Ua hāʻawi aku ka mea hoʻokele Amazon Flex ʻo Arielle McCain, 24, i kahi pūʻolo ma Dekemaba 18, 2018, ma Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wahi a nā mea hoʻolaha kaiapuni a me nā loea ʻōpala, he hopena maikaʻi ʻole nā ʻeke palaki hou a Amazon, ʻaʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia i loko o nā ʻōpala hana hou ma ke alanui. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe)
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hōʻemi ʻo Amazon i ka hapa o nā waiwai i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o nā pahu pepa ma ka makemake ʻana i ka leka uila plastik māmā, kahi i ʻae ai i ka hui kūʻai nui e hoʻokomo i nā pūʻolo hou aʻe i loko o nā kalaka lawe a me nā mokulele.
Akā, ʻōlelo nā mea hoʻolaha kaiapuni a me nā loea ʻōpala he hopena maikaʻi ʻole nā ʻano ʻeke palaki hou i hiki ʻole ke hana hou ʻia i loko o nā ʻōpala hana hou ma ke alanui.
"ʻO nā pilikia like ko ka ʻōpala a Amazon me nā ʻeke palaki, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i loko o kā mākou ʻōnaehana hana hou a paʻa i loko o nā mīkini," wahi a Lisa Se, ka luna papahana ma ka King County Solid Waste Division, nāna e nānā i ka hana hou ʻana ma King County, Wakinekona. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lisa Sepanski.., kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ke keʻena nui o Amazon. "Pono ka hana e ʻoki iā lākou. Pono lākou e hoʻōki i ka mīkini."
ʻO ke kau hoʻomaha i hala iho nei ka mea paʻahana loa no ke kālepa uila, ʻo ia hoʻi ka nui o nā ukana - e hopena ana i ka nui o nā ʻōpala hoʻopili. Ma ke ʻano he kahua ma hope o ka hapalua o nā hana kālepa uila āpau i ka makahiki 2018, ʻo Amazon ka mea lawe ʻōpala nui loa a me ka mea hana, a he mea hoʻonohonoho ʻano, e like me ka eMarketer, ʻo ia hoʻi kona neʻe ʻana i ka leka uila plastik hiki ke hōʻailona i kahi hoʻololi no ka ʻoihana holoʻokoʻa. ʻO nā mea kūʻai aku ʻē aʻe e hoʻohana ana i ka leka uila plastik like me Target, ka mea i hōʻole e ʻōlelo.
ʻElua ʻano o ka pilikia me ka leka uila plastik: pono e hana hou ʻia lākou ma ke ʻano pākahi, a inā e pau lākou i ke kahawai maʻamau, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻōnaehana hana hou a pale i nā pūʻolo nui o nā mea mai ka hana hou ʻia ʻana. Wahi a nā mea kākoʻo kaiapuni, pono ʻo Amazon, he pilikua ʻoihana, e hana i kahi hana maikaʻi aʻe o ka paipai ʻana i nā mea kūʻai aku e hana hou i ka leka uila plastik, ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao hou aku a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe e hana ai pēlā.
"Ke hana nui nei mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā mākou mau koho hoʻopili a me ka hana hou ʻana a ua hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala hoʻopili honua ma mua o 20 pakeneka i ka makahiki 2018," wahi a ka wahine ʻōlelo a Amazon ʻo Melanie Janin, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ua hāʻawi ʻo Amazon i ka ʻike hana hou ʻana ma kāna pūnaewele. (ʻO Jeff Bezos, ka Luna Nui o Amazon, nona ka The Washington Post.)
Wahi a kekahi poʻe loea ʻōpala, ʻo ka pahuhopu a Amazon e hōʻemi i ka pepa pahu nui ka neʻe kūpono. Loaʻa i ka leka uila plastik kekahi mau pono no ke kaiapuni. Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā pahu, lawe lākou i kahi liʻiliʻi i loko o nā pahu a me nā kalaka, kahi e hoʻonui ai i ka pono o ka hoʻouna ʻana. ʻO ka hana ʻana, ka hoʻohana ʻana a me ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka ʻili plastik e hoʻopuka i nā kinoea ʻōmaʻomaʻo liʻiliʻi a hoʻopau i ka ʻaila liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka pepa pahu hana hou ʻia, wahi a David Allawi, ka mea loiloi kulekele kiʻekiʻe no ka papahana hoʻokele mea ma ka Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
He mea kūʻai haʻahaʻa a paʻa ka palaki a hoʻohana nui nā ʻoihana iā ia no ka hoʻopili ʻana. Akā, hoʻokomo pinepine nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻeke palaki i loko o ka ʻōpala hana hou. Wahi a nā loea, pale aku ka leka uila palaki i ka nānā ʻana o nā mīkini hoʻokaʻawale a i loko o nā bale pepa i hoʻopili ʻia no ka hana hou ʻana, e haumia ana i ka pūʻolo holoʻokoʻa, e ʻoi aku ana ma mua o ka hopena maikaʻi o ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā ukana pepa nui. Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻeke pepa e kiʻi i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe ma ka mākeke honua a ua lōʻihi ka loaʻa kālā ma ka ʻoihana hana hou. Akā, paʻakikī loa ke kūʻai aku i nā bale—nui i hoʻouna ʻia no ka hana hou ʻana ma muli o nā kānāwai koʻikoʻi ma Kina—pono nā ʻoihana hana hou o ke Komohana Komohana e hoʻolei aku iā lākou. (ʻO ka hoʻopili ʻana kekahi kumu o ka haumia palaki mai nā ʻeke pepa e hana hou ʻia.)
"I ka lilo ʻana o ka ʻōpala i mea paʻakikī a māmā hoʻi, pono mākou e hana i nā mea hou aku ma kahi wikiwiki e hana i ka hua like. Ua lawa anei ka loaʻa kālā? ʻO ka pane i kēia lā ʻaʻole," wahi a Pete Keller, hope pelekikena o ka hana hou ʻana ma Republic Services. , ʻo ka hui kekahi o nā mea hoʻoneʻe ʻōpala nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. "ʻO ka hana ʻana me ia i kēlā me kēia lā he hana nui a me ka mālama ʻana, a he pipiʻi maoli nō hoʻi."
I nā makahiki he 10 i hala iho nei, ua hōʻemi ʻo Amazon i nā ʻōpala pono ʻole, e hoʻopili ana i nā huahana i loko o kā lākou mau pahu kumu i nā manawa hiki, a i ʻole i loko o ka ʻōpala māmā loa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Janin o Amazon ua hoʻololi ka hui i nā leka uila plastik māmā i ka makahiki i hala aku nei ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻoikaika nui ʻana e hōʻemi i ka ʻōpala ʻōpala a me nā kumukūʻai hana. Ua kākau ʻo Janin e "hoʻonui nei ʻo Amazon i ka hiki o ka leka uila buffer hiki ke hana hou ʻia i hiki ke hana hou ʻia i loko o ke kahawai hana hou pepa."
ʻO kekahi o nā hui Fortune 500 kakaikahi i waiho ʻole i kahi hōʻike kuleana pili kanaka a i ʻole ka hōʻike hoʻomau, ua ʻōlelo ka hui ma Seattle ua hōʻemi kāna papahana hoʻopili "hoʻonāukiuki ʻole" i ka ʻōpala hoʻopili ma 16 pakeneka a ua hoʻopau i ka pono no ke koi no nā pahu hoʻouna ma mua o 305 miliona. 2017.
"I koʻu manaʻo, ʻo ko lākou neʻe ʻana i ka ʻōpala palupalu e hoʻokele ʻia e ke kumukūʻai a me ka hana, akā he kapuaʻi kalapona haʻahaʻa hoʻi," wahi a Nina Goodrich, ka luna o ka Sustainable Packaging Alliance. Mālama ʻo ia i kahi logo How2Recycle, i hoʻomaka e ʻike ʻia ma ka leka uila plastik padded a Amazon i Dekemaba 2017, ma ke ʻano he ʻanuʻu i ka hoʻonaʻauao mea kūʻai aku.
ʻO kekahi pilikia me ka leka uila i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka plastik hou, ʻo ia ka hoʻokomo ʻana o Amazon a me nā mea kūʻai aku ʻē aʻe i nā lepili helu wahi pepa, e hoʻolilo ana iā lākou i kūpono ʻole no ka hana hou ʻana, ʻoiai ma nā wahi waiho hale kūʻai. Pono e wehe ʻia nā lepili e hoʻokaʻawale i ka pepa mai ka plastik i hiki ke hana hou ʻia nā mea.
"Hiki i nā ʻoihana ke lawe i nā mea maikaʻi a hoʻolilo iā lākou i mea hiki ʻole ke hana hou ʻia ma muli o nā lepili, nā mea hoʻopili a i ʻole nā inika," wahi a Goodrich.
I kēia manawa, hiki ke hana hou ʻia kēia mau leka uila Amazon i hoʻopiha ʻia me ka plastik ke wehe nā mea kūʻai aku i ka lepili a lawe i ka leka uila i kahi wahi hāʻule ma waho o kekahi mau kaulahao. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, ka maloʻo ʻana a me ka polymerizing, hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka plastik a hana ʻia i lāʻau hui no ka papahele. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale e pāpā ana i nā ʻeke plastik, e like me ke kūlanakauhale hānau o Amazon ʻo Seattle, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā wahi hāʻule.
Wahi a kahi Hōʻike Closed-Loop 2017 ma ka Recycling ma US, ʻo 4 pakeneka wale nō o ka ʻili plastik i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma nā hale ʻAmelika e hana hou ʻia ma o nā papahana hōʻiliʻili ma nā hale kūʻai meaʻai a me nā hale kūʻai pahu nui. ʻO kekahi 96% e lilo i ʻōpala, ʻoiai inā e hoʻolei ʻia i ka hana hou ʻana ma ke alanui, e pau ia i kahi landfill.
Pono kekahi mau ʻāina i nā ʻoihana e lawe i ke kuleana kālā a me ka hoʻokele nui no kā lākou huahana ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku iā lākou. Ma kēia mau ʻōnaehana, uku ʻia nā ʻoihana ma muli o ka nui o ka ʻōpala a kā lākou huahana a me ka ʻōpala i hana ai.
No ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna mau kuleana kānāwai, uku ʻo Amazon i kēia mau uku ma kekahi mau ʻāina ma waho o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua pili mua ʻo Amazon i ia mau ʻōnaehana ma Kanada, e like me ka hui waiwai ʻole ʻo Canadian Managed Services Alliance, nāna e kākoʻo i nā papahana ma nā panalāʻau.
I loko o nā ʻāpana nui o nā kānāwai hana hou o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i kēlā mau koi ka lokomaikaʻi ʻia e ke aupuni pekelala, koe wale nō nā mea kikoʻī, ʻawahia a waiwai nui e like me nā mea uila a me nā pila.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia e nā loea, hiki i nā waihona lole kino a Amazon e mālama ai no nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻihoʻi i nā huahana ke ʻae i nā ʻōpala i hoʻohana ʻia, me ka hoʻohui ʻana e hiki iā Amazon ke hana hou i ka plastic no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wā e hiki mai ana i kāna leka hoʻouna.
"Hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i hope, e hoʻihoʻi mai ana i nā mea i loko o kā lākou ʻōnaehana hoʻokaʻawale. Ke lilo nei kēia mau wahi hōʻiliʻili i mea nui loa no ka maʻalahi o ka mea kūʻai aku," wahi a Scott Cassell, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Institute for Product Management, nāna i mālama i ke aʻo ʻana. Pēlā nō hoʻi kahi hui e kālele ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena o ke kaiapuni o nā huahana mea kūʻai aku. "Akā, e uku ia iā lākou ke kālā."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻApelila-29-2022