Ngaba i-EPS ingaba yiNkcitho-ngokufanelekileyo ngempumelelo?
I-EPS iphakathi kwezinto ezininzi ezichasayo ngokutsha xa kuziwa ukubuyiswa kwakhona. Izinto eziphathekayo ngokwayo, eziqulunqwe ikakhulu ngomoya, zixhomekeka kakhulu, zisebenzayo ekunciphiseni umonakalo komveliso, kwaye zingabizi. Kodwa ezo zakhiwo zenza ukuba kubize ukuhlaziywa ngenxa yokuba kuthatha indawo eninzi. Ukongezelela, lo bunzima obunzima bubangela ukuba kube lula ukukhupha emoyeni okanye kumanzi, apho yongeza kwingxaki yeplastiki yolwandle.
Akumangalisi, ivinjelwe kumasipala abangaphezu kwe-100 kwi-United States kunye nokuquka iNew York City. Ukuvinjelwa kweNew York kwaguqulwa ngoSeptemba 2015, xa yaphakanyiswa yinkantolo, ngokuphendula kubambiswano lwabavelisi be-EPS kunye nabanini bezoshishino baseNew York. Ngo-2017, i-New York yabuyisela kwakhona ukuvinjelwa kwayo kwe-EPS, emva kokumiselwa kwesi sixeko ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuphinda uhlaziywe ngokwezoqoqosho.
Iindaba ezilungileyo kukuba i-EPS inokuphinda iphindwe kwakhona, nangona i-economics ingaba yingozi. Masiqwalasele ngakumbi.
Yintoni i-EPS?
Kukho iintlobo ezimbini ze-EPS: i-polystyrne eyandisiwe kunye neyeyongeziweyo. I-Polystyrene ngokwayo yifomu yeplastiki, i-polym inokuthi ikhutshwe (cinga iSyrofoam®) okanye yandiswe.
Icandelo lokubonelela ngeenkonzo zokutya ngumsebenzisi oyintloko walo mveliso, okwenza iitrays ezinamandla, ezikhuselekileyo nezikhuselayo. Ezi zakhiwo zivumela ukuba kube yimpahla yokupakisha ekhethiweyo yokukhusela umkhiqizo wokuthumela.
Ziziphi iimpawu ezibangela ukuba zikhangeleke njengepakethe?
UKim Holmes ngumlawuli we-recycle for SPI: I-Plastics Industry Trade Association. Wachaza umgca we-EPS kwi-Balance: "I-EPS yinto ekhangayo yokupakisha imveliso ngezizathu ezininzi. I-EPS iqine, kodwa ilula.
Ingumsizi osebenza kakuhle, kwaye isakhiwo saso sinikela ngokukhuselekileyo kwemveliso kwingozi yomonakalo. Ikhulula uluhlu olubanzi lweentsebenzo ngelixa libonakala lixabisa kakhulu izinto ezikhuphisanayo. Isebenzisa amandla angaphantsi kwamandla kunye namanzi ukuvelisa kunezinye iindlela zephepha. "
Kutheni iirejista zokuvuselela ziphantsi kangaka?
Okumangalisa kukuba, ezifanelekileyo iimpawu ezenza ukuba i-EPS ithandwe kwakhona yenza kube ngumngeni wokubuyisela kwakhona: oko kukuthi, ubunzima bayo obuphantsi, obungenza ukuvala ixabiso elibi kakhulu. Ngokwe-Alliance ye-Foam Packaging Recyclers, i-EPS ingama-98 ekhulwini emoyeni, apho, xa iqulethwe ngobuninzi bomzimba, iifom ze-plastiki ezinzima, zinokuba zibiza ngokugqithiseleyo ukuthutha.
"I-EPS yinto ephinda iphinda isetyenziswe kwaye ifaneleke. Nangona kunjalo, ukuqoqwa kwe-EPS kunokuba ngumngeni omkhulu njengoko umkhiqizo ukhanya kakhulu, "kusho uHolmes. "Ezi nkampani eziye zaphumelela ekuvuseleleni i-EPS zenze inkqubo yokuqokelela apho i-EPS ithunyelwa khona emifutshane emifutshane ukuya kwindawo apho izinto zingabandakanywa kwaye zinganyanzeliswa okanye zinyanzeliswe."
Emva kokuba izinto zixineke, kuba yindleko kunye nexesha elifanelekileyo ukuzithumela kwiindlela ezide ukuba zibuye ziphinde ziphinde zisebenzise kwakhona. Ukunyaniseka akusona kuphela umcimbi, nangona kunjalo.
Ucoceko lube yingxaki eqhubekayo kwi-EPS kwakhona. Izinto eziphathekayo mazibe zikhululekile kunoma yiyiphi ingcoliseko ngaphambi kokuxinwa, okanye idala imiba esemgangathweni yabasebenzisi bexesha elizayo.
Ukubambisana kubalulekile
Nangona amathuba okubuyiswa kwakhona kwe-EPS awancitshiswa, izinto ziyakwenziwa kwakhona ngokutsha ngokufanelekileyo. Ngokwemibiko yakutshanje kwi-Packaging Digest, i-38% ye-EPS yabuye yaphinda iphindwe ngo-2016.
"Emva kokuba iqoqo lokuqokelela kunye nokudibanisa lucacisiwe, ukubuyiswa kwe-EPS kuchanekileyo kwaye kukho inani lempumelelo enkulu kwi-EPS," utsho uHolmes. Ngokomzekelo, ubhekisela kwi-SPI ilungu le-Dart Container Corporation, elibuyisela i-foam kwiziko ezilishumi elinesibhozo zokubuyisela kulo lonke ilizwe kunye namaqabane oluntu ukuba anikeze amathuba okubuyisela i-Foam.
Ukufunda ngokubanzi malunga neDart Container kunye nendlela yayo yokubuyisela kabusha, nqakraza apha.
Iimpawu ezinkulu zifuna ezinye iindlela zokupakisha
Iimpawu ezinjengeMcdonalds kunye neThagethi zijonge kwezinye iindlela zokufakelwa kwe-EPS kungekhona ngenxa yokuba ayisebenzisekanga njengezinto ezipakethekileyo zokupakisha, kodwa ngenxa yezixhala ezinxulumene nokuphazamiseka kwabathengi ekuzame ukuyibuyisela kwakhona, iimpembelelo zayo kwiplastiki yolwandle kunye uqoqosho lwezobuyiselwa kumashishini afana neTgethi. Njengoko igosa lenkampani lichazwe kwi-Packaging Digest:
Kwakhona kuyinkalo enkulu kumaziko ethu okusabalalisa ngenxa yokuba imveliso eninzi ithunyelwa kwiivenkile ithathwa ngaphandle kwebhokisi kwaye ixilwe, njengesibuko okanye ifreyimu. Kodwa ke i-polystyrene kufuneka ibuyele kumaziko okuhambisa kwaye kuninzi kunokuba ungacinga. Kwanele ukuba kube yingxaki kodwa akwanele ukutyalomali kwi-densifiers.
Umba uhleli nzima. Iingqwalasela zivela kwipembelelo yokugcina umonakalo womonakalo omkhulu womonakalo kunye neendleko ezihambelana nekhabhoni kunye neendleko zezoqoqosho kwicala elinye le mpikiswano ukuba ukufakelwa kwe-EPS kungasetyenziswanga, ukugcinwa kweengxaki ze-plastiki yolwandle kunye nokuveliswa kwenkunkuma echanekileyo ngenxa yokusebenzisa i-EPS, enye.