HABER SPRINGS, Mich. — Ua hoʻomaka ʻia i ka makahiki 1990, i ka wā i loaʻa ai i ke kalana ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana komohana o ka Peninsula haʻahaʻa i ʻelua mau hale hoʻoheheʻe hou i kālā ʻia e nā makahiki ʻelua o nā ʻauhau liʻiliʻi.
I kēia lā, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka papahana ʻenehana hou o Emmett County i mea hoʻopukapuka kālā he nui miliona no ka poʻe o ke kaiāulu ʻoi aku ma mua o 33,000 mau kānaka, e kūʻai aku ana i mau tausani tona o nā mea hana hou i nā hui ma Michigan a me ka ʻāina ʻo Great Lakes e hana i nā huahana hou.
Wahi a ka poʻe akamai, hiki i ka papahana 30 makahiki o ka ʻĀkau ke lilo i kumu hoʻohālike no nā bila ʻewalu a ka ʻahaʻōlelo o ka mokuʻāina e kali nei e hiki ke kōkua i ke Kalana ʻo Michigan e kūkulu i nā ʻano hana hou aku, e hōʻemi i nā pae ʻāina a e loaʻa i nā lanakila i loko o ka loop ulu E holomua i ka ʻoihana waiwai o nā mea hoʻopōmaikaʻi hiki ke hoʻopololei.
"Ua hōʻike lākou i ka uku ʻana o ka lehulehu i kēia ʻano ʻoihana - ma kahi lawelawe aupuni koʻikoʻi, a ʻo 90 ka nui o nā mea a lākou e hōʻiliʻili ai ma o kā lākou papahana recycling i kūʻai maoli ʻia i nā hui ma Michigan," wahi a Kerrin O'Brien, ka luna hoʻokele o ka hui ʻole ʻo Michigan Recycling Alliance.
Ma ke kahua o Harbour Springs, holo koke ka lima robotic ma ke kāʻei conveyor e neʻe ana, e wehe ana i nā plastic kiʻekiʻe, aniani a me ka alumini i loko o nā pahu hoʻokaʻawale. ʻO kekahi laina o nā mea i loko o kahi lumi ʻē aʻe kahi e koho lima ai nā limahana i ka pepa, nā pahu mai kahi kāʻei conveyor neʻe a me kahi wahi ʻeke.
ʻO ka ʻōnaehana ka hopena o nā makahiki o ka hoʻopukapuka kālā ʻana i kahi papahana e lawelawe ana i ka ʻāina multi-county, kahi i ʻōlelo ai nā luna i kūkulu i kahi moʻomeheu kūloko o ka hana hou ʻana i nā hale, nā ʻoihana a me nā wahi ākea.
Ke emi nei ka nui o ka nui o ka aina ma Michigan i ka 19 pakeneka, a o ka nui o ke komo ana, e hoemi ana i na kalapona kalapona a hookokoke loa aku i ka mokuaina.
Ma Michigan, ʻo nā lula e pili ana i nā mea e hiki ke hana hou ʻia, he mea ia e hoʻonohonoho ai nā kaiāulu a i ʻole nā ʻoihana pilikino i nā papahana a me nā mea a lākou e koho ai e ʻae.
ʻO ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā hana hana hou ma Emmett County a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o Michigan ʻo ia ka lōʻihi a me ka hoʻopukapuka ʻana i nā ʻoihana hana hou a me nā pilina lōʻihi me nā ʻoihana e hoʻohana hou ana i nā mea.
"ʻO ka poʻe nāna i holo i ke Kalana ʻo Emmett i kēlā manawa, he manaʻo nui lākou i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e hoʻoikaika i ka hana hou ʻana," wahi a Andy Torzdorf, ka luna o ka papahana.
He kahua hoʻoili ʻōpala ʻo Harbour Springs, kahi e hoʻouna ʻia ai ka ʻōpala i kahi ʻōpala i ʻaelike ʻia, a me kahi kikowaena hana hou ʻelua kahawai.
"Hiki i ka poʻe noho ke hana hou me ka manuahi. ʻAʻole ʻōpala, no laila he mea maoli ka hoʻoikaika ʻana e hana hou. No laila e hāʻawi i nā kamaʻāina i kumu e hana hou ai - e kūʻai i ka hana hou ʻana," wahi a Torzdorf.
Hōʻike nā ʻikepili i ka makahiki 2020, ua hana ka hale hana i 13,378 tons o nā mea hana hou, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻouka ʻia i loko o nā semi-trucks, a laila hoʻouna ʻia a kūʻai aku i nā ʻoihana like ʻole e hoʻohana ai i nā mea.
Aia ka hapa nui o nā hui e kūʻai ana i nā mea hana hou ʻo Emmet County ma Michigan a i ʻole nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina ʻo Great Lakes.
Hele ʻo Aluminum i ke kikowaena lawelawe ʻōpala o Gaylord; Hoʻouna ʻia ka helu 1 a me 2 i kahi hui ma Dundee no ka hana ʻana i nā pellet plastik, a laila hoʻololi ʻia i loko o ka wai holoi a me nā hue wai; ʻO ka pahu pahu a me ka pahu pahu i hoʻouna ʻia i kahi hui ma ka Upper Peninsula Kraft mill a me kahi mea hana meaʻai meaʻai ma Kalamazoo, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe; nā pahu a me nā kīʻaha i hoʻouna ʻia i kahi mea hana lole ma Cheboygan; ka aila kaʻa i hoʻomaʻemaʻe hou ʻia ma Saginaw; ke aniani i hoounaia aku i kekahi hui ma Kikako e hana i na omole, insulation and abrasives; nā mea uila i hoʻouna ʻia i nā kikowaena wehe i Wisconsin; a me nā wahi hou aku no nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Hiki i nā mea hoʻonohonoho papahana ke loaʻa kahi wahi ma Virginia kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke kūʻai aku i kahi kalaka o nā ʻeke plastik a me nā ʻeke kiʻiʻoniʻoni - nā mea i kaulana ʻole i ka paʻakikī o ka mālama ʻana no ka mea hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia i loko o nā sorters.
Hoʻomaopopo lākou i nā mea a pau a Emmet County Recycling e ʻae "he mea hiki ke hana hou ʻia a hiki ke hana hou ʻia," wahi a Tolzdorf.
"Make kūʻai ʻia nā mea kūʻai hou aku, no laila ua kiʻekiʻe lākou i kekahi mau makahiki a he haʻahaʻa lākou.
"E hōʻike ana he ʻokoʻa ka mākeke. Ua hāʻule haʻahaʻa loa lākou i ka makahiki 2020; ua hoʻihoʻi lākou i kahi kiʻekiʻe ʻelima mau makahiki i 2021. No laila ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokumu i kā mākou kālā āpau ma ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea hou, akā inā maikaʻi lākou, maikaʻi lākou a lawe lākou iā mākou, a i kekahi manawa ʻaʻole lākou, ʻo ke kahua kaʻahele e lawe i kā mākou kālā. "
Ua mālama ke kahua hoʻoili o ke kalana ma kahi o 125,000 cubic iwilei o ka ʻōpala hale ma 2020, e loaʻa ana ma kahi o $2.8 miliona i ka loaʻa kālā.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana o nā robotic sorters i ka makahiki 2020 ua hoʻonui i ka pono hana ma 60 pakeneka a hoʻonui i ka hopu ʻana i nā mea hana hou e 11 pakeneka, wahi a Tolzdorf.
ʻO nā makahiki o nā hoʻoikaika bipartisan e nā ʻoihana mua a me kēia manawa e hoʻoponopono i nā kānāwai ʻōpala paʻa o Michigan ua hoʻopau ʻia i loko o nā pūʻolo kānāwai e manaʻo ana e hoʻonui i ka hana hou ʻana, ka compost a me ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i nā mea.
ʻO nā hōʻike he nui i hana ʻia e ka mokuʻāina e nānā i ka pilikia a manaʻo e uku ʻo Michiganders ma mua o $1 biliona o ka makahiki no ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou ʻōpala.
Pono kekahi hapa o ke kānāwai e kali nei i nā kalana e hōʻano hou i kā lākou papahana ʻōpala paʻa i kēia manawa i nā papahana hoʻokele waiwai hou, hoʻonohonoho i nā hōʻailona hana hou, a hoʻoulu i ka hui kūloko no ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā kikowaena hana hou a me ka wai wai.
ʻO nā kalana ʻo Marquette lāua ʻo Emmett nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi o nā hana kūloko e hoʻolako i nā lawelawe, wahi a Liz Browne, ka luna o ka Materials Management Division ma ka Michigan Department of the Environment, Great Lakes and Energy.
"ʻO ka hoʻihoʻiʻana i kekahi mea i loko o ka lawelawe he mea liʻiliʻi ka hopena ma mua o ka hoʻomakaʻana me nā mea puʻupaʻa. Inā ua holomua mākou i ka hanaʻana i nā mea ma Michigan a me ka loaʻaʻana o kahi mākeke ma Michigan, e hoʻemi nui mākou i ko mākou hopena ma ka hoʻounaʻana, "wahi a Brown.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Browne lāua ʻo O'Brien, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi mau hui Michigan ke loaʻa i nā meaʻai meaʻai hou i loko o nā laina mokuʻāina. Pono lākou e kūʻai i kēia mau mea mai nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe a i Kanada paha.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Karl Hatopp, ka luna hoʻolako kaulahao ma TABB Packaging Solutions ma Dundee, ʻo ka hopu ʻana i nā mea hou aʻe mai ke kahawai ʻōpala o Michigan e pōmaikaʻi maoli i nā ʻoihana e hilinaʻi nei i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku no kā lākou hana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hartop, ua wāwahi ʻia nā plastic recyclable i loko o ka resin post-consumer, a i ʻole "pellet," a laila kūʻai ʻia aku i nā mea hana ma Westland a me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma Ohio a me Illinois, kahi i hana ʻia ai i loko o nā kini holoi lole a me nā hue wai Absopure.
"ʻO ka nui o nā mea hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai aku (mai loko mai) ʻo Michigan, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o mākou," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
Hana pū ka hui me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe o Dundee i ulu mai ka ʻoihana hana hou.
"Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Clean Tech me ʻehā mau limahana a i kēia manawa ua ʻoi aku mākou ma mua o 150 mau limahana. No laila, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he moʻolelo kūleʻa ia, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia.
ʻO kekahi o nā pahuhopu o ka MI Healthy Climate Plan i hoʻopau hou ʻia, ʻo ia ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai hana hou i ka liʻiliʻi he 45 pakeneka ma 2030 a ʻoki i ka ʻōpala meaʻai i ka hapalua.
E hoʻomaopopo i ka poʻe heluhelu: Inā kūʻai ʻoe i kekahi mea ma o kekahi o kā mākou loulou pili, hiki iā mākou ke loaʻa ke komisina.
ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia pūnaewele ʻo ia ka ʻae ʻana i kā mākou ʻaelike hoʻohana, kulekele pilikino a me ka ʻōlelo kuki a me kāu mau kuleana pilikino Kaleponi (ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻaelike hoʻohana i ka 1/1/21. Nā kulekele pilikino a me ka ʻōlelo kuki i hoʻonui ʻia 5/1/2021) .
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