Inqaku lomhleli: Inguqulelo yangaphambili yeli bali ibonise ngokungachanekanga ubukhulu beengxowa zeplastiki ezivunyelwe eDelaware. Ubunzima besikhwama bunokugqithisa i-2.25 mils, kwaye amaDemokhrasi anethemba lokuzisa ibhilikhwe yokuvinjelwa kweengxowa ezingaphantsi kwe-10 mils.
Emva kokuvalwa kokusetyenziswa kweengxowa zokuthenga zeplastiki ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, abenzi bomthetho baseDelaware bathembisa ukuwisa izithintelo ngakumbi emva kokuba iivenkile ziqale ukusebenzisa iingxowa zeplastiki ezishinyeneyo endaweni yephepha elilindelekileyo okanye iingxowa zelaphu.
Ngo-2019, abezomthetho bavala iingxowa zokuthenga zeplastiki ukuba zingafunyanwa kwindawo yokuphuma. Lo mqathango uqale ukusebenza nge-1 kaJanuwari kulo nyaka. Oku kukukhuthaza iivenkile ezinkulu kunye nabathengi ukuba batshintshele kwiingxowa ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe ukunciphisa inkunkuma yendalo.
Nangona ivenkile ibonakala ihambelana nemimiselo, abantu abaninzi baye bafumanisa oko abagxeki bakubiza ngokuthi "ii-lopholes" ngokutshintsha nje iingxowa zeplastiki ezincinci kunye nezityebileyo.
Amagosa ayenethemba lokuba lo thintelo luya kukhuthaza abathengi ukuba basebenzise iibhegi ezityebileyo emva kokuphuma. Kodwa abathengi ababonakali bekhumbula ukuthatha iingxowa ezityebileyo bazibuyisele evenkileni kwixesha elizayo. Iivenkile ezininzi zibonelela ngokuphuma njengeebhegi ezomeleleyo, ezibhityileyo.
Ummeli woMbuso uGerald Brady waseWellington D uceba ukwazisa ibhili yokuvala iingxowa zokuthenga ngaphantsi kwe-10 mils ubukhulu, kunye nokukhululwa okuthile ngokusekelwe kwi-reusability.
UBrady uthe kwingxelo: "Iyakhathaza into yokuba ezinye iinkampani zikhethe ukusebenzisa izithuba ezichasene nomoya (wokuvalwa)."
UBrady uthe uceba ukungenisa umthetho oyilwayo kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezizayo. Le nkomfa izakubanjwa de kube nguJuni 30. Emva koko, amalungu epalamente aphumle iinyanga ezintandathu.
NgokukaShawn Garvin, uMphathiswa weMithombo yeNdalo, iingxowa ezityebileyo zinokuphinda zisetyenziswe, kuxhomekeke ekubeni ziphinda zisetyenziswe kangaphi na, njengoko zivelisa inkunkuma eninzi yeplastiki.
Njengeengxowa ezibhityileyo, ezi bhegi azinakuphinda zisetyenziswe ekhaya. Abathengi bangayibuyisela kwivenkile enokuphinda isetyenziswe evenkileni, kodwa kulula ukulibala ukuba inkonzo ikhona.
Isithintelo sisavumela iDelaware ukuba isebenzise ezinye iintlobo ezininzi zeengxowa zeplastiki, ezinjengeengxowa zokuhambisa iphephandaba okanye inkunkuma. Iingxowa zephepha zisavumelekile ekuphumeni.
Ngo-2019, abezomthetho bazame ukudlulisa isindululo sokuvalwa kwebhegi yephepha. Iinzame zokunqanda ukuvalwa kweengxowa zeplastiki ziye zasilela ngenxa yokuba ukwenziwa kweengxowa zephepha nako kuyingozi kokusingqongileyo.
Ummeli uMichael Smith we-R-Pike Creek waqala wazisa i-bill bag bag ngo-2019. Wathi akayi kusebenza nzima kulo nyaka kuba wayenethemba lokuba iiDemokhrasi ziza kusebenzisa ibhilikhi yabo ukusombulula le ngxaki.
Isithethi sikaBrady asizange siqinisekise ukuba ukuvinjwa kweengxowa zephepha kuya kuba yinxalenye yebhili yalo nyaka, kodwa wathi abenzi bomthetho bayayiqwalasela.
Endaweni yoko, ivenkile kufuneka ibene-7,000 yeenyawo okanye ngaphezulu, okanye, ukuba kukho iindawo ezintathu okanye ngaphezulu e-Delaware, ivenkile nganye kufuneka ibe yi-3,000 yeenyawo ubuncinane.
Ifanelekile kwi-7-11, Acme, CVS, Food Lion, Giant, Janssens, Walgreens, Redners Markets, Rite Aid, SaveAlot, SuperValu, Safeway, ShopRite, Wawa, Weiss Markets, Macy's, Home Depot, Big Lots, ngokutsho umthetho Iimfuno zobungakanani bevenkile kunye nenani leendawo, "ngaphantsi kwesihlanu", "izihlangu ezidumileyo", "Nordstrom" kunye "neParty City".
Ukuzabalazela ukungafihli kwamaPolisa: Kutheni le nto amaPolisa aseDelaware ehlehlise ukusekuhleni, iSicwangciso sokuphendula kwiNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo.
Qhubekeka ngokuzolileyo kwidrafti yamapolisa asekuhlaleni: Iidemokhrasi zibhala umthetho oyilwayo wokuphelisa iimfihlo zamapolisa eDelaware ngaphambi kokuba kunikwe izimvo zomkhosi.
USarah Gamard unoxanduva kurhulumente kunye nemicimbi yezopolitiko yeDelaware Online/Newsweek. Qhagamshelana naye apha (302) 324-2281 okanye sgamard@delawareonline.com. Mlandele kuTwitter @SarahGamard.
Ixesha lokuposa: May-15-2021