Ua wehe ka ʻoihana ʻeke ʻeke plastik ma Ianuali 30 i ka hoʻohiki ʻana e hoʻoikaika i nā ʻike i hana hou ʻia i nā ʻeke kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai i 20 pakeneka ma 2025 ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻomau ākea ākea.

Ma lalo o ka hoʻolālā, ʻo ka hui kālepa US nui o ka ʻoihana e hōʻano hou ana iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance a ke hoʻonui nei i ke kākoʻo no ka hoʻonaʻauao mea kūʻai aku a hoʻonohonoho i kahi pahuhopu e hoʻohana hou ʻia a hoʻohana hou ʻia paha ka 95 pākēneka o nā ʻeke kūʻai plastik e 2025.

Hele mai ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka wā i kū ai ka poʻe hana ʻeke plastik i ke koʻikoʻi politika - ʻo ka helu o nā mokuʻāina me nā pāpā a i ʻole nā ​​​​palena i nā ʻeke i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka makahiki i hala mai ʻelua ma Ianuali a ʻewalu i ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki.

Ua ʻōlelo nā luna o ka ʻoihana ʻaʻole kā lākou papahana i pane pololei i nā pāpā mokuʻāina, akā ʻae lākou i nā nīnau lehulehu e koi ana iā lākou e hana hou aku.

"He kūkākūkā kēia ma o ka ʻoihana no kekahi manawa i kēia manawa no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kekahi mau pahuhopu aspirational o ka mea i hana hou ʻia," wahi a Matt Seaholm, ka luna hoʻokele o ka ARPBA, i ʻike mua ʻia ʻo ka American Progressive Bag Alliance."ʻO kēia mākou ke kau nei i kahi wāwae maikaʻi i mua.ʻIke ʻoe, ʻike pinepine ka poʻe i ka nīnau, 'ʻAe, he aha kāu e hana nei ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana?'”

ʻO ka hoʻokō ʻana mai Washington-based ARPBA e loaʻa ana ka piʻi mālie e hoʻomaka ana ma ka 10% recycled content i 2021 a piʻi i 15% i 2023. Manaʻo ʻo Seaholm e ʻoi aku ka ʻoihana ma mua o kēlā mau pahuhopu.

"Manaʻo wau he palekana ka manaʻo, ʻoi aku me ka hoʻomau ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku e noi ana i nā mea i hana hou ʻia e lilo i ʻāpana o nā ʻeke, manaʻo wau e lanakila paha mākou i kēia mau helu," wahi a Seaholm."Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau kamaʻilio ʻana me nā mea kūʻai aku i makemake nui i kēia, makemake nui i ka manaʻo o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻike recycled ma kā lākou ʻeke ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻomau."

ʻO nā pae maʻiʻo i hana hou ʻia e like me ka mea i kāhea ʻia no ke kauwela i hala e ka hui Recycle More Bags, kahi hui o nā aupuni, nā hui a me nā hui kaiapuni.

Ua makemake kēlā hui i nā pae i kauoha ʻia e nā aupuni, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana he "mea hoʻokele kūpono ʻole no ka loli maoli."

 

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Seaholm, ʻaʻole kūʻē ka poʻe hana ʻeke ʻeke i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōlelo paʻa i kākau ʻia ma ke kānāwai, akā ua hōʻike ʻo ia i kahi maʻalahi inā makemake ke aupuni e koi i nā mea hana hou.

"Inā hoʻoholo kekahi moku'āina e makemake lākou e koi i 10 pākēneka maʻiʻo recycled a i ʻole 20 pākēneka recycled maʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia he mea a mākou e hakakā ai," wahi a Seaholm, "akā, ʻaʻole ia he mea a mākou e hoʻoikaika ikaika nei.

“Inā makemake kahi mokuʻāina e hana, hauʻoli mākou i ke kamaʻilio ʻana… no ka mea, hana like ia me kā mākou e kamaʻilio nei e hana ma ʻaneʻi, a ʻo ia ka mea e paipai nei i ka hoʻohana hope ʻana no kēlā ʻike hana hou.A ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana nui o kā mākou kūpaʻa, ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mākeke hopena, "wahi āna.

ʻO ka 20 pakeneka o ka pae maʻiʻo i hana hou ʻia no nā ʻeke plastik ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia no ka pāpā ʻeke kumu hoʻohālike a i ʻole nā ​​​​kānāwai uku e ka hui kaiapuni ʻo Surfrider Foundation i loko o kahi hāmeʻa i kūkulu ʻia no nā mea hoʻoikaika, wahi a Jennie Romer, hoa pili kānāwai ma ka Plastic Pollution Initiative.

Ke koi nei ʻo Surfrider i ke kauoha ʻana i ka resin post-consumer i loko o nā ʻeke, e like me kā Kaleponi i hana ai i kāna kānāwai ʻeke plastik 2016 i hoʻonohonoho i ka pae 20 pakeneka o ka mea i hana hou ʻia i loko o nā ʻeke plastik i ʻae ʻia ma lalo o kāna kānāwai, wahi a Romer.Ua piʻi aʻe i ka 40 pākēneka recycled content i kēia makahiki ma Kaleponi.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Seaholm ʻaʻole ʻōlelo ka hoʻolālā ARPBA i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka plastic post-consumer, me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana he maikaʻi nō hoʻi ka plastic post-industrial.A ʻaʻole ia he polokalamu hoʻihoʻi ʻeke-i-ʻeke pololei - hiki ke hele mai ka resin recycled mai nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻē aʻe e like me ka pallet stretch wrap, wahi āna.

"ʻAʻole mākou ʻike i kahi ʻokoʻa nui inā ʻoe e lawe ana i ka post-consumer a i ʻole post-industrial.Ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, ke mālama nei ʻoe i nā mea mai loko mai o ka pae ʻāina," wahi a Seaholm."ʻO ia ka mea nui loa."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kēia manawa ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka ʻike i loko o nā ʻeke plastik ma mua o 10 pakeneka.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Seaholm, no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka 20 pākēneka o nā mea i hoʻohana hou ʻia, e piʻi aʻe paha ka nui o ka ʻeke ʻeke plastik US.

Wahi a ka US Environmental Protection Agency, he 12.7 pakeneka o nā ʻeke plastik, ʻeke a me nā ʻeke i hana hou ʻia i ka makahiki 2016, aia nā helu i ka makahiki i hala.

"No ka loaʻa ʻana i ka helu hope loa, e kiʻi i ka 20 pakeneka recycled maʻiʻo a puni ka ʻāina holoʻokoʻa, ʻae, pono mākou e hana i kahi hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā papahana hoʻihoʻi i ka hale kūʻai, a i ka hopena, inā hiki mai ka curbside ma ka pūnaewele," wahi āna."Ma kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, pono mākou e hōʻiliʻili hou i ka polyethylene kiʻiʻoniʻoni i mea e hana hou ai."

Aia nō naʻe nā pilikia.ʻO kahi hōʻike o Iulai mai ka American Chemistry Council, no ka laʻana, ua hōʻike i kahi hāʻule nui o ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 20 pakeneka i ka hana hou ʻana i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni plastik ma 2017, ʻoiai ua hoʻonui ʻo Kina i nā mea paʻa i ka lawe ʻana mai i nā ʻōpala.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Seaholm ʻaʻole makemake ka ʻoihana ʻeke i ka hāʻule ʻana o ka helu hana hou, akā ua ʻae ʻo ia he paʻakikī ia no ka mea e hilinaʻi nui ana ka hana ʻeke ʻeke i nā mea kūʻai aku e lawe i nā ʻeke e mālama i nā wahi hāʻule.ʻAʻole ʻae ka hapa nui o nā polokalamu hoʻopōmaikaʻi i nā ʻeke no ka mea ʻohi lākou i nā mīkini ma nā keʻena hoʻokaʻawale, ʻoiai aia nā papahana hoʻokele e hoʻāʻo e hoʻoponopono i kēlā pilikia.

Aia ka papahana ARPBA i ka hoʻonaʻauao o nā mea kūʻai aku, nā hoʻoikaika ʻana e hoʻonui i nā polokalamu hoʻihoʻi hale kūʻai a me ka hoʻohiki ʻana e hana pū me nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻokomo i ka ʻōlelo maʻalahi no nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hana hou ʻana i nā ʻeke.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Seaholm ua hopohopo ʻo ia i ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o nā pāpā ʻeke ma nā mokuʻāina e like me New York e hōʻeha i ka hana hou ʻana inā pau nā hale kūʻai i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā wahi hoʻokuʻu, a ua koho ʻo ia i kahi kānāwai hou ma Vermont e hoʻomaka i kēia makahiki.

"Ma Vermont, no ka laʻana, me ka hana a kā lākou kānāwai, ʻaʻole wau i ʻike inā e hoʻomau nā hale kūʻai i nā polokalamu lawe hoʻihoʻi," wahi āna."I kēlā me kēia manawa āu e pāpā ai i kahi huahana, lawe ʻoe i kēlā kahawai no ka hana hou ʻana."

Eia nō naʻe, ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ka hilinaʻi e hoʻokō ka ʻoihana i nā hoʻohiki.

“E hana mākou i ka hoʻohiki;e noʻonoʻo mākou i kahi ala e hana ai," wahi a Seaholm."Ke manaʻo nei mākou, me ka manaʻo ʻaʻole i hoʻoholo koke ka hapalua o ka ʻāina e pāpā i nā ʻeke plastik e like me Vermont, hiki iā mākou ke paʻi i kēia mau helu."

Hoʻonohonoho pū ka hoʻolālā ARPBA i ka pahuhopu he 95 pakeneka o nā ʻeke e hana hou ʻia a hoʻohana hou ʻia i ka makahiki 2025. Ua manaʻo ʻia he 90 pakeneka o nā ʻeke plastik i kēia manawa i hana hou ʻia a hoʻohana hou ʻia paha.

Hoʻokumu ia i ka helu ʻana ma nā helu ʻelua: ʻo ka EPA o 12-13 pākēneka recycling rate, a me ka manaʻo o Quebec's provincial recycling mana e hoʻohana hou ʻia ka 77-78 pakeneka o nā ʻeke kūʻai ʻilika, pinepine e like me nā liner pahu ʻōpala.

ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana mai ka 90 pākēneka o ka hoʻololi ʻana o nā ʻeke i kēia manawa a hiki i ka 95 pākēneka he mea paʻakikī paha, wahi a Seaholm.

"He pahuhopu kēia ʻaʻole hiki ke maʻalahi ke kiʻi ʻia no ka mea e kūʻai mai ana ka mea kūʻai aku," wahi āna.“He mea nui ka hoʻonaʻauao.E hoʻomau mākou i ka hoʻoikaika e hōʻoia i ka poʻe e hoʻomaopopo i ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i kā lākou ʻeke i ka hale kūʻai.

ʻIke nā luna ʻoihana i kā lākou hoʻolālā ma ke ʻano koʻikoʻi.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena ARPBA ʻo Gary Alstott, he luna hoʻi ma ka mea hana ʻeke ʻeke Novolex, ua hoʻolilo nui ka ʻoihana i ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻoihana e hana hou i nā ʻeke plastik.

"Ke hana hou nei kā mākou mau lālā i nā haneli miliona mau paona ʻeke a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni plastik i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a ke hana nei kēlā me kēia o mākou i nā hana ʻē aʻe e hāpai i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻeke mau," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia ma kahi ʻōlelo.