang ho barekisi ba kopang litaba tse tsosolositsoeng ho ba karolo ea mekotla, ke nahana hore mohlomong re tla otla linomoro tsena," Seaholm o itse."Re se re bile le lipuisano le barekisi ba hlileng ba ratang sena, ba hlileng ba ratang mohopolo oa ho khothaletsa litaba tse nchafalitsoeng mekotleng ea bona e le karolo ea boitlamo ba ho boloka botsitso."

Maemo a litaba a ntlafalitsoeng a tšoana hantle le a neng a bitsitsoe lehlabuleng le fetileng ke sehlopha sa Recycle More Bags, kopano ea mebuso, lik'hamphani le lihlopha tsa tikoloho.

Sehlopha seo, leha ho le joalo, se ne se batla maemo a laetsoeng ke mebuso, se pheha khang ea hore boitlamo ba boithaopo ke "mokhanni o ka bang teng oa phetoho ea 'nete."

 

Seaholm o re baetsi ba mekotla ea polasetiki ba hanyetsa ho ba le boitlamo bo ngotsoeng ka molao, empa o bontšitse ho fetoha ha maemo haeba mmuso o batla ho hloka litaba tse nchafalitsoeng.

"Haeba mmuso o etsa qeto ea hore o batla ho hloka liperesente tse 10 tse tsosolositsoeng kapa esita le liperesente tse 20 tse tsosolositsoeng, e ke ke ea ba ntho eo re e loanang," Seaholm o itse, "empa e ke ke ea ba ntho eo re e khothaletsang ka mafolofolo.

"Haeba naha e batla ho e etsa, re thabela ho ba le puisano eo ... hobane e etsa ntho e tšoanang le eo re buang ka eona mona, 'me e khothalletsa ho fela ha litaba tseo re li sebelisang hape.Mme seo ke karolo e kgolo ya boitlamo ba rona, ho phahamisa mebaraka,” o boletse jwalo.

Karolo ea 20 lekholong e rekiselitsoeng hape bakeng sa mekotla ea polasetiki hape ke eona e khothaletsoang bakeng sa thibelo ea mekotla ea mohlala kapa melao ea litefiso ke sehlopha sa tikoloho sa Surfrider Foundation ka har'a bukana ea lithulusi eo e etselitsoeng baitseki, ho boletse Jennie Romer, motlatsi oa molao setsing sa motheo sa Plastic Pollution Initiative.

Leha ho le joalo, Surfrider, e batla ho laela resin ea morao-rao ka mekotleng, joalo ka ha California e entse molaong oa eona oa mokotla oa polasetiki oa 2016 o behileng boemo ba liperesente tse 20 tsa lintho tse sebelisoang hape ka mekotleng ea polasetiki e lumelletsoeng tlas'a molao oa eona, Romer o boletse.Seo se nyolohetse ho liperesente tse 40 tse sebelisitsoeng hape selemong sena California.

Seaholm o re leano la ARPBA ha le hlalose ho sebelisa polasetiki ea morao-rao, a pheha khang ea hore polasetiki ea post-indasteri le eona e ntle.'Me ha se hakaalo hore ke lenaneo le tobileng la ho tsosolosa mokotla-to-bag - resin e tsosolositsoeng e ka tsoa filiming e' ngoe e kang pallet otlolla phuthela, o ile a re.

"Ha re bone phapang e kholo hore na u nka kamora ho reka kapa ho latela indasteri.Ka tsela efe kapa efe, o boloka lintho ka ntle ho lahla, "Seaholm o boletse."Ke eona ntho ea bohlokoahali."

A re ha joale litaba tse sebelisoang hape ka mekotleng ea polasetiki li ka tlase ho karolo ea leshome lekholong.

Seaholm o boletse hore ho fihlela tlhoko ea liperesente tse 20 tse sebelisitsoeng hape, ho ka etsahala hore sekhahla sa ho sebelisoa ha mekotla ea polasetiki ea US se tlameha ho nyoloha.

Lipalo tsa US Environmental Protection Agency li re liperesente tse 12.7 tsa mekotla ea polasetiki, mekotla le liphutheloana li ile tsa sebelisoa hape ka 2016, lipalo tsa selemo se fetileng lia fumaneha.

"Ho fihlela palo ea ho qetela, ho fihla ho liperesente tse 20 tse sebelisitsoeng bocha ho pholletsa le naha eohle, e, re hloka ho etsa mosebetsi o betere oa mananeo a ho khutlisa lebenkele, 'me qetellong, haeba curbside e tla inthaneteng," o boletse joalo."Ka tsela efe kapa efe, [re hloka ho] bokella polyethylene e ngata ea polasetiki e le hore re ka e sebelisa hape."

Leha ho le joalo, ho na le mathata.Tlaleho ea Phupu e tsoang ho American Chemistry Council, mohlala, e hlokometse ho theoha ho hoholo ha liperesente tse fetang 20 ho nchafatseng filimi ea polasetiki ka selemo sa 2017, ha China e ntse e eketsa lithibelo ho tsoa kantle ho naha.

Seaholm o re indasteri ea mekotla ha e batle hore sekhahla sa ts'ebetso e theohe, empa o ile a lumela hore ho thata hobane ts'ebetso ea mekotla e itšetlehile haholo ka bareki ba nkang mekotla ho ea boloka libaka tse theohang.Mananeo a mangata a curbside a recycling ha a amohele mekotla hobane a kopanya mechine libakeng tsa ho hlopha, le hoja ho na le mananeo a ho leka ho rarolla bothata boo.

Lenaneo la ARPBA le kenyelletsa thuto ea bareki, boiteko ba ho eketsa mananeo a ho khutlisa mabenkele le boitlamo ba ho sebetsa le barekisi ho kenyelletsa puo e hlakileng bakeng sa bareki mabapi le hore na mekotla e lokela ho sebelisoa joang hape.

Seaholm o re o tšoenyehile ka hore ho ata ha lithibelo tsa mekotla liprofinseng tse kang New York ho ka lematsa ho sebelisoa hape haeba mabenkele a emisa ho fana ka libaka tsa ho theola, mme a khetha molao o mocha Vermont o qalang selemong sena.

"Ka mohlala, Vermont, ka seo molao oa bona o se etsang, ha ke tsebe hore na mabenkele a tla tsoelapele ho ba le mananeo a ho khutlisa mabenkele," o boletse joalo."Nako le nako ha u thibela sehlahisoa, u tlosa molatsoana oo hore o ka o sebelisa hape."

Leha ho le joalo, o bontšitse tšepo ea hore indasteri e tla fihlela boitlamo.

“Re tla etsa boitlamo;re tla fumana mokhoa oa ho e etsa, ”ho boletse Seaholm."Re ntse re nahana, ha re nka hore halofo ea naha ha e ea etsa qeto ea ho thibela mekotla ea polasetiki joalo ka Vermont, re tla khona ho otla linomoro tsena."

Leano la ARPBA le boetse le ipehela pakane ea hore liphesente tse 95 tsa mekotla li tla sebelisoa hape kapa li sebelisoe hape ka 2025. E hakanya hore liperesente tse 90 tsa mekotla ea polasetiki hajoale e ka sebelisoa hape kapa ea sebelisoa hape.

E ipapisitse le lipalo tse peli: EPA ea 12-13% ea mekotla ea 12-13%, le khakanyo ea ba boholong profinseng ea Quebec ea hore liperesente tse 77-78 tsa mekotla ea ho reka polasetiki e sebelisoa hape, hangata joalo ka meqomo ea lithōle.

Ho tsoa ho liperesente tse 90 tsa mekotla hona joale ho ea ho liperesente tse 95 ho ka ba phephetso, ho boletse Seaholm.

O ile a re: "Sena ke sepheo seo ho ke keng ha e-ba bonolo ho se fihlela hobane se hloka ho reka ha bareki."“Thuto e tla ba ea bohlokoa.Re tla tlameha ho tsoela pele ho sutumetsa ho etsa bonnete ba hore batho ba utloisisa ho khutlisetsa mekotla ea bona lebenkeleng. ”

Ba boholong indastering ba bona morero oa bona e le boitlamo ba bohlokoa.Molula-setulo oa ARPBA, Gary Alstott, eo hape e leng molaoli oa moetsi oa mekotla Novolex, o re indasteri e tsetetse haholo ho aha meaho ea ho sebelisa mekotla ea polasetiki hape.

"Litho tsa rona hona joale li sebelisa liponto tse limilione tse makholo tsa mekotla le lifilimi tsa polasetiki selemo se seng le se seng, 'me e mong le e mong oa rona o etsa boiteko bo bong ba ho khothaletsa tšebeliso ea mekotla e tsitsitseng," o boletse polelong.