Kwiinzame zokunciphisa inkunkuma yeplastiki, ukupakishwa kuthatha iindlela ezahlukeneyo ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe ngokulula okanye eziphelisa iplastiki ngokupheleleyo.
Amakhonkco eplastiki axhaphakileyo aneepakethe ezintandathu zebhiya kunye nesoda ngokuthe ngcembe ayinto yakudala njengoko iinkampani ezininzi zitshintshela kwipakethe eluhlaza.

Utshintsho luthatha iifom ezahlukeneyo - ukusuka kwikhadibhodi ukuya kwi-6-pack pack rings ezenziwe nge-barley straw eseleyo. Ngelixa utshintsho lunokuba linyathelo eliya kuzinzo, ezinye iingcali zithi ukutshintshela nje kwizinto ezahlukeneyo zokupakisha kunokuba sisisombululo esingalunganga okanye akwanelanga, kwaye iplastiki eninzi kufuneka ihlaziywe kwaye yenziwe kwakhona.

Kule nyanga, i-Coors Light ithe iyakuyeka ukusebenzisa iipakethe zeplastiki ezintandathu kwipakethe yeempawu zayo zaseMntla Melika, ithathe indawo yazo ngokuphatha amakhadibhodi ekupheleni kuka-2025 kwaye isuse i-1.7 yezigidi zeeponti zenkunkuma yeplastiki minyaka le.

Eli nyathelo, elithe le nkampani liza kuxhaswa lutyalo-mali lwe-85 yezigidi zeerandi, lelona lilo lamva nje ngophawu olukhulu lokuthatha indawo yentsimbi emithandathu eluphu lweplastiki oluluphawu lokwenzakala kokusingqongileyo.
Ukusukela ngeminyaka yee-1980, izazi ngemekobume ziye zalumkisa ukuba iplastiki elahliweyo ikhula kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma, imijelo ehambisa amanzi amdaka nemilambo, kwaye iqukuqela ukuya elwandle. Olunye uphononongo luka-2017 lwafumanisa ukuba iplastiki ingcolise zonke iilwandle ezinkulu, kwaye kuqikelelwa ukuba izigidi ezine ukuya kwi-12 yezigidi zeetoni zenkunkuma yeplastiki zangena kwiindawo zaselwandle ngo-2010 kuphela.

Izangqa zePlastiki zaziwa ngokubhijela izilwanyana zaselwandle, ngamanye amaxesha zihlala zibambekile kuzo njengoko zikhula, kwaye zihlala zityiwa zizilwanyana. Ngelixa ukusika amakhonkco eplastiki kwaba yindlela ethandwayo yokuthintela izidalwa ukuba zingabanjwa, iphinde yabeka imiba kwiinkampani ezizama ukuphinda zisetyenziswe, utshilo uPatrick Krieger, usekela mongameli wokuzinza kwiPlastiki Industry Association.
“Xa wawusengumntwana, bakufundisa phambi kokuba ulahle umsesane oneepakethe ezithandathu ekwakufanele ukuba uwunqumle ube ngamaqhekeza amancinci ukuze ukuba kukho into embi eyenzeka ukuba ingayibambi idada okanye ufudo kuyo,” utshilo uMnu. Utshilo uKrieger.

“Kodwa ngokwenene iyenza ibe ncinci ngokwaneleyo ukuba kube nzima ukuyilungisa,” utshilo.

UMnu. Krieger uthe iinkampani kudala zikhetha ukupakishwa kweplasitiki-loop kuba iphantsi kwaye ilula.

“Izigcine zonke ezo toti ze-aluminiyam zidibene ngendlela entle, ecocekileyo necocekileyo,” utshilo. "Ngoku siyaqonda ukuba singenza ngcono njengeshishini kwaye abathengi bafuna ukusebenzisa iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zeemveliso."
Ezi zixhobo ziye zacelwa umngeni ngamatsha ntliziyo ngomonakalo onokuthi ubangele kwizilwanyana zasendle kunye neenkxalabo malunga nongcoliseko. Ngo-1994, urhulumente wase-United States wagunyazisa ukuba iipakethi ezintandathu zeplastiki iiringi kufuneka zonakaliswe. Kodwa iplastiki yaqhubeka ikhula njengengxaki yokusingqongileyo. Ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni ezisibhozo zeetoni zeplastiki eziveliswe ukususela ngo-1950, iipesenti ezingama-79 ziye zafumba kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma, ngokutsho kophononongo luka-2017.

Kwisibhengezo sayo, i-Coors Light ithe iyakujikeleza ekusebenziseni imathiriyeli ezinzileyo ngeepesenti ezili-100, okuthetha ukuba ayinaplastiki, iphinde isetyenziswe kwaye iphinde isetyenziswe.

“Umhlaba ufuna uncedo lwethu,” yatsho inkampani kwingxelo. “Iplastiki esetyenziswa kanye nje ingcolisa okusingqongileyo. Ubuncwane bamanzi bulinganiselwe, kwaye ubushushu behlabathi bunyuka ngokukhawuleza kunangaphambili. Siyazola ngezinto ezininzi, kodwa asiyiyo enye yazo. ”

Ezinye iibrendi nazo zenza utshintsho. Kunyaka ophelileyo, uCorona wazisa ukupakishwa okwenziwe ngeendiza zebhali ezingaphezulu kunye nemicu yomthi esetyenzisiweyo. NgoJanuwari, uGrupo Modelo ubhengeze i-4 yezigidi zeerandi zotyalo-mali ukuze kuthathelwe indawo ukupakishwa kweplastiki okunzima ukuphinda kusetyenziswe izinto ezisekwe kwifiber, ngokutsho kwe-AB InBev, eyongamela zombini iimpawu zebhiya.

I-Coca-Cola ivelise iibhotile zeprototype ezingama-900 ezenziwe phantse zizonke zeplastiki esekwe kwizityalo, ngaphandle kwekepusi kunye neleyibhile, kwaye uPepsiCo uzibophelele ekwenzeni iibhotile ze-Pepsi nge-100 lepesenti leplastiki ephinde yarisayikilishwa kwiimarike ezilithoba zaseYurophu ekupheleni konyaka.

Ngokuqala kwiimarike ezikhethiweyo, iinkampani zinokuthi "zithathe indlela yasekhaya yokuchonga izisombululo ezinokuphazamiseka," utshilo u-Ezgi Barcenas, igosa eliyintloko lozinzo le-AB InBev.

Kodwa "ukuthandabuza okunempilo" kufanelekile, utshilo uRoland Geyer, unjingalwazi wenzululwazi yezendalo kwiYunivesithi yaseCalifornia, eSanta Barbara.
“Ndicinga ukuba kukho umahluko omkhulu phakathi kweenkampani ezilawula nje isidima sazo nokufuna ukubonakala ngathi zenza okuthile, neenkampani zenza into enentsingiselo ngokwenene,” utshilo uNjingalwazi Geyer. "Ngamanye amaxesha kunzima ukwahlula abo babini."

U-Elizabeth Sturcken, umlawuli olawulayo weNgxowa-mali yoKhuseleko lokusiNgqongileyo, uthe isibhengezo seCoors Light kunye nabanye abajongana nokusetyenziswa kakubi kweplastiki "linyathelo elikhulu kwicala elifanelekileyo," kodwa ukuba iinkampani kufuneka zitshintshe imodeli yazo zoshishino ukujongana neminye imiba yokusingqongileyo efana no izinto ezikhutshwayo.

"Xa kuziwa ekujonganeni nengxaki yemozulu, eyona nto inzima kukuba utshintsho olunje alwanelanga," utshilo uNksz Sturcken. "Ukujongana ne-micro ngaphandle kokujongana ne-macro akusamkelekanga."

U-Alexis Jackson, umgaqo-nkqubo wolwandle kunye neeplastiki ezikhokelela kwiNdalo yoLondolozo lweNdalo, wathi "umgaqo-nkqubo onamabhongo kunye obanzi" uyafuneka ukudala ikamva elizinzileyo.

"Izibophelelo zokuzithandela kunye nezangaphakathi azanelanga ukuhambisa inaliti kwinto enokuba ngumcelimngeni omkhulu wokusingqongileyo kwixesha lethu," watsho.

Xa kufikwa kwiplastiki, ezinye iingcali zithi ukutshintshela kwisixhobo sokupakisha esahlukileyo akusayi kumisa ukugcwala komhlaba ekuphuphumeni.
"Ukuba usuka kumsesane weplastiki uye kumsesane wephepha, okanye kwenye into, loo nto iya kuhlala inethuba elifanelekileyo lokuphela kokusingqongileyo okanye ukutshiswa," uJoshua Baca, usekela mongameli wecandelo leplastiki eMelika. IBhunga leKhemistri, utshilo.

Uthe iinkampani zinyanzelwa ukuba zitshintshe iindlela zoshishino. Abanye banyusa umthamo womxholo osetyenzisiweyo ekupakishweni.

I-Coca-Cola iceba ukwenza ukupakishwa kwayo kusetyenziswe kwakhona kwihlabathi jikelele ngo-2025, ngokweNgxelo yoShishino kunye neNdalo, iNtlalo kunye noLawulo, epapashwe kulo nyaka uphelileyo. I-PepsiCo ikwaceba ukuyila ukupakishwa okunokuphinda kusetyenziswe, okuvundisiweyo okanye okunokonakala ngo-2025, ingxelo yokusebenza kwayo yozinzo yathi.

Ezinye ii-craft breweries - njenge-Deep Ellum Brewing Company e-Texas kunye ne-Greenpoint Beer & Ale Co. eNew York - zisebenzisa izibambo zeplastiki ezihlala zihlala, ezinokuthi zibe lula ukuzisebenzisa kwakhona nangona zenziwe ngeplastiki eninzi kuneendandatho.

UMnu Baca uthe oko kunokuba luncedo ukuba kulula ukuba iplastiki yenziwe kwakhona kunokuba ilahlwe.

Ukuze iinguqu kwiindlela ezizinzileyo zokupakisha zenze umahluko ngokwenene, ukuqokelela kunye nokuhlelwa kufuneka kube lula, amaziko okuhlaziya ahlaziywe, kwaye kufuneka kuveliswe iplastiki entsha, uMnu. Krieger uthe.

Ngokuphathelele ukugxekwa ngamaqela achasene neplastiki, wathi: “Asizukwazi ukuphinda sisebenzise indlela yethu yokuphuma kwingxaki yokusetyenziswa ngokugqithiseleyo.”