Inqaku lomhleli: Inguqulelo yangaphambili yale bali ibonise ngokuchanekileyo ubukhulu beengxowa zeplastiki ezivumelekileyo eDelaware. Ubukhulu bengxowa bunokudlula i-2.25 mils, kwaye amaDemokhrasi anethemba lokungenisa umthetho wokuthintela iingxowa ezingaphantsi kwe-10 mils.
Emva kokuthintela ukusetyenziswa kweengxowa zeplastiki zokuthenga ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, abenzi bomthetho baseDelaware bathembisa ukumisela eminye imiqathango emva kokuba iivenkile ziqale ukusebenzisa iingxowa zeplastiki ezixineneyo endaweni yeengxowa zephepha okanye zelaphu ebezilindelekile.
Ngowama-2019, abameli bomthetho bathintela ukuba iingxowa zeplastiki zifunyanwe xa kuthengwa. Eli nyathelo laqala ukusebenza ngoJanuwari 1 kulo nyaka. Oku kukukhuthaza iivenkile ezinkulu kunye nabathengi ukuba batshintshele kwiingxowa ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe ukuze kuncitshiswe inkunkuma yokusingqongileyo.
Nangona iivenkile zibonakala ngathi ziyayithobela imithetho, abantu abaninzi bafumanise ukuba ukutshintsha nje iingxowa zeplastiki ezincinci ngeengxowa zeplastiki eziqinileyo kuya kutyhila oko abagxeki bakubiza ngokuba “ziingxaki” emthethweni.
Amagosa ayenethemba lokuba lo mqathango uza kukhuthaza abathengi ukuba basebenzise iingxowa ezityebileyo emva kokuhlawula. Kodwa abathengi ababonakali bekhumbula ukubuyisela iingxowa ezityebileyo evenkileni kwixesha elizayo. Iivenkile ezininzi zibonelela ngazo xa zihlawula njengeengxowa eziqinileyo nezincinci.
Ummeli weLizwe uGerald Brady waseWellington D uceba ukwazisa umthetho wokuthintela iingxowa zokuthenga ezingaphantsi kwe-10 mils ubukhulu, kunye nezinye izinto ezingenakuxolelwa ngokusekelwe ekusetyenzisweni kwakhona.
UBrady uthe kwingxelo yakhe: “Kuyadanisa ukuba ezinye iinkampani zikhetha ukusebenzisa amathuba achasene nomoya (wokuvalwa).”
UBrady uthe uceba ukungenisa lo mthetho kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezizayo. Le ngqungquthela iza kubanjwa kude kube ngumhla wama-30 kuJuni. Emva koko, amalungu epalamente aphumle iinyanga ezintandathu.
Ngokutsho kukaShawn Garvin, uMphathiswa weMithombo yeNdalo, iingxowa ezityebileyo zingasetyenziswa kwakhona, kuxhomekeke ekubeni zisetyenziswa kangaphi, njengoko zivelisa inkunkuma engaphezulu yeplastiki.
Njengeengxowa ezincinci, ezi ngxowa azinakuphinda zisetyenziswe ekhaya. Abathengi banokuzibuyisela evenkileni ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe evenkileni, kodwa kulula ukulibala ukuba inkonzo ikhona.
Olu thintelo lusavumela iDelaware ukuba isebenzise ezinye iintlobo ezininzi zeengxowa zeplastiki, ezifana neengxowa zokuhambisa amaphephandaba okanye iingxowa zenkunkuma. Iingxowa zephepha zisavumelekile xa uhlawula.
Ngowama-2019, abenzi bomthetho bazama ukudlulisa umyalelo wokuthintelwa kweengxowa zephepha kwaye abazange baphumelele kwimizamo yokuthintela iingxowa zeplastiki ngesizathu sokuba ukwenziwa kweengxowa zephepha nako kuyingozi kwindalo esingqongileyo.
Ummeli uMichael Smith we-R-Pike Creek waqala ukwazisa umthetho wengxowa yephepha ngo-2019. Uthe akayi kusebenza nzima kulo nyaka kuba wayenethemba lokuba amaDemokhrasi aza kusebenzisa umthetho wawo ukusombulula le ngxaki.
Isithethi sikaBrady asizange siqinisekise ukuba ukuvalwa kweengxowa zephepha kuya kuba yinxalenye yomthetho walo nyaka, kodwa sithe abenzi bomthetho bayawuqwalasela.
Kunoko, ivenkile mayibe zii-square feet ezingama-7,000 nangaphezulu, okanye, ukuba kukho iindawo ezintathu okanye ngaphezulu eDelaware, ivenkile nganye mayibe zii-square feet ezingama-3,000 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, ngokomthetho Iimfuno zobungakanani bevenkile kunye nenani leendawo, "ngaphantsi kwesihlanu", "izihlangu ezidumileyo", "Nordstrom" kunye "nesixeko sepati".
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USarah Gamard ubika ngemicimbi karhulumente neyezopolitiko kwiDelaware Online/News Magazine. Nxibelelana naye ku-(302) 324-2281 okanye sgamard@delawareonline.com. Mlandele kuTwitter @SarahGamard.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Agasti-30-2021