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 kwalabe na filastik ba carbonated, ruwa mara dadi a cikin lita 1 ko karami.” Wannan zai shafi duk wani kasuwanci a Arlington da ke sayar da ruwan kwalba da kuma gine-gine mallakar gari, gami da makarantu. Dokar za ta fara aiki a ranar 1 ga Nuwamba.
Ƙananan kwalabe na ruwa ba su da yuwuwar sake yin amfani da su, in ji Larry Slotnick, mataimakin shugaban Zero Waste Arlington. Wannan shi ne saboda ana cinye su a wuraren da mutane ba za su iya sake yin amfani da su ba cikin sauƙi, kamar a wasanni na wasanni. kwalabe sun ƙare a cikin sharar gida, in ji Slotnick, kuma yawancin ana ƙone su.
Duk da yake har yanzu ba a sani ba a duk 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. Wannan na iya ɗaukar nau'i na cikakken haramcin tallace-tallace ko kawai dakatarwar gundumomi.
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 jama'a na ruwan sha 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 da tashoshi na cika kwalaben ruwa.
"Muna magana game da wannan tun farkon. Mun gane cewa 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 bincika yawancin manyan dillalai na garin, irin su CVS, Walgreens da Dukan Abinci.Arlington yana sayar da kananan kwalabe na ruwa sama da 500,000 a shekara, in ji Slotnick.
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 cikin gida. Ruwa shine mafi kyawun abin sha da za ku iya saya a cikin kantin sayar da kayayyaki. Ba kamar buhunan kayan abinci ba inda masu sayar da kayayyaki ke da zabi amma ba a sayar da jakunkuna ba, mun san cewa za mu yi tasiri ga '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 abinci a cikin 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 ne lokacin da cutar ta bulla kuma gidajen cin abinci sun fara dogaro gaba daya kan 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 ga kowane mazaunin," in ji Slotnick. "Inganta da dandano na ruwan famfo da muke samu sun yi daidai da ko fiye da duk abin da za ku samu a cikin bazuwar kwalabe na Yaren Poland ko Dasani. Ingancin ya tabbatar da cewa yana da kyau."