Pazifukwa zomwe zatayika, kuteteza thumba la pulasitiki kumawoneka kuti kuli komweko ndikuthandizira kusuta pa ndege kapena kupha ana agalu.Chikwama chopyapyala chopezeka paliponse chasuntha mopitilira m'maso kulowa m'malo azovuta za anthu, chizindikiro cha zinyalala ndi mochulukira komanso kuwononga chilengedwe.Koma komwe kuli makampani omwe ali pachiwopsezo, pali woyimira milandu, ndipo woyimira wamkulu wa thumba la pulasitiki ndi Stephen L. Joseph, wamkulu wa kampeni yotchedwa Save the Plastic Bag.

Posachedwapa, Joseph ndi cholinga chake adachitapo kanthu pang'ono.Lachiwiri lapitali, Los Angeles idakhala mzinda waposachedwa kwambiri waku America kuti ugwirizane ndi thumba, pomwe khonsolo ya mzindawu idavota mogwirizana kuti aletse pulasitiki m'masitolo akuluakulu ndi masitolo pofika chaka cha 2010 ngati chindapusa chapadziko lonse pamatumba sichinakhazikitsidwe. ndiye.(Akuti Los Angeles imagwiritsa ntchito matumba apulasitiki 2 biliyoni pachaka, 5% yokha yomwe imasinthidwanso.) Joseph adasumira mlandu ku Los Angeles County chifukwa sanakonzekere Lipoti la Environmental Impact Report pa kuletsa matumbawo ngati. zofunidwa ndi malamulo aku California.

Mwezi umodzi m'mbuyomo, Manhattan Beach, Calif., adatengera lamulo lofananalo, komanso pa zomwe Joseph adatsutsa komanso kuwongolera malamulo.Ndipo Julayi watha, mzinda waku kwawo kwa Joseph ku San Francisco udakhala mzinda woyamba waku America kuletsa chiletsocho.(Joseph wakhala ali pamlandu kuyambira Juni, kotero kuti palibe m'ndandanda wake.)

Wothandizira wakale wa Washington, yemwe anabadwira ku England ndipo monyinyirika akupereka zaka zake ngati 50-chinachake, akuvomereza kuti ndi nkhondo yokwera kuyesera kukonza chithunzi cha chinthu chotaya chomwe chagwirizanitsidwa ndi chirichonse kuyambira kutentha kwa dziko mpaka kudalira mafuta ndi imfa. za moyo wa m’madzi.Makamaka ku California.Makamaka ku ultra-liberal Marin County.Zinamutengera kupitilira chaka chimodzi opanga zikwama atabwera kudzatenga chifukwa chake."Ndizovuta kwambiri kuthana ndi nthano komanso zabodza," akutero kuchokera kumaofesi ake azamalamulo ku Tiburon, Calif."Ndine chiwonetsero chamunthu m'modzi."

Monga loya, ndi wofalitsa wabwino kwambiri: mu 2003 adasumira Kraft Foods kuti aletse kugulitsa makeke a Oreo kwa ana osakwana zaka 11 ku California, chifukwa anali odzaza ndi mafuta ochulukirapo.Ngakhale kuti sanapambane pankhondo ya m’bwalo lamilandu, mwachiwonekere anapambana nkhondoyo;Bwanamkubwa Arnold Schwarzenegger adasaina chigamulo chotsutsana ndi mafuta a mafuta pa July 25. M'mbuyomo, Joseph adatsutsa dipatimenti yosungiramo magalimoto ku San Francisco kuti bungweli lichotse graffiti pa zizindikiro zake, ndipo anali wotsutsa zinyalala.Graffiti ndi zinyalala - kuphatikizapo, kunena, matumba ogula pulasitiki - amakhalabe, kotero akumenya pafupifupi .300.

Kodi munthu yemwe kale anali wotsutsa zinyalala angathandize bwanji matumba apulasitiki?Joseph akusonyeza, ndipo akatswiri ena a zachilengedwe amavomereza kuti m’njira zambiri matumba a mapepala ndi oipa kwa chilengedwe mofanana ndi apulasitiki.Pamene matumba a mapepala amawola, amamasulanso methane pamene akutero.Ngakhale matumba apulasitiki nthawi zina amapangidwa ndi petrochemicals, matumba a mapepala amafunikira mphamvu zambiri kuti apange ndi kukonzanso.Umboni woti matumba apulasitiki amapha zamoyo zam'madzi siwotsimikizika, ndipo amavomereza kuti detritus yosodza yamalonda ndiyowononga kwambiri.“Kufufuza kwanga m’nkhani imeneyi kwanditsimikizira kuti pali chinachake choseketsa,” akutero Joseph."Otsutsa-matumba apulasitiki sakutsutsidwa.Zili ngati mlandu wa kukhoti kumene palibe amene akuimira mbali inayo.”

Potsutsa kugwiritsa ntchito zikwama zogulira nsalu, komabe, kapena mtundu wa chingwe chomwe agogo ake akanapita nawo kumsewu waukulu, Joseph ali ndi mikangano yochepa.Matumba apulasitiki amapanga zomangira zinyalala, akuti, kapena zotengera zinyalala za amphaka.Ndipo, ndithudi, atha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito pogula."Kodi mukudziwa zomwe ndikuganiza kuti ndi zabwino kwambiri kwa iwo?Mutha kukankha pafupifupi 12 mwa iwo m'chipinda chanu chamagetsi."

Ngakhale kuti mfundo zake zinali zokopa, ntchito ya Yosefe ikhoza kukhala ngati ya Canute.M'mwezi wa June, China idaletsa masitolo m'dziko lonselo kuti asapereke matumba apulasitiki aulere ndikuletsa kupanga, kugulitsa ndi kugwiritsa ntchito matumba apulasitiki aliwonse osakwana chikwi chimodzi cha inchi.Bhutan inaletsa matumbawo chifukwa chakuti amasokoneza chisangalalo cha dziko.Ireland yakhazikitsa chindapusa cha 34 cent pathumba lililonse lomwe lagwiritsidwa ntchito.Onse a Uganda ndi Zanzibar adawaletsa, monganso midzi 30 ku Alaska.Mayiko ambiri akhazikitsa kapena akuganiza zofananira.

Joseph akuyesetsabe, mopanda mantha ndi mafunde kapena zomwe anansi ake a Marin County ayenera kuganiza.Iye anati: “Ndauza anthu ambiri kuti ndimayesetsa kusunga thumba la pulasitiki."Amandiyang'ana mwamantha."Koma akuti ayi, sanaonepo kutsika kwa anthu oitanira phwando kuphwando.“Iyi si nkhani ya chidebe chakumanzere kapena kumanja.Ndi za choonadi.Ndipo ndatsimikiza kuti ndilembetse.