I loko o ka pantheon o nā kumu nalowale, ʻo ka pale ʻana i ka ʻeke kūʻai ʻilika e like me ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka puhi paka ma nā mokulele a i ʻole ka pepehi ʻana i nā ʻīlio.Ua neʻe aku ka ʻeke keʻokeʻo lahilahi ma waho aʻe o nā maka i loko o ke aupuni o ka lehulehu, kahi hōʻailona o ka ʻōpala a me ka nui a me ka luku ʻana o ke ʻano.Akā ma kahi e pilikia ai ka ʻoihana, aia kahi loio, a ʻo ka mea hoʻolaha nui o ka ʻeke plastik ʻo Stephen L. Joseph, ke poʻo o ka hoʻolaha ʻo Save the Plastic Bag campaign.

I kēia mau lā, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Joseph a me kāna kumu.I ka Poalua i hala, ua lilo ʻo Los Angeles i kūlanakauhale ʻAmelika hou loa e kūʻē i ka ʻeke, i ka manawa i koho lokahi ai kona ʻaha kūkā o ke kūlanakauhale e pāpā i ka plastic ma nā hale kūʻai kūʻai āpau a me nā hale kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai ma mua o 2010 inā ʻaʻole i kau ʻia ka uku mokuʻāina ma luna o nā ʻeke. alaila.(Ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohana ana ʻo Los Angeles i 2 biliona ʻeke plastik i ka makahiki, ʻo 5% wale nō ka mea i hana hou ʻia.) Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Joseph i ke Kalana ʻo Los Angeles ma ke kumu ʻaʻole ia i hoʻomākaukau i kahi hōʻike pili i ka Environmental Impact Report no ka pāpā ʻana i nā ʻeke. koi ʻia e ke kānāwai Kaleponi.

I hoʻokahi mahina ma mua, ua ʻae ʻo Manhattan Beach, Calif., i kahi ʻano like, no ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana a me nā hana kānāwai a Joseph.A ʻo Iulai i hala aku nei, ua lilo ke kūlanakauhale hānau o Joseph ma Kapalakiko i ka metropolis mua loa o ʻAmelika e kau i ka pāpā.(ʻO Joseph wale nō ka hihia mai Iune, no laila ʻaʻole ia ma kāna kolamu.)

ʻO ka lobbyist mua ma Wakinekona, i hānau ʻia ma ʻEnelani a hāʻawi ʻole i kona mau makahiki he 50-kekahi mea, ua ʻae ʻo ia he kaua kiʻekiʻe e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kiʻi o kahi mea kiola i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā mea āpau mai ka hoʻomehana honua a i ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka aila a me ka make. o ke ola moana.ʻOi aku ma Kaleponi.ʻOi aku ma ka ultra-liberal Marin County.Ua hala ʻo ia ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka hele ʻana mai o nā mea hana ʻeke e kāhea e lawe i ke kumu."He mea paʻakikī loa ka pale ʻana i nā moʻolelo a me ka ʻike hewa ʻole," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia mai kāna keʻena kānāwai ʻo Tiburon, Calif."He hōʻike kanaka hoʻokahi wau."

Ma ke ʻano he loio, he kanaka hoʻolaha maikaʻi ʻo ia: i ka makahiki 2003 ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo ia iā Kraft Foods e pale aku i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā kuki Oreo i nā keiki ma lalo o 11 makahiki ma Kaleponi, no ka mea ua piha lākou i ka momona trans.ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i lanakila ma ke kaua hoʻokolokolo, akā, ua lanakila ʻo ia i ke kaua;Ua kakau inoa ke Kiaaina Arnold Schwarzenegger i ka bila anti-trans-fat i kānāwai ma Iulai 25. Ma mua, ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Joseph i ke keʻena kaʻa kaʻa o Kapalakiko e kiʻi i ka ʻoihana e wehe i nā graffiti mai kāna mau hōʻailona, ​​​​a he mea hana anti-litter.ʻO Graffiti a me nā ʻōpala - me nā ʻeke kūʻai ʻilika - e ola ana, no laila ke pāʻani nei ʻo ia ma kahi o .300.

Pehea e hiki ai i kahi mea hana anti-litter mua ke kākoʻo i nā ʻeke plastik?Hōʻike ʻo Joseph, a ʻae kekahi poʻe kaiapuni, ma nā ʻano he nui nā ʻeke pepa e like me ka maikaʻi ʻole o ke kaiapuni e like me nā mea plastik.ʻOiai e pohō ana nā ʻeke pepa, hoʻokuʻu pū lākou i ka methane i ka wā e hana ana pēlā.ʻOiai e hana ʻia nā ʻeke plastik i kekahi manawa me nā petrochemical, pono nā ʻeke pepa i ka ikehu hou aʻe e hana a hana hou ʻia.ʻAʻole paʻa ka hōʻike ʻana e pepehi ana nā ʻeke plastik i ke ola kai, a ʻike ʻia ʻoi aku ka ʻino o ka ʻōpala o ka lawaiʻa kalepa.“ʻO kaʻu noiʻi ʻana i kēia pukana ua hōʻike mai iaʻu he mea ʻakaʻaka ke hana nei," wahi a Joseph.“ʻAʻole hoʻokūkū ʻia nā mea hoʻolaha anti-plastic-bag.Ua like ia me ka hihia ʻaha hoʻokolokolo ʻaʻohe mea e kū nei i kēlā ʻaoʻao.

E kūʻē i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke kūʻai lole, akā naʻe, a i ʻole ke ʻano kaula i lawe ʻia e kona kupuna wahine i ke alanui kiʻekiʻe, ua liʻiliʻi ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana iā Joseph.Hana ʻia nā ʻeke ʻōpala i nā ʻōpala ʻōpala, ʻōlelo ʻo ia, a i ʻole nā ​​​​ʻeke no nā ʻōpala pōpoki.A, ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia e mālama i nā kūʻai.“Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i koʻu manaʻo ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa e pili ana iā lākou?Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokuʻu ma kahi o 12 o lākou i loko o kāu keʻena mīkina lima. "

ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻohuli ʻana i kāna mau manaʻo hoʻopaʻapaʻa, ua like paha ka hana a Joseph me Canute.I Iune, ua pāpā ʻo Kina i nā hale kūʻai a puni ka ʻāina mai ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik manuahi a pāpā i ka hana ʻana, ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻeke ʻilika ma lalo o hoʻokahi kaukani ʻīniha ka mānoanoa.Ua pāpā ʻo Bhutan i nā ʻeke ma ke kumu ua hoʻopilikia lākou i ka hauʻoli aupuni.Ua kau ʻo Ireland i kahi uku he 34 keneta no kēlā me kēia ʻeke i hoʻohana ʻia.Ua pāpā ʻo Uganda a me Zanzibar iā lākou, e like me 30 mau kauhale ma Alaska.He nui nā ʻāina i kau a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo ana i nā hana like.

Ke hana nei naʻe ʻo Joseph, me ka hopohopo ʻole i ke kai a i ʻole i ka manaʻo o kona mau hoalauna ʻo Marin County."Ua haʻi aku au i nā poʻe he nui e hoʻāʻo nei au e mālama i ka ʻeke plastik," wahi āna."Ke nana mai nei lakou ia'u me ka weliweli."Akā, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā kono ʻaina pāʻina.“ʻAʻole kēia he pilikia ma ka ʻeke hema a i ʻole ka bakeke ʻākau.E pili ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo.A ua paʻa wau e hoʻopaʻa inoa.