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 iivenkile zibonakala ngathi ziyayithobela le migaqo, abantu abaninzi baye bafumanisa ukuba ukususa nje iiplastiki ezibhityileyo kufakwe iiplastiki ezishinyeneyo kuya kutyhila oko abagxeki bakubiza ngokuba “ziikroba” emthethweni.
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 ngazo ekuphumeni 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 kwisiteyitimenti: "Kuyakhathaza ukuba 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 isithintelo esicetywayo sebhegi yephepha kwaye basilela kwiinzame zokuvala iingxowa zeplastiki ngezizathu zokuba ukwenziwa kweengxowa zephepha kuyingozi kwindalo.
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 abomthetho 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 "nesixeko seqela".
Ukuzabalazela ukungafihli kwamaPolisa: Kutheni le nto amaPolisa aseDelaware ehlehlise ukusekuhleni, iSicwangciso sokuphendula kwiNdibano yeZizwe eziManyeneyo.
Qhubeka ngokuzolileyo noyilo lwamapolisa asekuhlaleni: Iidemokhrasi zibhala umthetho oyilwayo wokuphelisa iimfihlo zamapolisa eDelaware phambi koluvo lwabasebenzi.
USarah Gamard unika ingxelo malunga norhulumente kunye nemicimbi yezopolitiko yeDelaware Online/News Magazine. Qhagamshelana naye apha (302) 324-2281 okanye sgamard@delawareonline.com. Mlandele kuTwitter @SarahGamard.
Ixesha lokuposa: Nov-17-2021