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Taron garin Arlington yayi la'akari da hana kwalbar ruwa

Taron garin Arlington yayi la'akari da hana kwalbar ruwa

Nan ba da jimawa ba za a iya dakatar da dillalan ruwa a Arlington daga sayar da ruwa a cikin kananan kwalabe. Za a kada kuri'a kan haramcin a taron garin da zai fara da karfe 8 na dare ranar 25 ga Afrilu.
A cewar Arlington Zero Waste Council, idan an zartar da shi, Mataki na 12 zai fito fili ya haramta “sayar da kwalaben filastik na ruwan da ba carbonated, ruwa mara dadi a cikin lita 1 ko karami.” Wannan zai shafi duk wani kasuwanci a Arlington wanda ke siyar da ruwan kwalba kamar da kuma gine-gine mallakar gari, ciki har da makarantu, dokar za ta fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba.
Karamin kwalaben ruwa ba sa iya sake yin amfani da su, in ji Larry Slotnick, shugaban kungiyar Zero Waste Arlington. Wannan kuwa saboda ana sha ne a wuraren da mutane ba za su iya sake sarrafa ajiyarsu cikin sauki ba, kamar a wasannin motsa jiki. a cikin sharar, Slotnick ya ce, kuma yawancin ana kona su.
Duk da yake har yanzu ba a saba gani ba a fadin jihar, haramcin irin wannan yana samun karbuwa a wasu al'ummomi. A Massachusetts, al'ummomin 25 sun riga sun sami irin wannan ka'idoji, in ji Slotnick. Brookline ta sanya dokar hana fita ta karamar hukuma wacce za ta hana kowane bangare na gwamnatin gari siye da raba kananan kwalabe na ruwa.
Slotnick ya kara da cewa ire-iren wadannan ka'idoji sun shahara musamman a gundumar Barnstable, inda Concord ta zartar da dokar hana sayar da kayayyaki a shekarar 2012. A cewar Slotnick, membobin Arlington Zero Waste sun yi aiki sosai tare da wasu daga cikin wadannan al'ummomi a cikin shirye-shiryen Mataki na 12.
Musamman, Slotnick ya ce kwanan nan ya sami ƙarin koyo daga mazauna Concord game da yadda garin ke aiki don haɓaka hanyar sadarwar ruwan sha ta jama'a a sakamakon haramcin. Ya sami labarin cewa gwamnatin garin da ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu suna aiki tare don samar da ƙarin maɓuɓɓugan ruwa na jama'a wuraren cika kwalbar ruwa.
“Muna magana kan wannan tun daga farko. Mun fahimci ba za mu iya ƙoƙarin hana wani abu da yawancin masu siye za su saya ba tare da tunanin illar samun ruwa a wajen gida ba,” in ji shi.
Har ila yau, Zero Waste Arlington ya binciki galibin manyan dillalan garin, irin su CVS, Walgreens da Whole Foods.Arlington na sayar da kananan kwalaben ruwa sama da 500,000 a shekara, in ji Slotnick. jinkirin watan don siyar da ruwa, kuma ainihin adadin vial ɗin da aka sayar zai iya kusan kusan 750,000.
Gabaɗaya, ana sayar da abubuwan sha kusan biliyan 1.5 a Massachusetts kowace shekara. A cewar hukumar, kusan kashi 20 cikin ɗari ne kawai ake sake yin fa'ida.
"Bayan duba lambobin, yana da ban mamaki," in ji Slotnick. "Saboda abubuwan sha da ba carbonated ba ba za a iya fansa ba… kuma galibi ana cinye kananan kwalabe na ruwa daga gida, farashin sake yin amfani da su ya ragu sosai."
Ma'aikatar Kiwon Lafiya ta Arlington za ta aiwatar da irin wannan haramcin ta hanya mai kama da yadda garin ya aiwatar da dokar hana buhunan kayan marmari.
Ba abin mamaki ba, masu sayar da kayayyaki gabaɗaya sun ƙi yarda da Mataki na ashirin da 12, Slotnick ya ce.Ruwa yana da sauƙi ga masu sayarwa don sayarwa, ba ya ɗaukar sararin ajiya mai yawa, ba ya lalacewa, kuma yana da riba mai yawa, in ji shi.
"Muna da wasu sharuɗɗa a ciki. Ruwa shine mafi kyawun abin sha da za ku iya saya a cikin shago. Ba kamar buhunan kayan miya ba inda masu siyar da kayayyaki ke da madadin amma ba a zahiri siyar da jakunkunan ba, mun san za mu yi tasiri kan layin 'yan kasuwa. Ya ba mu ɗan dakata,” in ji shi.
A farkon shekarar 2020, Zero Waste Arlington yana shirin kaddamar da wani kamfen na rage sharar gida a gidajen cin abinci a garin. Manufar ita ce a iyakance adadin bambaro, adibas da kayan yankan da ake bayarwa a cikin odar kayan abinci.Amma Slotnick ya ce an soke taron lokacin da cutar ta bulla. buga kuma gidajen cin abinci sun fara dogaro gaba ɗaya akan kayan abinci.
A watan da ya gabata, Arlington Zero Waste ya gabatar da Mataki na 12 ga Kwamitin Zaɓaɓɓen. A cewar Slotnick, mambobin biyar sun yarda da shi.
"Muna son mazauna Arlington su daraja ruwan famfo da kowane mazaunin ke samu," in ji Slotnick. "Inganta da dandanon ruwan famfo da muke samu sun yi daidai da ko mafi kyau fiye da duk wani abu da za ku samu a cikin bazuwar kwalabe na Yaren Poland ko Dasani. Ingancin ya tabbatar da cewa yana da kyau. "


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