UKristijan Curavić, umongameli waseCroatia Umanyano loLwandle, iphulo lehlabathi lonke elinxulumene nolwandle olungenaplastiki kunye namachibi, oluxhaswa kumazwe kunye nabadlali bezokhenketho kwihlabathi jikelele bavuyisana neRhuluneli yase-Illinois uPritzker emva kokuba esayine uMthetho weBhodlela yePlastiki eNcinane yoSebenzisa enye ibe ngumthetho.
Kuya kufuna iihotele ezinamagumbi angama-50 okanye ngaphezulu ukuze kupheliswe ukusetyenziswa kweebhotile zeplastiki ezincinci, ezisetyenziswa kanye ezineemveliso zokhathalelo lomntu kumagumbi omntu ngamnye kunye negumbi lokuhlambela likawonke-wonke ukuqala nge-1 kaJulayi, 2025.
NgoJanuwari 1, 2026, zonke iihotele kulindeleke ukuba zenze olu tshintsho. Lo mthetho ukhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwezisombululo ezintsha ezinokuphinda zisebenziseke ngelixa kunciphisa inani lenkunkuma yeplastiki kumachibi ethu - umthombo wamanzi okusela abantu abayizigidi ezingama-40 - kwaye usebenza njengomzekelo wengingqi yeLwandle Olukhulu lokulandela.
UCuravić uthe eli nyathelo libonisa uphuhliso oluhle kunye nethuba lokuqala e-United States. "Singathanda ukumema irhuluneli ukuba ibonise impumelelo yayo kwinkomfa yehlabathi kunye neentloko zamazwe acwangciselwe u-2025."
"Lo mthetho wenza i-Illinois ibe ngumgqatswa ofanelekileyo ukuba abe ngummandla wokuqala wengxoxo yaselwandle eqinisekisiweyo e-United States, evunyelwe ukuphakamisa iflegi yethu emhlophe.", tumongameli we-Ocean Alliance wongezelela.
"Ndiyayincoma iRhuluneli uPritzker, uSenator Fine, kunye neNdlu yoWiso-mthetho yase-Illinois ngobunkokeli babo ekujonganeni nengxaki ekhulayo yokusetyenziswa kweplastiki enye," utshilo u-Andrea Densham, uMcebisi oMkhulu woMgaqo-nkqubo we-Alliance for the Great Lakes. “Lo mthetho mtsha wase-Illinois linyathelo elikhulu kwicala elichanekileyo, ukuqhuba izinto ezintsha kunye nokunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kweplastiki enye.
Kufuneka siqhubele phambili nemithetho eyomeleleyo yokunciphisa imveliso yeplastiki, silungise inkqubo eyaphukileyo yokurisayikilisha, siqhubele abavelisi kunye nabathengisi ekusebenziseni iplastiki engeyomfuneko, kwaye sitshintshele kwezinye iindlela ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe. Ngoku lixesha lokuthatha inyathelo elilandelayo ngokufuna ukuba bonke oomatshini bokuhlamba bahluze ii-microfibers kwaye bathintele ukusetyenziswa kwezikhongozeli ezinogwebu ezine-polystyrene ezingcolisa iindlela zethu zamanzi.
“UMthetho weBhodlela yePlastiki eSebenzisa enye yeyona nto kanye sithetha ngayo xa sisithi sifuna izisombululo eziphezulu. Ungcoliseko lwePlastiki oluphela kwimilambo yethu kunye namaChibi amakhulu ekugqibeleni lutya elwandle. Ngamashumi ezigidi zeendwendwe ezihlala kwiihotele zase-Illinois minyaka le, eli tyala liza kunciphisa kakhulu imveliso yeplastiki kunye nongcoliseko. Siyavuya ukubona i-Illinois ithatha eli nyathelo libalulekileyo kwaye sinethemba lokuba namanye amazwe ayakulandela, ”utshilo uSekela Mongameli we-Ocean Conservancy kwiMicimbi yaNgaphandle, uJeff Watters, inzalelwane yase-Illinois.
"I-Illinois yinkokeli yelizwe ekukhuseleni okusingqongileyo," utshilo uSen. Laura Fine. “Ngalo mthetho mtsha, ishishini lehotele liza kuzimanya neenzame zethu. Ngokunciphisa umkhondo wabo kunye nokukhetha ukhetho olungakumbi lwezindlu zangasese ezinoqoqosho kunye nokusingqongileyo, ishishini lehotele lase-Illinois liya kugcina amawaka eeponti zeplastiki ngaphandle kweendawo zethu zokulahla inkunkuma kunye neendlela zamanzi ekuhambeni kweminyaka.
Iiplastiki ezingenakuphinda zisetyenziswe, ezisetyenziswa kanye ziminxa okusingqongileyo. Ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezingama-22 zeeponti zongcoliseko lweplastiki minyaka le ziphelela kumachibi aMakhulu, kwaye ezi plastiki azikhe zithobeke ngokupheleleyo. Endaweni yoko, baqhekeka babe ngamaqhekeza amancinci amancinci aziwa ngokuba yi "microplastics."
Abaphandi baye bafumanisa ixabiso eliphezulu ngokumangalisayo kwezi microplastics kuwo onke amachibi amahlanu amakhulu, abonelela ngamanzi okusela abantu abazizigidi ezingama-40. Bafumene i-microplastics kwiintlanzi ze-Great Lakes, amanzi okusela, amanzi asebhotileni, kunye nebhiya, ebeka ingozi kwimpilo yabantu.
Ngokujolisa ngokungeyomfuneko iiplastiki ezisetyenziselwa enye, i-SB2960 iya kuba neziphumo eziguquguqukayo kuwo wonke amacandelo amaninzi, njengokunciphisa ukuthengwa kweemveliso ezisetyenziselwa enye, ukukhuthaza izisombululo ezinokuphinda zisebenziseke kunye nokuqalisa ukutsha kweshishini, kunye nokuthintela inkunkuma yeplastiki ebiza, engenakuphinda isetyenziswe ekugcwaliseni iinkqubo zenkunkuma zikamasipala. – apho abahlawuli berhafu bathwele umthwalo. Ezi zenzo zikwakhusela amachibi ethu amakhulu, amanzi, kunye nokusingqongileyo, zonke ngaxeshanye.
Indlu yowiso-mthetho yase-Illinois ikwaqwalasela ezinye iibhili ezininzi zokujongana nongcoliseko lweplastiki, olufana nomthetho onokuthintela ungcoliseko lwe-microplastic ngezihluzo zoomatshini bokuhlamba kunye nokuthintela ukutya okunogwebu.