Manaʻo ka hui ʻo Arlington i ka pāpā ʻana i ka hue wai

Hiki i nā mea kūʻai aku ma Arlington ke pāpā koke ʻia mai ke kūʻai aku ʻana i ka wai i loko o nā hue plastik liʻiliʻi.
Wahi a ka Arlington Zero Waste Council, inā e ʻae ʻia, e pāpā ʻia ka Paukū 12 i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā ʻōmole plastik o ka wai ʻona ʻole, ʻono ʻole i ka nui 1 lita a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi. a me nā hale o ke kaona, me nā kula. E hoʻokō ʻia ke kānāwai i ka lā 1 o Nowemapa.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā hue wai liʻiliʻi, wahi a Larry Slotnick, ka luna hoʻomalu o Zero Waste Arlington. ʻO kēia no ka mea e hoʻopau ʻia lākou ma nā wahi ʻaʻole hiki i nā kānaka ke hana hou i kā lākou waihona, e like me nā hanana haʻuki. i loko o ka ʻōpala, wahi a Slotnick, a ua puhi ʻia ka hapa nui.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maʻamau ma waena o ka mokuʻāina, e loaʻa ana nā pāpā e like me kēia i kekahi mau kaiāulu. Ma Massachusetts, ua loaʻa i nā kaiāulu 25 nā lula like ma kahi, wahi a Slotnick. Hiki ke lawe ʻia kēia i ke ʻano o ka pāpā kūʻai holoʻokoʻa a i ʻole kahi pāpā aupuni wale nō. Wahi a Slotnick Ua kau ʻo Brookline i kahi pāpā aupuni e pale aku i kekahi ʻāpana o ke aupuni kūlanakauhale mai ke kūʻai ʻana a me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻōmole wai liʻiliʻi.
Ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo Slotnick, kaulana loa kēia mau ʻano hoʻoponopono ma Barnstable County, kahi i hoʻoholo ai ʻo Concord i kahi pāpā kūʻai nui ma 2012. Wahi a Slotnick, ua hana nui nā lālā o Arlington Zero Waste me kekahi o kēia mau kaiāulu i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka Paukū 12.
Ma keʻano kikoʻī, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Slotnick ua aʻo hou ʻo ia mai nā kamaʻāina Concord e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻolaha i kahi ʻoihana wai inu lehulehu ma hope o ka pāpā ʻana. nā pahu hoʻopiha wai.
“Ua kamaʻilio mākou no kēia mai kinohi mai. Ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻāʻo e pāpā i kahi mea a nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai maopopo ʻole me ka noʻonoʻo ʻole i ka hopena o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai ma waho o ka home, "wahi āna.
Ua noiʻi pū ʻo Zero Waste Arlington i ka hapa nui o nā hale kūʻai nui o ke kūlanakauhale, e like me CVS, Walgreens a me Whole Foods. Ua kūʻai aku ʻo Arlington ma mua o 500,000 mau hue wai liʻiliʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki, wahi a Slotnick. mahina lohi no ke kūʻai ʻana i ka wai, a ʻo ka nui maoli o nā hue i kūʻai ʻia hiki ke kokoke i 750,000.
Ma ka huina, ma kahi o 1.5 biliona mau mea inu i kūʻai ʻia ma Massachusetts i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Wahi a ke komisina, aia wale nō ma kahi o 20 pakeneka i hana hou ʻia.
"Ma hope o ka nānā ʻana i nā helu, he mea kupanaha loa ia," wahi a Slotnick.
E hoʻokō ka ʻOihana Ola ʻo Arlington i ka pāpā ʻana i ke ʻano e like me ke ʻano o ke kaona i hoʻokō ai i kāna ʻeke ʻeke ʻeke plastik.
ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha, ʻaʻole ʻae nā mea kūʻai aku i ka Paukū 12, wahi a Slotnick. He maʻalahi ka wai i nā mea kūʻai aku e kūʻai aku, ʻaʻole lawe nui i kahi waiho, ʻaʻole hoʻopōʻino, a he kiʻekiʻe ka palena kālā, wahi āna.
“Loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau mea i loko. ʻO ka wai ka mea inu maikaʻi loa āu e kūʻai ai ma kahi hale kūʻai. ʻAʻole like me nā ʻeke kūʻai i loaʻa i nā mea kūʻai aku nā mea ʻokoʻa akā ʻaʻole kūʻai maoli i nā ʻeke, ʻike mākou e pili ana mākou i nā laina lalo o nā mea kūʻai aku. Ua hoʻomaha iki mākou, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2020, ua mākaukau ʻo Zero Waste Arlington e hoʻomaka i kahi hoʻolaha e hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala i nā hale ʻaina ma ke kaona. hit a ua hoʻomaka nā hale ʻaina e hilinaʻi piha i ka lawe ʻana.
I ka mahina i hala aku nei, ua hoʻokomo ʻo Arlington Zero Waste i ka Paukū 12 i ke Kōmike Wae. Wahi a Slotnick, ua lokahi nā lālā ʻelima i ka manaʻo.
"Makemake mākou i nā kama'āina o Arlington e waiwai i ka wai paipu i loaʻa i kekahi kamaʻāina," wahi a Slotnick. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka maikaʻi e like me ka maikaʻi. "