I-US Plastics Pact Ishicilela “Umbiko Wawo Wesisekelo Ka-2020”

I-US Plastics Pact iletha Ngokuzibophezela Ekukhanyeni nasekusebenziseni Indlela Eqhutshwa Idatha Yokwakha Umnotho Oyindilinga, Ngokushicilela "Umbiko Wawo Wesisekelo Ka-2020" 

Asheville, NC, (March 8, 2022) - NgoMashi 7, i I-US Plastics Pact ikhishwe yayo Umbiko Oyisisekelo, eshicilela idatha ehlanganisiwe evela ezinhlanganweni ezingamalungu ayo (“Ama-Activators”) ngo-2020, unyaka inhlangano eyasungulwa ngawo. Njenge-US Plastics Pact Activator entsha, i-The Ocean Foundation iyaziqhenya ukwabelana ngalo Mbiko, ikhombisa idatha nokuzibophezela kwethu ukusheshisa ukushintshela emnothweni oyindilinga wokupakishwa kwepulasitiki.

Umthengisi wezimpahla ezipakishwe ngabathengi be-US Pact, nama-Activators okuguqula akhiqiza u-33% wamaphakeji epulasitiki kububanzi e-US ngesisindo. Amabhizinisi angaphezu kwe-100, izinhlangano ezingenzi nzuzo, izinhlangano zikahulumeni, nezikhungo zocwaningo zijoyine i-US Pact futhi zibhekana nezinhloso ezine zokubhekana nemfucuza yepulasitiki emthonjeni wayo ngo-2025. 

Umbiko ubonisa indawo yokuqala ye-US Pact ekufinyeleleni lezi zinhloso zezifiso. Ihlanganisa izenzo ezibalulekile ezithathwe yi-US Pact kanye nama-Activators ayo onyakeni wokuqala, okuhlanganisa idatha nezifundo zezenzakalo. 

Inqubekelaphambili yokuqala ekhonjiswe embikweni wesisekelo ihlanganisa: 

• isuka emaphaketheni epulasitiki angaphinde asetshenziswe futhi aye emaphaketheni ashuthwa kalula futhi agaywe kabusha anenani eliphakeme; 
• ukwanda kokusetshenziswa kwe-postconsumer recycled content (PCR) emaphaketheni epulasitiki; 
• ubuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe kanye nokwanda kokusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe ukwenza inqubo yokugaywa kabusha isebenze kahle; 
• abashayeli bezindiza bamamodeli asetshenziswa kabusha futhi afinyelelekayo; futhi, 
• ukuxhumana okuthuthukisiwe ukusiza abantu baseMelika abaningi bazi ukuthi bagaya kabusha kanjani amaphakethe epulasitiki. 

U-100% wama-US Pact Activators abengamalungu ngesikhathi sewindi lokubika athumele idatha yombiko oyisisekelo nge-World Wildlife Fund's Resource Footprint Tracker. Ama-activators azoqhubeka nokuhlola amaphothifoliyo azo futhi abike inqubekelaphambili mayelana nezinhloso ezine minyaka yonke, futhi inqubekelaphambili eya ekuqedeni izophinde ibhalwe phansi njengengxenye yemibiko yonyaka ye-US Pact. 

"Ukubika obala kuyithuluzi elibalulekile ekuqinisekiseni ukuziphendulela kanye nokushayela ushintsho oluthembekile uma kuziwa ekutholeni ikusasa eliyindilinga," kusho u-Erin Simon, oyiNhloko, i-Plastic Waste kanye neBhizinisi, i-World Wildlife Fund. “Umbiko Wesisekelo ubeka isiteji sokulinganisa minyaka yonke, esiqhutshwa yidatha esivela ku-Activators Yesivumelwano futhi umele izenzo ezizosiholela emiphumeleni enomthelela omkhulu ekubhekaneni nodoti wepulasitiki.” 

“Umbiko Wesisekelo Sesivumelwano Se-US sika-2020 ubonisa lapho uhambo lwethu luqala khona nalapho sizogxila khona emizamweni yokugqugquzela ushintsho olukhulu oludingekayo ukuze kwakhiwe umnotho oyindilinga wokupakishwa kwepulasitiki. Imininingwane ikhombisa ngokusobala ukuthi mningi umsebenzi okufanele siwenze,” kusho u-Emily Tipaldo, uMqondisi Omkhulu we-US Pact. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, sikhuthazwa ukusekelwa kweSivumelwano ngezinyathelo zenqubomgomo ezovumela ukusetshenziswa kabusha, ukugaywa kabusha, kanye nengqalasizinda yokwenza umquba kulo lonke elase-US Izidingo zokuqinisa ukuvundisa kanye nokuqaliswa kokupakishwa okuthengekayo okusebenzisekayo ziningi, ngaphezu kokusekelwa okudingekayo kokugaywa kabusha. .” 

“U-ALDI ujabule ngokuba yilungu elisungula i-US Plastics Pact. Kube kunika amandla futhi kukhuthaza ukusebenza nezinye izinhlangano ezingamalungu ezinombono ofanayo wesikhathi esizayo. I-ALDI izoqhubeka nokuhola ngesibonelo, futhi simagange ukwenza izinguquko ezizwakalayo embonini yonkana, ”kusho uJoan Kavanaugh, ALDI US, Iphini likaMongameli Wezokuthenga Kukazwelonke. 

"Ngokugxila ekuhlangabezaneni nezinhloso ze-US Plastics Pacts ngo-2025, njengomkhiqizi futhi osebenzisa kabusha ifilimu yepulasitiki sibonga ukuba yingxenye yomphakathi we-Activator ogxile ekutholeni izixazululo zokusebenzisana ekufezeni lezo zinhloso," kusho uCherish Miller, Revolution, Vice. UMongameli, Ukusimama Nezindaba Zomphakathi. 

“Amandla nokushayela kwe-US Plastics Pact kuyathelelwana! Lo mzamo ohlanganisiwe, obumbene wezimboni, uhulumeni kanye nabasebenza ngaphansi kukahulumeni uzohlinzeka ngekusasa lapho zonke izinto zepulasitiki zicatshangelwa njengezinsiza,” kusho uKim Hynes, iCentral Virginia Waste Management Association, uMqondisi Omkhulu. 

Mayelana ne-US Plastics Pact:

I-US Pact yasungulwa ngo-Agasti 2020 yi-The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund. I-US Pact iyingxenye ye-Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Plastics Pact Network, exhumanisa izinhlangano zikazwelonke nezesifunda emhlabeni wonke ezisebenzela ukusebenzisa izixazululo emnothweni oyindilinga wepulasitiki. 

Imibuzo yabezindaba: 

Ukuze uhlele inhlolokhono no-Emily Tipaldo, uMqondisi Omkhulu, i-US Pact, noma ukuxhumana ne-US Pact Activators, xhumana: 

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