Intlanganiso yedolophu yaseArlington ithathela ingqalelo ukuvalwa kweebhotile zamanzi

Abathengisi baseArlington banokuvalwa kungekudala ukuba bathengise amanzi kwiibhotile ezincinci zeplastiki.
Ngokutsho kweBhunga leNkunkuma yaseArlington, ukuba lipasisiwe, iSiqendu se-12 siya kuvalela ngokucacileyo “ukuthengiswa kweebhotile zeplastiki zamanzi angeyo carbonated, amanzi angenancasa kwisayizi yelitha eyi-1 okanye encinci.” Oku kuya kusebenza kulo naliphi na ishishini eArlington elithengisa amanzi asebhotileni kwakunye nezakhiwo zedolophu, kubandakanywa nezikolo.
Iibhotile zamanzi ezincinci azinakwenzeka ukuba zihlaziywe, utshilo uLarry Slotnick, usihlalo we-Zero Waste Arlington. Oku kungenxa yokuba bavame ukudliwa kwiindawo apho abantu bengenako lula ukuphinda basebenzise imali yabo, njengakwimicimbi yezemidlalo.
Ngelixa kuqhelekile kulo lonke ilizwe, ukuvalwa okunje kukufumana amandla kwezinye iindawo zoluntu.EMassachusetts, uluntu lwe-25 sele lunemithetho efanayo, utshilo uSlotnick.Oku kungathatha uhlobo lokuvalwa kokuthengisa okupheleleyo okanye ukuvalwa nje kukamasipala.USlotnick uthe uBrookline wenze ukuvalwa komasipala okuya kuthintela nayiphi na inxalenye yorhulumente wedolophu ekuthengeni nasekusasazeni iibhotile ezincinci zamanzi.
Slotnick wongezelela ukuba ezi ntlobo zemimiselo zithandwa ngokukodwa kwi-Barnstable County, apho i-Concord idlulise ukuvalwa kokuthengisa okutshayelayo ngo-2012. Ngokungqinelana ne-Slotnick, amalungu e-Arlington Zero Waste asebenze kakhulu kunye nabanye aba bantu ekulungiseleleni i-Article 12.
Ngokukodwa, u-Slotnick uthe usandul 'ukufunda ngakumbi kubahlali base-Concord malunga nendlela idolophu esebenza ngayo ukukhuthaza uthungelwano lwamanzi okusela kawonkewonke emva kokuvalwa.Wafunda ukuba urhulumente wedolophu kunye namaqumrhu abucala asebenza kunye ukuze ahlawule ngakumbi imithombo yamanzi kawonkewonke kunye neendawo zokuzalisa iibhotile zamanzi.
“Besithetha ngale nto kwasekuqaleni, sabona ukuba asinakuzama ukuvala into ekucaca ukuba abathengi abaninzi baya kuyithenga ngaphandle kokucinga ngeziphumo zokuba namanzi ngaphandle kwekhaya,” utshilo.
I-Zero Waste Arlington nayo ihlolisise uninzi lwabathengisi abakhulu bedolophu, njenge-CVS, i-Walgreens kunye ne-Whole Foods.Arlington ithengisa ngaphezu kwe-500,000 yeebhotile zamanzi ezincinci ngonyaka, utshilo uSlotnick.Wongezelela ukuba inani lithathwe kuphando olwenziwe ngoJanuwari, inyanga ecothayo yokuthengiswa kwamanzi, kwaye inani lokwenene leebhotile zamanzi ezikufutshane ne-000 ezithengiswayo zingathengiswa.
Lilonke, malunga ne-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zokusela zithengiswa eMassachusetts ngonyaka ngamnye.Ngokutsho kwekhomishini, kuphela malunga neepesenti ezingama-20 ezisetyenzisiweyo.
“Emva kokujonga amanani, iyothusa kakhulu,” utshilo uSlotnick.” Kuba iziselo ezingezokhabhothi azinakufumaneka ... kwaye iibhotile ezincinci zamanzi zihlala zisetyenziselwa kude nekhaya, amaxabiso okuhlaziya asezantsi kakhulu.
ISebe lezeMpilo laseArlington liya kunyanzelisa ukuvalwa okunjalo ngendlela efana nendlela idolophu ephumeze ngayo ukuvalwa kweengxowa zeplastiki zegrosari.
Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, abathengisi ngokubanzi abavumelani neNqaku le-12, uSlotnick uthe.Amanzi alula kubathengisi ukuba bathengise, ayithathi indawo enkulu yokugcina, ayibonakalisi, kwaye inomlinganiselo ophezulu wenzuzo, wathi.
"Sinogcino oluthile ngaphakathi. Amanzi sesona siselo sinempilo onokuthi uyithenge evenkileni. Ngokungafaniyo neengxowa zegrosari apho abathengisi banezinye iindlela kodwa abathengisi ngokwenene iingxowa, siyazi ukuba siza kuchaphazela imigca ephantsi yabathengisi. Isinike ikhefu elincinci, "watsho.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2020, iZero Waste Arlington yayilungiselela ukusungula iphulo lokunciphisa inkunkuma kwiindawo zokutyela ezisedolophini.
Kwinyanga edlulileyo, i-Arlington Zero Waste yazisa iNqaku le-12 kwiKomiti eKhethekileyo.Ngokutsho kweSlotnick, amalungu amahlanu ayevumelana ngamxhelo-mnye.
“Sifuna abahlali baseArlington bawaxabise amanzi etephu afumaneka kuye nawuphi na umhlali,” utshilo uSlotnick.”Umgangatho kunye nencasa yamanzi etephini esiwafumanayo ilingana okanye ingcono kunayo nayiphi na into onokuyifumana kwibhotile ye-Polish Spring okanye iDasani.