Intlanganiso yedolophu yaseArlington ithathela ingqalelo ukuvalwa kweebhotile zamanzi

Abathengisi baseArlington banokuvalwa kungekudala ukuba bathengise amanzi kwiibhotile ezincinci zeplastiki.
Ngokutsho kweBhunga leNkunkuma yeArlington, ukuba lipasisiwe, iSiqendu se-12 siya kuvalela ngokucacileyo “ukuthengiswa kweebhotile zeplastiki zamanzi angeyo carbonated, angenancasa kubungakanani belitha enye okanye encinci.” Oku kuya kusebenza kulo naliphi na ishishini eArlington elithengisa amanzi asebhotileni njengoko kwakunye nezakhiwo zedolophu, kubandakanywa nezikolo.Lo mthetho uya kuqala ukusebenza ngomhla woku-1 kuNovemba.
Iibhotile zamanzi ezincinci azinakwenzeka ukuba ziphinde zisetyenziswe, utshilo uLarry Slotnick, usihlalo weZero Waste Arlington. Oku kungenxa yokuba zithanda ukutyiwa kwiindawo apho abantu bengenako ukuphinda basebenzise imali abayilondolozileyo, njengakwimicimbi yezemidlalo. emgqomeni, Slotnick uthe, kwaye uninzi zitshiswe.
Ngelixa kungaqhelekanga kulo lonke ilizwe, ukuvinjwa okunje kukufumana ukuthambekela kwezinye iindawo.E-Massachusetts, uluntu lwe-25 sele lunemithetho efanayo, utshilo uSlotnick.Oku kunokuthatha uhlobo lokuvalwa kokuthengisa okupheleleyo okanye ukuvalwa komasipala.Slotnick uthe. I-Brookline yenza isithintelo sikamasipala esasiza 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 baseConcord malunga nendlela idolophu esebenza ngayo ukukhuthaza uthungelwano lwamanzi okusela uluntu emva kokuvalwa. iindawo zokuzalisa iibhotile zamanzi.
“Besithetha ngale nto kwasekuqaleni. Siye sabona ukuba asinakuzama ukuvala into ethengwa ngabathengi abaninzi ngaphandle kokucinga ngeziphumo zokuba namanzi ngaphandle kwekhaya,” utshilo.
I-Zero Waste Arlington iphinde yavavanya uninzi lwabathengisi abakhulu bedolophu, njengeCVS, Walgreens kunye ne-Whole Foods.Arlington ithengisa ngaphezulu kwe-500,000 yeebhotile zamanzi ezincinci ngonyaka, utshilo uSlotnick.Wongezelela ukuba inani lithathwe kuphando olwenziwe ngoJanuwari, a Inyanga ecothayo yokuthengiswa kwamanzi, kwaye elona nani leengqayi ezithengisiweyo zinokusondela kwi-750,000.
Lilonke, malunga ne-1.5 yeebhiliyoni zokusela ezithengiswa eMassachusetts ngonyaka ngamnye.Ngokwekhomishini, kuphela malunga neepesenti ezingama-20 ezihlaziywayo.
“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 sisempilweni onokuthi usithenge evenkileni. Ngokungafaniyo neengxowa zegrosari apho abathengisi banezinye iindlela kodwa abazithengisi iibhegi, siyazi ukuba siza kuba nefuthe kubathengisi. Isenze sanqumama kancinci,” utshilo.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2020, iZero Waste Arlington yayilungiselela ukusungula iphulo lokunciphisa inkunkuma kwiivenkile zokutyela edolophini. hit kunye neendawo zokutyela zaqala ukuxhomekeka ngokupheleleyo ekuthatheni.
Kwinyanga edlulileyo, i-Arlington Zero Waste yazisa iNqaku le-12 kwiKomiti eKhethekileyo.Ngokutsho kweSlotnick, amalungu amahlanu ayevumelana ngamxhelo-mnye.
“Sifuna abahlali baseArlington baxabise amanzi etephu afumaneka kuye nawuphi na umhlali,” utshilo uSlotnick.”Umgangatho kunye nencasa yamanzi etephini esiwafumanayo iyalingana okanye ingcono kunayo nayiphi na into onokuyifumana kwibhotile yePolish Spring okanye iDasani. Umgangatho ungqineke ulungile. ”