ISigele saseMelika siphakamisa umthetho! I-EPS ayivunyelwe ukusetshenziswa emikhiqizweni yesevisi yokudla, ama-coolers, njll.
USen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) kanye nommeli wase-US u-Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) bethule umthetho ohlose ukuvimbela ukusetshenziswa kwe-polystyrene enwetshiwe (EPS) emikhiqizweni yesevisi yokudla, ama-coolers, izigcwalisi ezixekethile nezinye izinjongo. Umthetho, owaziwa ngokuthi i-Farewell Bubble Act, uzovimbela ukuthengiswa noma ukusatshalaliswa kwegwebu le-EPS ezweni lonke emikhiqizweni ethile ngoJanuwari 1, 2026.
Abagqugquzeli bokuvinjelwa kwe-EPS yokusetshenziswa okukodwa bakhomba igwebu lepulasitiki njengomthombo we-microplastics endaweni ngoba ayibhidliki ngokuphelele. Nakuba i-EPS igaywa kabusha, ngokuvamile ayamukelwa amaphrojekthi aseceleni komgwaqo ngoba awanawo amandla okuwasebenzisa kabusha.
Mayelana nokuphoqelela, ukwephulwa kokuqala kuzoholela esazisweni esibhaliwe. Ukwephulwa komthetho okulandelayo kuzoletha inhlawulo engu-$250 ngecala lesibili, u-$500 ngecala lesithathu, kanye no-$1,000 ngecala lesine ngalinye nelilandelayo.
Kusukela eMaryland ngonyaka ka-2019, izifundazwe kanye nomasipala benze ukuvinjelwa kwe-EPS kokudla nokunye ukupakisha. I-Maine, i-Vermont, i-New York, i-Colorado, i-Oregon, ne-California, phakathi kwezinye izifundazwe, inokuvinjelwa kwe-EPS kohlobo oluthile noma olunye olusebenzayo.
Ngaphandle kwalokhu kuvinjelwa, isidingo se-styrofoam kulindeleke ukuthi sikhule ngamaphesenti angama-3.3 ngonyaka kuze kube ngu-2026, ngokusho kombiko. Enye yezinhlelo zokusebenza eziyinhloko ezithuthukisa ukukhula ukugquma kwasekhaya - impahla manje esebalelwa cishe ingxenye yawo wonke amaphrojekthi okufakelwa.
USenator uRichard Blumenthal waseConnecticut, uSenator Angus King waseMaine, uSenator Ed Markey kanye no-Elizabeth Warren baseMassachusetts, uSenator Jeff Merkley kanye noSenator Ron Warren wase-Oregon Senator Wyden, uSenator Bernie Sanders waseVermont kanye noSenator Peter Welch basayine njengabaxhasi ababambisene.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-29-2023