Ngenxa yeendleko zemithwalo ezihlolwayo, umntu oqhelekileyo eNgilani ngoku uthenga iibhegi ezine ezihlolwayo kanye kuphela kwiivenkile ezinkulu ngonyaka, xa kuthelekiswa ne-140 ngo-2014. Ngokwandisa intlawulo kubo bonke abathengisi, kulindeleke ukuba inani leebhegi zokuhamba ezilahlwayo zamashishini amancinci naphakathi lincitshiswe ngama-70-80%.
Cela amashishini amancinci aseMntla-ntshona ukuba alungiselele olu tshintsho ngaphambi kokuba luqale ukusebenza ngoMeyi 21. Oku kuhambelana nophando olufumanise ukuba le mali ifumene inkxaso enkulu kuluntu-95% yabantu baseNgilani bayayiqonda inzuzo enkulu kwindalo esingqongileyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
UMphathiswa Wezendalo uRebecca Pow uthe: “Ukuphunyezwa komrhumo weepensi ezi-5 kube yimpumelelo enkulu, kwaye ukuthengiswa kweengxowa zeplastiki eziyingozi kwiivenkile ezinkulu kwehle ngama-95%.
“Siyazi ukuba kufuneka senze okungakumbi ukukhusela okusingqongileyo kwendalo kunye neelwandle zethu, yiyo loo nto ngoku sidlulisela le ntlawulo kuwo onke amashishini.”
“Ndicela abathengisi bayo yonke imilinganiselo ukuba baqinisekise ukuba bakulungele ukuphendula kutshintsho kuba siza kusebenzisana ukuze sifumane indawo eluhlaza kwaye siqinise amanyathelo ethu akhokelayo kwihlabathi ekulweni nesibetho senkunkuma yeplastiki.”
UJames Lowman, iGosa eliyiNtloko leConvenience Store Association, uthe: “Siyakwamkela ukufakwa kweevenkile zasekuhlaleni kunye namanye amashishini amancinci kwinkqubo ephumelelayo yokutshaja iingxowa zeplastiki, engeyonto ilungileyo nje kuphela kokusingqongileyo, kodwa ikwayindlela yokuba abathengisi bafumane imali. Indlela elungileyo yemibutho yesisa yasekuhlaleni neyesizwe.”
Umphathi jikelele we-Uber Eats UK uSunjiv Shah uthe: “Sifuna ukwenza kube lula kangangoko ukuba iinkampani zilahle inkunkuma yeplastiki kwaye zixhase izizathu ezilungileyo. Wonke umntu unokunceda ekukhuseleni okusingqongileyo ngokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweengxowa zeplastiki ezilahlwayo.”
Ingxelo yakutshanje ekhutshwe yi-WRAP ifumanise ukuba indlela abantu abajonga ngayo iingxowa zeplastiki itshintshile ukusukela oko kwathethwa izityholo zokuqala.
Xa kwaqala ukucetywa le ntlawulo, phantse abantu abasixhenxe kwabalishumi (69%) “bavumelana kakhulu” okanye “kancinci” nale ntlawulo, kwaye ngoku inyukile yaya kuma-73%.
Abathengi bayawutshintsha umkhwa wokusebenzisa iingxowa ezihlala ixesha elide ezenziwe ngezinto ezihlala ixesha elide nezinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo. Kubantu abaphononongiweyo, isibini kwisithathu (67%) sithe sisebenzise "ingxowa yobomi" (elaphu okanye iplastiki eqinileyo) ukuze siyise izinto esizithengayo ekhaya, kwivenkile enkulu yokutya, kwaye yi-14% kuphela yabantu abasebenzisa iingxowa ezilahlwayo.
. Yikota kuphela (26%) yabantu abathenga iingxowa ukususela ekuqaleni ukuya ekugqibeleni xa besebenza njengevenkile yokutya, kwaye i-4% yabo bathi "bahlala besenza njalo". Oku kukwehla okukhulu ukusukela oko kwaqaliswa umrhumo ngo-2014, xa abantu abangaphezu kwesibini (57%) bathi bafuna ukususa iingxowa zeplastiki kwiingxowa zeplastiki. Kwangaxeshanye, ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha (54%) bathi bathathe imithwalo embalwa kwindawo yokugcina impahla.
Phantse isiqingatha (49%) sabantu abaneminyaka eli-18 ukuya kwengama-34 ubudala bathi bathenga iibhegi zesandla ubuncinane ngaxa lithile, ngelixa abantu abangaphezu kwesinye kwishumi (11%) abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-55 ubudala beya kuthenga.
Ukususela oko kwaqaliswa le ntlawulo, umthengisi unikele ngemali engaphezulu kwe-£150 yezigidi kwimibutho yokunceda abantu, iinkonzo zokuzithandela, imibutho yokunceda abantu abakwiindawo ezisingqongileyo kunye nezempilo.
Eli nyathelo liza kunceda iBritane ukuba ibuyele kwimeko yayo yangaphambili emva kobhubhane ibe ngcono kwaye inobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo, kwaye liqinise ubunkokeli bethu behlabathi ekulweni notshintsho lwemozulu kunye nongcoliseko lweplastiki. Njengomququzeleli we-COP26 kulo nyaka, usihlalo weQela leeSixhenxe (G7) kunye nomthathi-nxaxheba omkhulu we-CBD COP15, sikhokela i-ajenda yamazwe ngamazwe yotshintsho lwemozulu.
Ekulweni nongcoliseko lweplastiki, urhulumente uye wavala ukusetyenziswa kwee-microbeads kwiimveliso zokhathalelo lomntu ezihlanjiweyo kwaye uye wavala ukunikezelwa kweengca zeplastiki, ii-blender kunye nee-cotton swabs eNgilani. Ukususela ngo-Epreli 2022, irhafu ephambili yokupakisha iplastiki iya kumiselwa kwiimveliso ezingenayo ubuncinci i-30% yomxholo ophinda usetyenziswe, kwaye urhulumente okwangoku ucebisana ngotshintsho olukhulu oluya kwazisa isicwangciso sokubuyisela idiphozithi kwizikhongozeli zeziselo kunye nephakheji yoxanduva olongezelelweyo lomvelisi.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Meyi-20-2021