Inama yumujyi wa Arlington isuzuma kubuza icupa ryamazi

Abacuruzi bo muri Arlington barashobora guhagarikwa bidatinze kugurisha amazi mumacupa mato ya plastike. Iri tegeko rizatorwa mu nama yumujyi guhera saa munani zijoro ku ya 25 Mata
Nk’uko inama y’imyanda ya Arlington Zero ibivuga, iramutse yemejwe, ingingo ya 12 yabuza mu buryo bweruye “kugurisha amacupa ya pulasitike y’amazi adafite karubone, uburyohe butagira ubunini bwa litiro 1 cyangwa ntoya.” Ibi bizakoreshwa ku bucuruzi ubwo ari bwo bwose bwo muri Arlington bugurisha amazi y’amacupa kimwe n’inyubako zifite umujyi, harimo n’ishuri. Iri tegeko rizatangira gukurikizwa ku ya 1 Ugushyingo.
Amacupa mato mato adakunze gutunganywa nk'uko byatangajwe na Larry Slotnick, umuyobozi wa Zero Waste Arlington.
Mu gihe hakiri ibisanzwe hirya no hino muri leta, ibihano nkibi bigenda byiyongera mu baturage bamwe.Mu Massachusetts, abaturage 25 basanzwe bafite amategeko asa nkayo, Slotnick yavuze.Ibi birashobora gufata uburyo bwo guhagarika ibicuruzwa burundu cyangwa kubuza amakomine gusa.
Slotnick yongeyeho ko ubu bwoko bw'amabwiriza buzwi cyane mu Ntara ya Barnstable, aho Concord yemeje ko ibicuruzwa byacuruzwa mu mwaka wa 2012. Nk’uko Slotnick abitangaza ngo abanyamuryango ba Arlington Zero Waste bakoranye cyane na bamwe muri aba baturage mu gutegura ingingo ya 12.
By'umwihariko, Slotnick yavuze ko aherutse kwigira byinshi ku baturage ba Concord ku bijyanye n’uko uyu mujyi urimo gukora kugira ngo uteze imbere umuyoboro w’amazi rusange nyuma yo kubuzwa.Yamenye ko guverinoma y’umujyi n’ibigo byigenga bifatanyiriza hamwe gutera inkunga amasoko menshi y’amazi rusange hamwe n’ibiro byuzuza amacupa y’amazi.
Ati: "Twabiganiriyeho kuva mu ntangiriro. Twabonye ko tudashobora kugerageza kubuza ikintu abaguzi benshi bari kugura batatekereje ku ngaruka ziterwa no kugira amazi hanze y'urugo".
Zero Waste Arlington yakoze kandi ubushakashatsi ku benshi mu bacuruzi bakomeye bo muri uyu mujyi, nka CVS, Walgreens ndetse n’ibiribwa byuzuye.Arlington agurisha amacupa y’amazi arenga 500.000 ku mwaka, Slotnick yavuze.Yongeyeho ko iyi mibare yakuwe mu bushakashatsi bwakozwe muri Mutarama, ukwezi gutinda kugurisha amazi, kandi umubare nyawo w’ibicuruzwa wagurishijwe ushobora kuba hafi 750.000.
Muri rusange, ibinyobwa bigera kuri miliyari 1.5 bigurishwa muri Massachusetts buri mwaka. Nk’uko komisiyo ibivuga, 20% byonyine ni byo byongera gukoreshwa.
Slotnick yagize ati: "Nyuma yo kureba imibare, biratangaje rwose." Kubera ko ibinyobwa bidafite karubone bidashobora gucungurwa… kandi amacupa mato y'amazi akenshi akoreshwa kure y'urugo, ibiciro byo gutunganya ibicuruzwa biri hasi cyane. "
Ishami ry’ubuzima rya Arlington rizashyira mu bikorwa iryo tegeko mu buryo busa n’uburyo umujyi washyize mu bikorwa ibihano by’ibiribwa bya pulasitiki.
Slotnick yavuze ko bidatangaje ko muri rusange abadandaza batemera ingingo ya 12.
Ati: "Dufite ibyo twibitse imbere. Amazi nicyo kinyobwa cyiza ushobora kugura mu iduka. Bitandukanye n’imifuka y'ibiribwa aho abadandaza bafite ubundi buryo ariko ntibagurishe imifuka, tuzi ko tuzagira ingaruka ku murongo wo hasi w'abacuruzi. Byaduhaye akanya gato."
Mu ntangiriro za 2020, Zero Waste Arlington yiteguraga gutangiza ubukangurambaga bwo kugabanya imyanda mu maresitora yo mu mujyi.Intego ni ukugabanya umubare w’ibyatsi, imifuka n’ibikoresho bitangwa mu cyemezo cyo gufata ibyemezo.Ariko Slotnick yavuze ko ibirori byahagaritswe igihe icyorezo cy’ibyorezo na resitora byatangiraga gushingira gusa ku gufata.
Mu kwezi gushize, imyanda ya Arlington Zero yagejeje kuri komite ishinzwe gutoranya ingingo ya 12. Nkuko Slotnick abivuga, abanyamuryango batanu bose bahurije hamwe ku kuyishyigikira.
Slotnick yagize ati: "Turashaka ko abaturage ba Arlington baha agaciro amazi ya robine ku muturage uwo ari we wese."