I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻopau ka awelika ʻAmelika ma luna o 250 paona o ka ʻōpala plastik, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea mai ka ʻeke.No laila he aha kā mākou e hana ai me kēia mau mea a pau?
ʻO nā ʻōpala kahi ʻāpana o ka hopena, akā ʻaʻole maopopo ka nui o mākou i ka mea e waiho ai i laila.ʻO ka mea hiki ke hana hou ʻia ma kekahi kaiāulu he ʻōpala i kekahi.
Ke nānā nei kēia haʻawina pili i kekahi o nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe ʻilika i manaʻo ʻia e mālama ʻia a wehewehe i ke kumu ʻaʻole pono e hoʻolei ʻia nā pahu ʻilika ʻē aʻe i ka ʻōpala.
I loko o ka hale kūʻai ua loaʻa iā mākou ka uhi ʻana i nā mea kanu, nā ʻiʻo a me nā paʻakai.He mea maʻamau akā ʻaʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia no ka mea paʻakikī ke hoʻolei ʻia i loko o nā mea hoʻolaʻa waiwai (MRFs).Hoʻokaʻawale ʻo MRF, pūʻolo a kūʻai aku i nā mea i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai nā hale, nā keʻena a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma o nā papahana hoʻoheheʻe lehulehu a pilikino.Ua ʻeha ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a puni nā mea hana, e hoʻōki ai i ka hana.
Hiki i nā plastik liʻiliʻi, ma kahi o 3 iniha a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi, hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka wā e hana hou ai i nā mea hana.ʻO nā ʻeke ʻeke berena, nā ʻōwili pila, nā ʻeke condiment hoʻopau - paʻa a hāʻule paha kēia mau ʻāpana liʻiliʻi a pau mai nā kāʻei a me nā mea hana o ka mīkini MRF.ʻO ka hopena, mālama ʻia lākou e like me ka ʻōpala.ʻAʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā applicators tampon plastik, hoʻolei wale ʻia lākou.
Hoʻopili ʻia kēia ʻano pūʻolo ma luna o ke kāʻei conveyor MRF a hoʻopau i ka hewa a hui pū ʻia me ka pepa, ʻaʻole hiki ke kūʻai ʻia ka bale holoʻokoʻa.
ʻOiai inā e hōʻiliʻili ʻia nā ʻeke a hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e nā mea hana hou, ʻaʻohe mea e kūʻai mai no ka mea ʻaʻohe huahana kūpono a i ʻole ka mākeke hopena no kēia ʻano plastic.
Hana ʻia nā ʻeke ʻeke ʻuala mai nā ʻāpana o nā ʻano plastik like ʻole, maʻamau me ka uhi alumini.ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale maʻalahi i nā papa a hopu i ka resin i makemake ʻia.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia.ʻŌlelo nā hui hoʻolale leka e like me TerraCycle e hoʻihoʻi lākou i kekahi o kēia mau mea.
E like me ka puʻupuʻu maʻalahi, he mea paʻakikī kēia mau ipu i nā ʻōnaehana hana hou no ka mea ua hana ʻia lākou mai nā ʻano plastik like ʻole: ʻo ka lepili ʻālohilohi kekahi ʻano o ka plastic, ʻo ka pāpale palekana kekahi ʻano, a ʻo nā mea swivel kahi ʻano plastic.
ʻO kēia nā ʻano mea i hoʻolālā ʻia e ka ʻōnaehana recycling e hana.He ikaika nā ipu, ʻaʻole palahalaha e like me ka pepa, a ua hana ʻia me ka plastic i hiki i nā mea hana ke kūʻai maʻalahi no nā mea e like me ke kāpeti, nā lole hulu hipa, a me nā ʻōmole plastik hou aku.
No ke poʻo poʻo, manaʻo kekahi mau ʻoihana e hoʻokomo i nā poʻe, aʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe e koi i nā poʻe e wehe iā lākou.Pili kēia i nā mea hana i loaʻa ma kāu keʻena hana hou.Hiki ke lilo nā poʻi i mea pōʻino inā mālama ʻoe iā lākou a ʻaʻole hiki i ka MRF ke mālama iā lākou.Hoʻokomo ʻia nā ʻōmole i ke kaomi kiʻekiʻe i ka wā o ke kaʻina ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana, hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia nā pāpale i nā wikiwiki kiʻekiʻe, hiki ke hōʻeha i nā limahana.Eia naʻe, hiki i nā MRF ʻē aʻe ke hopu a hana hou i kēia mau pāpale.E nīnau i ka mea e makemake ai kāu kula kaiaulu.
Hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā ʻōmole me nā pāpale a i ʻole nā puka i like ka nui a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ke kumu o ka hue.Hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia nā ʻōmole i hoʻohana ʻia no ka holoi holoi lole a me nā huahana mālama pilikino e like me ka shampoo a me ke kopa.Inā loaʻa kahi puna metala i loko o ka piko, e wehe a hoʻolei i loko o ka ʻōpala.Ma kahi o ka hapakolu o nā ʻōmole plastik i hana hou ʻia i huahana hou.
Hana ʻia nā poʻomanaʻo mai ka ʻano plastik like me nā hue inu, akā ʻaʻole hiki i kēlā me kēia mea hana hou ke lawelawe iā lākou.ʻO kēia no ka mea e pili ana ke ʻano o ka clamshell i ke ʻano o ka plastic, e paʻakikī ai ke hana hou.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike he helu i loko o kahi huinakolu me ka pua i ka moena a me nā pahu plastik ʻē aʻe he nui.Ua kapa ʻia kēia ʻōnaehana helu mai ka 1 a hiki i ka 7 ʻo ka resin identification code.Ua hoʻomohala ʻia i ka hopena o 1980s e kōkua i nā mea hana (ʻaʻole nā mea kūʻai aku) e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka resin i hana ʻia mai kahi plastic.ʻAʻole kēia manaʻo he hiki ke hana hou ʻia ka mea.
Hiki ke hana hou ia lakou ma ke alanui, aole nae i na manawa a pau.E nānā ma kahi.E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka pā ma mua o ka waiho ʻana i loko o ka pā.
Hōʻailona pinepine ʻia kēia mau ipu me ka 5 i loko o kahi huinakolu.Hana ʻia nā ʻauʻau mai ka hui ʻana o nā plastik like ʻole.He mea paʻakikī kēia i nā mea hana hou ke kūʻai aku i nā hui e makemake e hoʻohana i hoʻokahi ʻano plastic no kā lākou hana.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia.ʻO Waste Management, kahi hui hōʻiliʻili ʻōpala a me ka hana hou ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i hana pū me kahi mea hana i hoʻololi i ka yogurt, ka ʻaila kawa a me nā kini pata i loko o nā kini pena, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
ʻO Styrofoam, e like me ka mea i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ka ʻeke ʻiʻo a i ʻole nā pahu hua manu, he ea ka nui.Pono kahi mīkini kūikawā e wehe i ka ea a hoʻopaʻa i nā mea i loko o nā patties a i ʻole nā ʻāpana no ke kūʻai hou ʻana.He liʻiliʻi ka waiwai o kēia mau huahana huʻa no ka mea liʻiliʻi loa nā mea i koe ma hope o ka hemo ʻana o ka ea.
Ua pāpā ʻia nā kūlanakauhale he nui o ʻAmelika i ka ʻūhā plastik.I kēia makahiki wale nō, ua ʻae nā mokuʻāina o Maine a me Maryland i ka pāpā ʻana i nā pahu meaʻai polystyrene.
Eia nō naʻe, loaʻa i kekahi mau kaiāulu nā kikowaena e hana hou i ka styrofoam i hiki ke hana ʻia i mea hoʻoheheʻe a me nā kiʻi kiʻi.
ʻO nā ʻeke plastik - e like me nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia no ka ʻōwili ʻana i ka berena, nā nūpepa a me ka cereal, a me nā ʻeke sandwich, nā ʻeke hoʻomaʻemaʻe maloʻo, a me nā ʻeke kūʻai - e like me nā paʻakikī e like me ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni plastik ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea hana hou.Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā ʻeke a me nā ʻōpala, e like me nā kāwele pepa, i ka hale kūʻai no ka hana hou ʻana.ʻAʻole hiki i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni plastik lahilahi.
ʻO nā kaulahao meaʻai nui ma ka ʻāina, me Walmart a me Target, aia ma kahi o 18,000 mau pahu ʻeke plastik.Hoʻouna kēia mau mea kūʻai i ka plastic i nā mea hana hou e hoʻohana ana i nā mea i nā huahana e like me ka papahele laminate.
Hōʻike ʻia nā lepili How2Recycle ma nā huahana hou aku ma nā hale kūʻai.Hoʻokumu ʻia e ka Sustainable Packaging Coalition a me kahi hui recycling non-profit i kapa ʻia ʻo GreenBlue, ka manaʻo o ka lepili e hāʻawi i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka recyclable o ka ʻeke.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo GreenBlue aia ma mua o 2,500 mau lepili i ka laha ʻana ma nā huahana mai nā pahu cereal a hiki i nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe kīʻaha kīʻaha.
ʻOkoʻa loa nā MRF.Loaʻa kālā maikaʻi ʻia kekahi mau kālā like ʻole ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā ʻoihana nui.Hoʻoponopono ʻia kekahi o lākou e nā kaona.ʻO ke koena he mau ʻoihana liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi.
Hoʻopili ʻia nā mea hana hou i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i loko o nā bale a kūʻai ʻia aku i nā hui e hoʻohana hou ana i nā mea hana e hana i nā waiwai ʻē aʻe, e like me nā lole a i ʻole nā mea hana, a i ʻole nā mea ʻilika ʻē aʻe.
He ʻokoʻa ka hana ʻana o kēlā me kēia ʻoihana.Loaʻa iā lākou nā lako like ʻole a me nā mākeke like ʻole no ka plastic, a ke ulu mau nei kēia mau mākeke.
ʻO ka hana hou ʻana he ʻoihana kahi e pilikia ai nā huahana i nā loli i nā mākeke huahana.I kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana i nā huahana mai ka plastik puʻupaʻa ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana i ka plastic recycled.
ʻO kekahi o nā kumu i pau ai ka nui o ka ʻilika i loko o nā incinerators, landfills a me nā moana ʻaʻole ia i manaʻo ʻia e hana hou ʻia.Ua ʻōlelo nā mea hana MRF e hana pū ana lākou me nā mea hana e hana i ka ʻeke i hiki ke hana hou ʻia i loko o nā mana o ka ʻōnaehana o kēia manawa.
ʻAʻole mākou hana hou e like me ka hiki.ʻO nā ʻōmole palaki, no ka laʻana, he huahana i makemake ʻia no ka poʻe hana hou, akā ma kahi o ka hapakolu wale nō o nā ʻōmole plastik a pau i loko o nā ʻōpala.
ʻO ia, ʻaʻole ia he "loop of desires."Mai hoʻolei i nā mea e like me nā kukui, nā pākahi, nā ʻōpala olakino, a me nā diapers pēpē i loko o nā ʻōpala alahele.(Eia naʻe, hiki ke hana hou ʻia kekahi o kēia mau mea me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi papahana ʻokoʻa. E ʻoluʻolu e nānā ma ka ʻāina.)
'O ka hana hou 'ana, 'o ia ho'i ke komo 'ana i ke kālepa 'ōpala honua.I kēlā me kēia makahiki, hoʻolauna ke kālepa i nā haneli miliona mau tons plastic.I ka makahiki 2018, ua ho'ōki ʻo Kina i ka lawe ʻana mai i ka hapa nui o kāna ʻōpala palaka mai US, no laila i kēia manawa ke koʻikoʻi nei ke kaulahao hana plastics holoʻokoʻa - mai ka ʻoihana aila a hiki i nā mea hana hou - e noʻonoʻo i ka mea e hana ai me ia.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka hana hou ʻana ke hoʻopau i ka pilikia ʻōpala, akā ʻike ka poʻe he mea nui ia o ka hoʻolālā holoʻokoʻa e komo pū ana me ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka ʻeke a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā mea hoʻohana hoʻokahi me nā mea hoʻohana hou.
Ua hoʻopuka mua ʻia kēia mea ma ʻAukake 21, 2019. ʻO kēia kahi ʻāpana o ka hōʻike "Plastic Wave" a NPR, e kālele ana i ka hopena o ka ʻōpala palaka i ke kaiapuni.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Iulai-31-2023