Dalaivala wa Amazon Flex Arielle McCain, 24, akupereka phukusi pa December 18, 2018, ku Cambridge, Massachusetts.Othandizira zachilengedwe ndi akatswiri otaya zinyalala amati matumba apulasitiki atsopano a Amazon, omwe sangathe kubwezeretsedwanso m'mabini a curbside recycling, ali ndi zotsatira zoipa.(Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe)
M'chaka chathachi, Amazon yachepetsa gawo la katundu wodzaza m'mabokosi a makatoni m'malo mwa makalata opepuka apulasitiki, zomwe zalola kuti chimphona chogulitsa chikanikizire mapaketi ambiri m'magalimoto onyamula ndi ndege.
Koma olimbikitsa zachilengedwe komanso akatswiri otaya zinyalala ati mitundu yatsopano yamatumba apulasitiki omwe sangathe kubwezeretsedwanso m'mabini a curbside recycling ali ndi vuto.
"Zopaka za Amazon zili ndi mavuto ofanana ndi matumba apulasitiki, omwe sangasinthidwe m'makina athu obwezeretsanso ndikukakamira pamakina," adatero Lisa Se, woyang'anira pulogalamu ku King County Solid Waste Division, yomwe imayang'anira kukonzanso zinthu ku King County, Washington Lisa Sepanski adati .., komwe kuli likulu la Amazon.
Nthawi ya tchuthi yaposachedwa yakhala yotanganidwa kwambiri pamalonda a e-commerce, zomwe zikutanthauza kutumiza zambiri - zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale zinyalala zambiri. Monga nsanja yomwe ili kumbuyo kwa theka la zochitika zonse za e-commerce mu 2018, Amazon ndiye wamkulu kwambiri wonyamula zinyalala komanso wopanga, komanso wopanga zinthu, malinga ndi eMarketer, kutanthauza kuti kusuntha kwake kumakalata apulasitiki kumatha kuwonetsa kusintha kwamakampani omwe amagulitsanso pulasitiki. omwe adakana kuyankhapo.
Vuto la makalata a pulasitiki ndi pawiri: amayenera kubwezeretsedwanso payekha, ndipo ngati atsirizika mumtsinje wamba, akhoza kusokoneza dongosolo lobwezeretsanso ndikuletsa mitolo ikuluikulu ya zinthu kuti isagwiritsidwenso ntchito.
"Takhala tikugwira ntchito molimbika kuti tikonze zoikamo ndi zobwezeretsanso zinthu zomwe timasankha komanso tachepetsa zinyalala zapadziko lonse lapansi ndi 20 peresenti mu 2018," adatero mneneri wa Amazon Melanie Janin, ndikuwonjezera kuti Amazon imapereka zidziwitso zobwezeretsanso patsamba lake. (Mkulu wa Amazon Jeff Bezos ndiye mwini wa The Washington Post.)
Akatswiri ena otaya zinyalala amati cholinga cha Amazon chochepetsera makatoni ochuluka ndicho kusuntha koyenera.Makalata apulasitiki ali ndi maubwino kwa chilengedwe.Poyerekeza ndi mabokosi, amatenga malo ocheperako m'mabokosi ndi magalimoto, zomwe zimawonjezera kuyendetsa bwino kwa zotumiza.Kupanga, kugwiritsa ntchito ndi kutaya filimu ya pulasitiki kumatulutsa mpweya wowonjezera kutentha ndipo amadya mafuta ochepa kuposa makatoni obwezerezedwanso, adatero David Allawi, wofufuza wamkulu wa bungwe loyang'anira zachilengedwe ku Oregon.
Pulasitiki ndi yotsika mtengo komanso yolimba kwambiri moti makampani ambiri amaigwiritsa ntchito popakira. Koma ogula amakonda kuyika matumba apulasitiki mu bin yobwezeretsanso. Koma mabale ndi ovuta kugulitsa—ambiri amatumizidwa kuti akagwiritsidwenso ntchito chifukwa cha malamulo okhwima ku China—kwakuti makampani ambiri obwezeretsanso zinthu ku West Coast amawataya.
"Pamene ma phukusi akukhala ovuta komanso opepuka, tiyenera kukonza zinthu zambiri pang'onopang'ono kuti tipeze zokolola zomwezo. Kodi phindu ndilokwanira? Yankho lero ndilo ayi, "anatero Pete Keller, wachiwiri kwa pulezidenti wokonzanso zinthu ku Republic Services. , kampaniyo ndi imodzi mwa makampani akuluakulu oyendetsa zinyalala ku United States.” Kuchita zimenezi tsiku ndi tsiku n’kovuta kwambiri, ndipo n’kokwera mtengo kwambiri.”
Pazaka 10 zapitazi, Amazon yachepetsa kulongedza kosafunikira, kulongedza katundu m'mabokosi awo oyambilira ngati kuli kotheka, kapena m'mapaketi opepuka kwambiri. A Janin waku Amazon adati kampaniyo idasintha ma mail opepuka apulasitiki chaka chatha monga gawo la ntchito yayikulu yochepetsera zinyalala zamapaketi ndi ndalama zogwiritsira ntchito. mtsinje wobwezeretsanso mapepala.”
Mmodzi mwa makampani ochepa a Fortune 500 omwe sapereka lipoti lazachikhalidwe cha anthu kapena kukhazikika, kampani ya Seattle imati pulogalamu yake yolongedza "yopanda kukhumudwa" yachepetsa zinyalala zonyamula ndi 16 peresenti ndikuchotsa kufunikira kwa Demand kwa mabokosi otumizira oposa 305 miliyoni.2017.
"Malingaliro anga, kusuntha kwawo kumapangidwe osinthika kumayendetsedwa ndi mtengo ndi ntchito, komanso kutsika kwa carbon," anatero Nina Goodrich, mtsogoleri wa Sustainable Packaging Alliance. Iye amayang'anira chizindikiro cha How2Recycle, chomwe chinayamba kuonekera pamakalata apulasitiki opangidwa ndi Amazon mu December 2017, monga sitepe yopita ku maphunziro ogula.
Vuto linanso la makalata atsopano odzaza pulasitiki ndi lakuti Amazon ndi ogulitsa ena amaika zilembo za adiresi ya mapepala, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zosayenera kuti zibwezeretsedwe, ngakhale m'malo osungiramo masitolo.Malemba amafunika kuchotsedwa kuti alekanitse mapepala ndi pulasitiki kuti zinthuzo zithekenso.
"Makampani amatha kutenga zinthu zabwino ndikuzipanga kuti zisagwiritsidwenso ntchito potengera zolemba, zomatira kapena inki," adatero Goodrich.
Pakalipano, makalata a Amazon odzazidwa ndi pulasitiki akhoza kubwezeretsedwanso pamene ogula achotsa chizindikirocho ndikupita ndi makalata kumalo otsika kunja kwa maunyolo ena.Atamaliza kuyeretsa, kuyanika ndi polymerizing, pulasitiki ikhoza kusungunuka ndi kupangidwa kukhala matabwa ophatikizika kuti apangidwe.
Malinga ndi lipoti la 2017 Closed-Loop Report on Recycling ku US, 4 peresenti yokha ya filimu ya pulasitiki yomwe inasonkhanitsidwa m'mabanja a US imasinthidwanso kudzera m'mapulogalamu osonkhanitsa m'masitolo ndi m'masitolo akuluakulu.
Mayiko ena amafuna kuti makampani azitenga udindo waukulu pazachuma ndi kasamalidwe ka zinthu zawo akatha ogula azigwiritsa ntchito. M'makinawa, makampani amalipidwa potengera kuchuluka kwa zinthu zomwe akuwononga komanso zomwe amapaka.
Kuti igwirizane ndi malamulo ake, Amazon imalipira ndalamazi m'mayiko ena kunja kwa United States.Amazon ili kale ndi machitidwe otere ku Canada, malinga ndi bungwe lopanda phindu la Canadian Managed Services Alliance, lomwe limathandizira mapulogalamu m'zigawo.
M'malamulo ambiri aku US obwezeretsanso zinthu, zofunika zotere sizikukondedwa ndi boma, kupatula zinthu zenizeni, zapoizoni komanso zamtengo wapatali monga zamagetsi ndi mabatire.
Maloko omwe Amazon imasungira ogula kuti abweze katundu amatha kuvomera zotengera zomwe zagwiritsidwa kale ntchito, akatswiri atero, ndikuwonjezera kuti Amazon ikhoza kudzipereka kukonzanso pulasitikiyo kuti igwiritsidwe ntchito mtsogolo pamakalata ake otumizira.
"Iwo amatha kugawanso, kubweretsa zinthuzo m'dongosolo lawo logawa. Malo osonkhanitsirawa akukhala ofunika kwambiri kuti ogula apindule, "anatero Scott Cassell, mkulu wa bungwe la Institute for Product Management, yemwe adachita kafukufukuyu. Momwemonso kampani yomwe imayang'ana kwambiri kuchepetsa kuwononga chilengedwe kwa zinthu zomwe ogula amagula. ”Koma izi zimawawonongera ndalama. ”
Nthawi yotumiza: Apr-29-2022