Amazon Flex driver Arielle McCain, 24, delivers a package on December 18, 2018, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Environmental campaigners and waste expertise say Amazon's new plastic bags, which cannot be recycled in curbside recycling bins, ari kukanganisa.(Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe)
Mugore rapfuura, Amazon yakadzora chikamu chezvinhu zvakarongedzwa mumabhokisi emakadhibhokisi zvichifarira tsamba yepurasitiki yakareruka, iyo yakabvumira hofori yekutengesa kupinza mamwe mapakeji mumarori ekutakura uye ndege.
Asi varatidziri vezvemamiriro ekunze pamwe nenyanzvi dzemarara vanoti mhando nyowani dzemabhegi epurasitiki asingakwanise kudzokororwa mumabhini ekubikisa ari kukonzeresa.
"Kurongedza kweAmazon kune matambudziko akafanana nemabhegi epurasitiki, ayo asingagone kurongeka muhurongwa hwedu hwekudzokorodza uye kunamatira mumakina," akadaro Lisa Se, maneja wechirongwa kuKing County Solid Waste Division, iyo inoona nezvekudzokororwa muKing County, Washington Lisa Sepanski akadaro.., uko kunobva Amazon.
Mwaka wezororo uchangoburwa wanga uchinyanya kubatikana pa e-commerce, zvinoreva kuti kutumirwa kwakawanda - zvichikonzera marara akawanda ekurongedza. Sezvo chikuva kuseri kwehafu yezvese e-commerce transaction muna 2018, Amazon ndiyo yakakura kwazvo kutakura tsvina uye mugadziri, uye mugadziri, sekureva eMarketer, zvichireva kuti kutama kwayo kune tsamba yepurasitiki inogona kusaina shanduko kune iyo indasitiri yepurasitiki. izvo zvaramba kutaura.
Dambudziko netsamba dzepurasitiki dzine mbiri: dzinoda kudzokororwa mumwe nomumwe, uye kana dzakazopedzisira dzave muhova dzenguva dzose, dzinogona kukanganisa hurongwa hwekugadzirisa zvakare uye kudzivirira masumbu makuru ezvinyorwa kubva pakugadziriswa.
"Isu tanga tichishanda nesimba kuti tivandudze nzira dzedu dzekurongedza nedzokororo uye tadzikisa marara epasi rese ekurongedza neanopfuura makumi maviri muzana muna 20," akadaro mutauriri weAmazon Melanie Janin, achiwedzera kuti Amazon inopa ruzivo rwekudzokorodza pawebhusaiti yayo. (Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos muridzi weThe Washington Post.)
Dzimwe nyanzvi dzekurasa dzinoti chinangwa cheAmazon chekudzikisa makadhibhokisi makuru ndiko kufamba kwakakodzera.Plasitiki mail ine zvimwe zvinobatsira kune zvakatipoteredza.Kuenzaniswa nemabhokisi, vanotora nzvimbo shoma mumidziyo nemarori, izvo zvinowedzera kushanda kwekutakura.Kugadzirwa, kushandiswa uye kuraswa kwemafirimu epurasitiki kunoburitsa mashoma egreenhouse magasi uye anodya mafuta mashoma pane akadzokororwa makadhibhokisi, akadaro David Allawi wepamusoro weDepartment Analyst wePurogiramu yezvemamiriro ekunze.
Purasitiki yakachipa uye inogara kwenguva refu zvekuti makambani mazhinji anoishandisa pakurongedza.Asi vatengi vanowanzoisa mabhegi epurasitiki mubhini rekutsvagisa.Nyanzvi dzinoti tsamba dzepurasitiki dzinonzvenga michina yekuronga uye kuisa mabhero emabhero anoiswa patsva, zvinosvibisa pasuru yese, zvichipfuura kunaka kwekudzikisa makadhibhodi akawanda anoshandiswa mumusika wepasirese mutengo wakareba uye mapeji akareba akashandiswa pamusika wepasi rose. muindasitiri yezvekutsvagisa zvinhu zvakare.Asi mabhero akaomarara kutengesa—akawanda anotumirwa kuzoshandiswa patsva nokuda kwemitemo yakaomarara kuChina—zvokuti makambani mazhinji okuWest Coast anodzokorodza anofanira kuarasa.
"Sezvo kurongedza kunowedzera kuoma uye kureruka, tinofanira kugadzirisa zvinhu zvakawanda zvishoma nezvishoma kuti tibudise goho rakafanana. Mhindu inokwana here? Mhinduro nhasi kwete, "akadaro Pete Keller, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weRecycling Services. , kambani iyi ndeimwe yevaparadzi vakawanda zvikurusa muUnited States.” Kuita nayo zuva nezuva kunoda kushanda nesimba uye kugadzirisa, uye kunodhura chaizvo.”
Kwemakore gumi apfuura, Amazon yakaderedza kurongedza kusingakoshi, kurongedza zvigadzirwa mumabhokisi avo epakutanga pese pazvinogoneka, kana kuti mupekupeku wakapfava.Janin wekuAmazon akati kambani iyi yakachinjira kukutumira mapurasitiki asina kuremerwa mugore rapfuura sechikamu chekuedza kukuru kuderedza marara ekurongedza uye mari yekushandisa. mapepa ekudzokorodza zvakare.”
Imwe yemakambani mashoma eFortune 500 asingatumire a corporate social responsibility or sustainability report, iyo Seattle-based company inoti yayo "kushungurudzika-isina" chirongwa chekurongedza yakaderedza marara ekurongedza ne16 muzana uye yakabvisa kudiwa kweDemand kune anopfuura 305 miriyoni mabhokisi ekutumira.2017.
"Mukuona kwangu, kutama kwavo kune flexible packaging kunotungamirirwa nemutengo uye kushanda, asiwo kuderera kwekabhoni," akadaro Nina Goodrich, mutungamiriri weSustainable Packaging Alliance.Anotarisira logo yeHow2Recycle, iyo yakatanga kuoneka pa Amazon padded plastiki mail muna December 2017, senhanho yekuenda kune dzidzo yevatengi.
Imwe dambudziko netsamba itsva yepurasitiki-yakazara ndeyokuti Amazon nevamwe vatengesi vanoisa mapepa emakero emapepa, zvichiita kuti zvive zvisina kukodzera kudzokororwa, kunyange panzvimbo dzezvitoro.
"Makambani anogona kutora zvinhu zvakanaka uye kuita kuti zvirege kudzokororwa zvichibva pane zvinyorwa, zvinonamatira kana ingi," akadaro Goodrich.
Parizvino, idzi mapurasitiki akazadzwa neAmazon mail anogona kushandiswa zvakare kana vatengi vabvisa chikwangwani uye kutora tsamba yacho kunzvimbo yekudonha kunze kwemamwe maketani.Mushure mekuchenesa, kuomeswa uye polymerizing, ipurasitiki inogona kunyungudutswa uye inoitwa muhuni hwakasanganiswa hwekushongedza.Maguta anorambidza mabhegi epurasitiki, sekumusha kweAmazon kuSeattle, ane nzvimbo shoma dzekudonha.
Maererano ne2017 Yakavharwa-Loop Report pamusoro Recycling muU.S, chete 4 muzana yefirimu repurasitiki rakaunganidzwa mumhuri dzeUnited States rinoshandiswa zvakare kuburikidza nemapurogiramu ekuunganidza muzvitoro zvemagirosari uye zvitoro zvebhokisi.
Dzimwe nyika dzinoda kuti makambani atore mutoro mukuru wezvemari uye manejimendi pazvinhu zvawo mushure mekunge vatengi vazvishandisa. Muhurongwa uhu, makambani anobhadharwa zvichienderana nehuwandu hwemarara ezvigadzirwa zvawo uye kurongedza.
Kuti iite maererano nezvisungo zvayo zvepamutemo, Amazon inobhadhara mari idzi kune dzimwe nyika dziri kunze kweUnited States.Amazon yatova pasi pemaitiro akadaro muCanada, maererano nesangano risingabatsiri Canadian Managed Services Alliance, iro rinotsigira zvirongwa mumapurovhinzi.
Muchikamu chikuru chemitemo yekuUS inodzokorodza zvakare, zvinodiwa zvakadaro hazvisati zvawana kufarirwa nehurumende yemubatanidzwa, kunze kwezvakajeka, zvine muchetura uye zvakakosha zvinhu zvakaita semagetsi nemabhatiri.
Iwo makiyi emuviri anochengeterwa neAmazon kuti vatengi vadzose zvigadzirwa vanogona kugamuchira kurongedza kwakashandiswa, nyanzvi dzakakurudzira, dzichiwedzera kuti Amazon inogona kuzvipira kudzokorodza purasitiki kuti ishandiswe mune ramangwana mune yayo yekutumira tsamba.
"Vanogona kuita reverse kugovera, kudzosa zvinhu zvakare muhurongwa hwavo hwekugovera. Aya mapoinzi ekuunganidza ari kuve akakosha zvikuru kune nyore kwevatengi, "akadaro Scott Cassell, mukuru mukuru weInstitute for Product Management, uyo akaita chidzidzo. Ndizvo zvakaitawo kambani yakanangana nekuderedza kukanganisa kwezvakatipoteredza kwezvinhu zvevatengi. ”Asi zvichavadyira mari. ”
Nguva yekutumira: Kubvumbi-29-2022