I kēia mahina, ke hoʻopau nei ʻo Walmart i nā ʻeke pepa hoʻohana hoʻokahi a me nā ʻeke plastik ma nā helu helu ʻai ma New York, Connecticut, a me Colorado.
Ma mua, ua ho'ōki ka hui i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi ma New York a me Connecticut, a me kekahi mau wahi o Colorado.Hāʻawi ʻo Walmart i nā ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia e hoʻomaka ana ma 74 keneta no nā mea kūʻai mai lawe ʻole i kā lākou ʻeke ponoʻī.
Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Walmart e noho ma mua o kekahi mau kānāwai mokuʻāina e hakakā nei i ka plastic.Ke koi nei ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hoʻololi, a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Walmart iā ia iho i pahuhopu ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻoihana no ka hana ʻana i ka ʻōpala ma US ma 2025.
ʻO kēia mau mokuʻāina a me nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, i alakaʻi ʻia e nā poʻe loio Demokarata, ua hana ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku ka ikaika ma ke kulekele kaiapuni, a ʻike ʻo Walmart i kahi manawa e hoʻonui ai i kāna mau hana ma kēia mau mokuʻāina.He ʻumi mau mokuʻāina a ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 mau kamaʻāina a puni ka ʻāina i hana i ka hana e pāpā a hoʻopaʻa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik lahilahi a, i kekahi mau hihia, nā ʻeke pepa, e like me ka hui kaiaulu ʻo Surfrider Foundation.
Ma nā mokuʻāina Repubalika, kahi i kūʻē ʻole ai ʻo Walmart a me nā hui ʻē aʻe i ka ʻoki plastik a me nā hana hoʻololi ʻē aʻe, ua neʻe mālie lākou.Wahi a ka Surfider Foundation, ua hoʻoholo nā mokuʻāina he 20 i ka mea i kapa ʻia he kānāwai pale e pale ai i nā kaona mai ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā lula ʻeke plastik.
ʻO ka neʻe ʻana aku i nā ʻeke plastik a me nā ʻeke pepa hoʻokahi he "koʻikoʻi," wahi a Judith Enk, he luna hoʻomalu kūloko no ka Environmental Protection Agency a me ka pelekikena o Beyond Plastics i kēia manawa, kahi hana ʻole e hoʻopau i ka pollution plastic hoʻohana hoʻokahi.
"Aia nā mea hoʻohana hou ʻia," wahi āna."Hōʻike kēia i ka pono e hōʻemi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka plastic.He maʻalahi nō hoʻi.”
Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻeke plastik i nā hale kūʻai a me nā kaulahao kūʻai i nā makahiki 1970 a me 80.Ma mua o kēia, ua hoʻohana nā mea kūʻai i nā ʻeke pepa e lawe i nā mea kūʻai a me nā mea ʻē aʻe mai ka hale kūʻai.Ua hoʻololi nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻeke plastik no ka mea ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi.
Hoʻohana ka poʻe ʻAmelika ma kahi o 100 biliona ʻeke plastik i kēlā me kēia makahiki.Akā ʻo nā ʻeke hoʻolele a me nā mea plastik ʻē aʻe ke kau nei i nā pōʻino kaiapuni.
ʻO ka hana palaki kahi kumu nui o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka wahie mōʻalihaku e kōkua i ka pilikia aniau a me nā hanana ʻino loa.Wahi a kahi hōʻike 2021 mai Beyond Plastics, e hoʻokuʻu ana ka ʻoihana plastics US ma kahi o 232 miliona tons o ka hoʻomehana honua i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma 2020. Ua like kēia helu me ka awelika hoʻokuʻu ʻana o 116 mau mea kanu lānahu nui.
Wahi a ka hui i ka makahiki 2030, e hāʻawi nui aku ka ʻoihana plastics US i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau ma mua o ka ʻoihana mana ahi ahi o ka ʻāina.
ʻO nā ʻeke plastik kekahi kumu nui o ka ʻōpala e pau ana i nā moana, nā muliwai a me nā ʻauwai, e hoʻopilikia ana i nā holoholona hihiu.Wahi a ka hui kākoʻo kaiapuni ʻo Ocean Conservancy, ʻo ka ʻeke plastik ka ʻelima o nā ʻano ʻōpala palaka maʻamau.
Wahi a ka EPA, ʻaʻole biodegradable nā ʻeke plastik a he 10% wale nō o nā ʻeke plastik i hana hou ʻia.Ke hoʻokomo pono ʻole ʻia nā ʻeke i loko o nā pahu ʻōpala maʻamau, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopau i loko o ke kaiapuni a i ʻole ke pani ʻana i nā lako hana hou i nā hale hana hana hou.
ʻO nā ʻeke pepa, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hana hou ʻana ma mua o nā ʻeke plastik a hiki i ka biodegradable, akā ua hoʻoholo kekahi mau mokuʻāina a me nā kūlanakauhale e pāpā iā lākou ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o ke kalapona e pili ana i kā lākou hana.
Ke nānā ʻia nei ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o nā ʻeke plastik, ke hoʻomaka nei nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kalana e pāpā iā lākou.
Ua hōʻemi ka pāpā ʻeke ʻeke i ka nui o nā ʻeke ma nā hale kūʻai a paipai i nā mea kūʻai aku e lawe mai i nā ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia a i ʻole e uku i kahi uku liʻiliʻi no nā ʻeke pepa.
"ʻO ke kānāwai ʻeke kūpono e pāpā i nā ʻeke plastik a me nā uku pepa," wahi a Enk.ʻOiai ke kānalua nei kekahi poʻe kūʻai e lawe mai i kā lākou mau ʻeke ponoʻī, hoʻohālikelike ʻo ia i nā kānāwai ʻeke plastik i nā koi kāʻei noho a me ka pāpā paka.
Ma New Jersey, ʻo ka pāpā ʻana i nā ʻeke pepa a me nā ʻeke pepa hoʻohana hoʻokahi, ʻo ia ka mea ua hoʻololi ʻia nā lawelawe hāʻawi hale kūʻai i nā ʻeke kaumaha.Ke hoʻopiʻi nei kā lākou mea kūʻai aku i nā tona o nā ʻeke kaumaha hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike i ka mea e hana ai.
ʻEke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia – ʻeke lole a ʻoi aku ka mānoanoa, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā ʻeke plastik – ʻaʻole kūpono ia, ke ʻole e hoʻohana hou ʻia.
Hana ʻia nā ʻeke ʻeke ʻeke kaumaha mai nā mea like me nā ʻeke plastik hoʻopau ʻoi aku ka lahilahi maʻamau, akā ʻelua ʻoi aku ke kaumaha a ʻelua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni ke ʻole e hoʻohana pinepine ʻia.
Ua ʻike ʻia kahi hōʻike 2020 United Nations Environment Programme e pono ke hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻeke mānoanoa a ikaika ma kahi o 10 a 20 mau manawa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻeke plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi.
He hopena maikaʻi ʻole ka hana ʻana o nā ʻeke pulupulu i ke kaiapuni.Wahi a ka United Nations Environment Programme, pono e hoʻohana ʻia kahi ʻeke pulupulu 50 a 150 mau manawa e loaʻa ai ka hopena liʻiliʻi i ke aniau ma mua o ka ʻeke plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi.
ʻAʻohe ʻikepili e pili ana i ka nui o nā manawa e hoʻohana ai ka poʻe i nā ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia, wahi a Enk, akā uku nā mea kūʻai aku iā lākou a hoʻohana paha i nā haneli he mau manawa.Hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā ʻeke lole a, hāʻawi ʻia i ka manawa kūpono, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻoweliweli i ke ola kai e like me nā ʻeke plastik.
No ka paipai ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i nā ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia, ke kau nei ʻo Walmart iā lākou ma nā wahi hou aʻe a puni ka hale kūʻai a hoʻohui i nā hōʻailona.Ua hoʻoponopono ʻo ia i nā queues checkout i mea e maʻalahi ai ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia.
I ka makahiki 2019, ua alakaʻi ʻo Walmart, Target a me CVS i ke kālā no Beyond the Bag, kahi hana e hoʻolalelale i ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi.
E hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo Walmart no kāna mau hana e hele ma mua o nā koi kānāwai, wahi a Enk.Ua kuhikuhi pū ʻo ia iā Trader Joe's, e hoʻohana ana i nā ʻeke pepa, a me Aldi, ka mea e wehe ana i nā ʻeke plastik mai kāna mau hale kūʻai āpau o US ma ka hopena o 2023, ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi i ka neʻe ʻana mai ka plastic hoʻohana hoʻokahi.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mokuʻāina e pāpā i nā ʻeke plastik a ke hoʻopau nei nā mea kūʻai aku iā lākou i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, e paʻakikī ke hoʻopau i nā ʻeke plastik hou ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Me ke kākoʻo ʻana o nā hui ʻoihana plastic, ua hala nā mokuʻāina he 20 i nā kānāwai pale e pale ai i nā kaona mai ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā lula ʻeke plastik, e like me ka Surfider Foundation.
Ua kapa ʻo Encke i nā kānāwai he pōʻino a ʻōlelo lākou e hoʻopau ana i ka poʻe ʻauhau kūloko e uku ana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a me ka hana ʻana i nā ʻoihana hana hou i ka wā e pani ai nā ʻeke plastik i nā lako.
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