I-US Senate iphakamisa umthetho! I-EPS yenqatshelwe ukusetshenziswa emikhiqizweni yenkonzo yokudla, opholile, njll.
USen Sen. Chris van Hollen (D-MD) kanye ne-US Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) efuna ukuvimba ukusetshenziswa kwe-polystyrere (eps) emikhiqizweni yokudla, okupholile, amafilifini akhululekile nezinye izinhloso. Umthetho, okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-Farewell Bubble Act, uzovimbela ukuthengiswa kwezwe lonke noma ukusatshalaliswa kwegwebu le-EPS emikhiqizweni ethile ngoJanuwari 1, 2026.
Abameli bokuvinjelwa ku-EPS basebenzisa i-EPS ku-Foam yepulasitiki njengomthombo wama-microplastics emvelweni ngoba ayiphuli ngokuphelele. Yize ama-EP e-EPS esetshenziswa kabusha, ngokuvamile awemukelwa ngamaphrojekthi aseceleni komgwaqo ngoba awanawo amandla okuziphindaphinda.
Mayelana nokuphoqelelwa, ukwephulwa kokuqala kuzoholela kwisaziso esibhaliwe. Ukwephulwa okulandelayo kuzotholwa inhlawulo yama- $ 250 ngecala lesibili, $ 500 ngecala lesithathu, kanye ne- $ 1,000 ngecala ngalinye lesine nelilandelayo.
Ukuqala ngeMaryland ngonyaka ka-2019, izifundazwe nomasipala ziye zakhipha ama-eps okuvinjelwa kokudla nokunye ukupakishwa. UMaine, eVermont, eNew York, eColorado, e-Oregon, neCalifornia, phakathi kwezinye izifundazwe, zinemikhawulo ye-EPS yohlobo olulodwa noma omunye.
Ngaphandle kwalokhu okuvinjelwe, ukufunwa kwe-styrofoam kulindeleke ukuthi kukhule amaphesenti ama-3.3 njalo ngonyaka ngo-2026, ngokusho kombiko. Enye yezicelo eziphambili zokukhula kokushayela kungukufakelwa kwasekhaya - impahla manje ebiza cishe isigamu sawo wonke amaphrojekthi wokufakelwa.
USenator Richard Bliencehal we-Connecticut, uSenator King waseMaine, uSenator Ed Markey no-Elisabeth Warren waseMassachusetts, uSenator uSterlers weVermen uWenden Wyden, uSenator uPeter Welch usayine njengabaxhasi.
Isikhathi sePosi: Dec-29-2023