Nyumba ya Senate yaku US ikufuna kukhazikitsa malamulo! EPS ndiyoletsedwa kugwiritsidwa ntchito muzakudya, zoziziritsa kukhosi, ndi zina.
US Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) ndi US Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) adayambitsa malamulo omwe akufuna kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito polystyrene yowonjezera (EPS) muzinthu zothandizira chakudya, zozizira, zotayirira ndi zina. Lamuloli, lomwe limadziwika kuti Farewell Bubble Act, liletsa kugulitsa kapena kugawa thovu la EPS mdziko lonse pazinthu zina pa Januware 1, 2026.
Olimbikitsa kuletsa kugwiritsa ntchito kamodzi kwa EPS amalozera ku thovu lapulasitiki ngati gwero la ma microplastics m'chilengedwe chifukwa sichimawonongeka. Ngakhale EPS imatha kubwezeretsedwanso, nthawi zambiri samavomerezedwa ndi mapulojekiti am'mbali mwa msewu chifukwa alibe mphamvu yowabwezeretsanso.
Ponena za kukakamiza, kuphwanya koyamba kudzabweretsa chidziwitso cholembedwa. Kuphwanya kotsatira kudzapereka chindapusa cha $250 pamlandu wachiwiri, $500 pamlandu wachitatu, ndi $1,000 pamlandu uliwonse wachinayi ndi wotsatira.
Kuyambira ndi Maryland mu 2019, maboma ndi matauni akhazikitsa ziletso za EPS pazakudya ndi zonyamula zina. Maine, Vermont, New York, Colorado, Oregon, ndi California, pakati pa mayiko ena, ali ndi zoletsa za EPS zamtundu wina kapena zina.
Ngakhale zoletsedwa izi, kufunikira kwa styrofoam kukuyembekezeka kukula 3.3 peresenti pachaka mpaka 2026, malinga ndi lipoti. Chimodzi mwazinthu zazikulu zomwe zikuyendetsa kukula ndikutchinjiriza kunyumba - zinthu zomwe tsopano zimatenga pafupifupi theka la ntchito zotchinjiriza.
Senator Richard Blumenthal waku Connecticut, Senator Angus King waku Maine, Senator Ed Markey ndi Elizabeth Warren waku Massachusetts, Senator Jeff Merkley ndi Senator Ron Warren waku Oregon Senator Wyden, Senator Bernie Sanders waku Vermont ndi Senator Peter Welch asayina ngati othandizira nawo.
Nthawi yotumiza: Dec-29-2023