Iikhonteyina kunye nokupakisha zenza inxalenye enkulu yenkunkuma eqinileyo kamasipala eMelika, ngokutsho kophando olwenziwe yi-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ngo-2009. Olu phononongo lutyhile ukuba ezi zinto zenza malunga nama-30 ekhulwini ayo yonke inkunkuma eqinileyo kamasipala wase-US, nto leyo ebonisa impembelelo enkulu yokupakisha kwinkqubo yolawulo lwenkunkuma yelizwe.
Iziphumo zolu phando zikhanyisela imingeni yokusingqongileyo ebangelwa kukulahlwa kwezikhongozeli kunye nokupakishwa. Ngokusetyenziswa kakhulu kweeplastiki ezisetyenziswa kanye kunye nezinye izinto ezingaboliyo, umthamo wenkunkuma eveliswa kupakisho uye waba yingxaki enkulu. Ingxelo ye-EPA igxininisa imfuneko yezisombululo zokupakisha ezizinzileyo kunye neendlela eziphuculweyo zokulawula inkunkuma ukuze kujongwane nale ngxaki ikhulayo.
Ukuphendula kwiziphumo zophando, kubekho ukugxininiswa okukhulayo ekunciphiseni impembelelo yokupakisha kwindalo esingqongileyo. Iinkampani ezininzi kunye namashishini ebehlola ezinye izixhobo zokupakisha ezinobuhlobo nokusingqongileyo kwaye zizinzile. Oku kuquka ukuphuhliswa kokupakisha okubolayo, kunye nokukhuthazwa kweendlela ezinokusetyenziswa kwakhona kunye neendlela ezinokusetyenziswa kwakhona ukunciphisa inani lenkunkuma yokupakisha engena kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma.
Ngaphezu koko, amanyathelo ajolise ekukhuthazeni ukuziphatha kwabathengi okunenkathalo kunye nokunyusa amazinga okusetyenziswa kwakhona kwezinto afumene umdla. Imizamo yokufundisa uluntu ngokubaluleka kokulahlwa kwenkunkuma ngokufanelekileyo kunye nokusetyenziswa kwakhona kwezinto isetyenzisiwe ukunciphisa inani lenkunkuma yokupakisha ephelela kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma. Ukongeza, ukuphunyezwa kweenkqubo zoxanduva olude lwabavelisi (i-EPR) kuye kwakhuthazwa ukuba abavelisi bathwale uxanduva ngolawulo lokuphela kobomi bezinto zabo zokupakisha.
Uphononongo lwe-EPA lusebenza njengesicelo sokuba abathathi-nxaxheba kulo lonke ishishini lokupakisha, icandelo lolawulo lwenkunkuma, kunye neearhente zikarhulumente basebenzisane ekufumaneni izisombululo ezizinzileyo zokunciphisa impembelelo yokusingqongileyo yenkunkuma yokupakisha. Ngokusebenzisana ukuphumeza uyilo olutsha lokupakisha, ukuphucula iziseko zokusetyenziswa kwakhona, kunye nokukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa ngokunenkathalo, kunokwenzeka ukunciphisa impembelelo yokupakisha kwinkunkuma eqinileyo kamasipala.
Njengoko i-United States iqhubeka nokulwa nemingeni yokulawula umjelo wayo wenkunkuma, ukujongana nomba wenkunkuma yokupakisha kuya kuba yinto ebalulekileyo ekufezekiseni indlela ezinzileyo neqondayo yokulawula inkunkuma. Ngemizamo edibeneyo kunye nokuzibophelela kwizenzo ezizinzileyo, ilizwe linokusebenza ekunciphiseni ipesenti yenkunkuma yokupakisha kwinkunkuma eqinileyo kamasipala kunye nokuqhubela phambili kuqoqosho olujikelezayo nolusebenzisa izixhobo.
Ixesha leposi: Matshi-19-2024