HABER SPRINGS, Mich. - Byose byatangiye mu 1990, igihe intara iri mu majyaruguru y’iburengerazuba bw’amajyaruguru y’Amajyaruguru y’Amajyaruguru yari ifite ububiko bubiri bwo gutunganya ibicuruzwa byatewe inkunga n’imyaka ibiri y’imisoro mito.
Uyu munsi, gahunda ya Emmett County ifite tekinoroji yo gutunganya ibicuruzwa byiyongereye ikaba miriyoni y'amadorari yinjiza amafaranga y’abaturage ku baturage barenga 33.000, igurisha toni ibihumbi n’ibishobora gukoreshwa mu masosiyete yo muri Michigan no mu karere k’ibiyaga bigari kugira ngo ikore ibicuruzwa bishya. Ndetse babonye uburyo bwo gutunganya imifuka y’ubucuruzi ya pulasitike.
Impuguke zivuga ko gahunda y’amajyaruguru imaze imyaka 30 ishobora kuba icyitegererezo cy’imishinga y'amategeko umunani inteko ishinga amategeko ya leta itegereje ishobora gufasha Intara ya Michigan kubaka uburyo bwinshi bwo gutunganya ibicuruzwa, kugabanya imyanda ndetse no kubona inyungu mu cyerekezo gikura Guteza imbere ubukungu bw’ibinyabuzima byongera gukoreshwa kandi bifumbira ifumbire.
Kerrin O'Brien, umuyobozi mukuru w’umuryango udaharanira inyungu witwa Michigan Recycling Alliance yagize ati: "Berekanye ko ishoramari rya Leta muri ubu bwoko bw’ibikorwa remezo ritanga umusaruro - muri serivisi rusange, kandi 90 ku ijana by'ibikoresho bakusanyije binyuze muri gahunda yo gutunganya ibicuruzwa bigurishwa mu masosiyete yo muri Michigan."
Ku kigo cya Harbour Springs, ukuboko kwa robo kwihuta gukandagira umukandara ugenda, ukuraho plastike yo mu rwego rwo hejuru, ibirahuri na aluminiyumu mu gutondekanya amabati.Uruvange ruvanze rw'ibikoresho rutembera mu ruziga kugeza igihe robot ikuramo ibintu byose bisubirwamo ku matora 90 ku munota; undi murongo wibikoresho mu kindi cyumba niho abakozi batoragura intoki, udusanduku duhereye ku mukandara wa convoyeur wimuka hamwe n’isakoshi.
Ubu buryo ni indunduro y’ishoramari muri gahunda ikorera mu ntara nyinshi, abayobozi bavuga ko yubatse umuco waho wo gutunganya neza amazu, ubucuruzi ndetse n’ahantu hahurira abantu benshi.
Igipimo cy’ibicuruzwa bitunganyirizwa muri Leta ya Michigan kiri inyuma y’igihugu hafi ya 19 ku ijana, kandi ubwitabire bwiyongereye buzagabanya imyuka ihumanya ikirere ndetse no kurushaho kugera ku ntego nshya z’imihindagurikire y’ikirere.
Muri Michigan, amategeko yerekeye ibishobora gutunganywa ni agace kerekana niba abaturage cyangwa abikorera ku giti cyabo bashiraho gahunda n'ibikoresho bahitamo kubyemera. Ahantu hamwe na hamwe hakoreshwa gusa plastiki zimwe, izindi zikarito gusa, kandi abaturage bamwe ntibatanga gutunganya na gato.
Abayobozi bavuga ko itandukaniro riri hagati y’ingufu zitunganyirizwa mu Ntara ya Emmett n’ahandi muri Michigan ari kuramba no gushora imari mu bikorwa remezo bitunganyirizwa hamwe n’umubano wigihe kirekire n’ubucuruzi bukoresha ibikoresho.
Umuyobozi wa gahunda, Andy Torzdorf, yagize ati: "Abantu bayoboraga Intara ya Emmett muri kiriya gihe bari barebye cyane mu kugerageza gushishikariza gutunganya ibicuruzwa."
Ikigo cya Harbour Springs ni sitasiyo yo kohereza imyanda, inyuramo imyanda ikoherezwa mu myanda yagiranye amasezerano, hamwe n’ikigo cy’ibicuruzwa bitunganyirizwa mu mazi. Itegeko ry’intara risaba ko imyanda yose yo mu rugo inyura muri icyo kigo kandi ko abatwara imyanda bose bishyura amafaranga amwe.
Torzdorf yagize ati: "Abaturage barashobora gutunganya ku buntu. Imyanda ntabwo, bityo rero mu bisanzwe habaho gushishikarira gutunganya. Ibyo rero ubwabyo biha abaturage impamvu yo gutunganya - kugura ibicuruzwa."
Ibarurishamibare ryerekana ko mu mwaka wa 2020, ikigo cyatunganyije toni 13.378 z’ibicuruzwa bisubirwamo, bipakirwa bikapakirwa mu gikamyo kimwe cya kabiri, hanyuma byoherezwa no kugurishwa mu bucuruzi butandukanye kugira ngo bikoreshe ibintu. Ibyo bikoresho byagiye bihinduka amabati yo kumesa, amasahani y’ibihingwa, amacupa y’amazi, agasanduku k'ibinyampeke, ndetse n'impapuro z'umusarani, n'ibindi bicuruzwa bishya.
Ibigo byinshi bigura Emmet County ibikoresho bitunganyirizwa biherereye muri Michigan cyangwa mubindi bice byo mukarere k'ibiyaga bigari.
Aluminium ijya muri serivise ya serivise ya Gaylord; plastike Nomero ya 1 na 2 zoherezwa muri societe i Dundee gukora pellet za pulasitike, nyuma zigahinduka amacupa yamacupa n’amazi; ikarito hamwe n’ibikoresho byoherezwa mu ruganda rukora inganda zo mu majyaruguru ya Kraft hamwe n’uruganda rukora ibicuruzwa muri Kalamazoo, n’abandi; amakarito n'ibikombe byoherejwe mu gukora tissue muri Cheboygan; amavuta ya moteri yongeye gutunganywa muri Saginaw; ikirahuri cyoherejwe muri sosiyete i Chicago gukora amacupa, insulasiyo; ibikoresho bya elegitoronike byoherejwe mu bigo bisenya muri Wisconsin; n'ahantu henshi kubindi bikoresho.
Abategura umushinga bashoboye no kubona ahantu muri Virijiniya aho bashoboraga kugura ikamyo yimifuka yimifuka ya pulasitike nudupaki twa firime - ibikoresho bizwi ko bigoye kubicunga kuko bishobora guhurizwa mu bapfumu.
Bemeza neza ko buri kintu cyose Emmet County Recycling yemera “gishobora gukoreshwa kandi kigasubirwamo,” Tolzdorf yagize ati: Ntabwo bemera ikintu cyose kidafite isoko rikomeye, yavuze ko bivuze ko nta Styrofoam.
Tolzdorf yagize ati: "Gusubiramo ibintu byose ni isoko ry'ibicuruzwa, ku buryo imyaka imwe iba hejuru naho indi ikaba hasi. Muri 2020 twinjije amadorari 500.000 yo kugurisha ibicuruzwa biva mu mahanga kandi mu 2021 twinjije amadolari arenga miliyoni 100."
Ati: "Byerekana ko byanze bikunze isoko rizaba ritandukanye. Bagabanutse cyane muri 2020; basubiye inyuma kugeza ku myaka itanu mu 2021. Ntabwo rero dushobora gushingira amafaranga yacu yose ku igurishwa ry’ibicuruzwa, ariko iyo ari byiza, ni byiza kandi baradutwara, kandi iyo rimwe na rimwe atari byo, sitasiyo itwara abagenzi igomba kuba idutwara kandi ikatwara amafaranga yacu."
Sitasiyo yohererezanya intara yakoresheje metero kibe 125,000 y’imyanda yo mu ngo mu 2020, yinjiza hafi miliyoni 2.8 z'amadolari.
Kwiyongera kw'abashakashatsi ba robo mu 2020 byongereye ubushobozi bw'umurimo ku gipimo cya 60 ku ijana kandi byongera ifatwa ry’ibishobora gukoreshwa ku gipimo cya 11 ku ijana, nk'uko Tolzdorf yabitangaje.
Imyaka myinshi y’ibikorwa by’ibice bibiri byakozwe n’ubuyobozi bwabanjirije ndetse n’ubu kugira ngo ivugurure amategeko akomeye y’imyanda ya Michigan yageze ku ndunduro y’amategeko agamije kongera ingufu mu gutunganya ibicuruzwa, ifumbire mvaruganda no gukoresha ibikoresho.Imishinga y'amategeko yatoye Inteko ishinga amategeko mu mpeshyi 2021 ariko kuva icyo gihe ihagarara muri Sena nta biganiro na komite byaganiriweho.
Raporo nyinshi zakozwe na leta zisuzuma iki kibazo kandi zigereranya ko Michiganders yishyuye hamwe arenga miliyari imwe y'amadolari ku mwaka yo gucunga imyanda yabo. Niba iyi myanda yo mu rugo, miliyoni 600 z'amadolari y'ibikoresho bisubirwamo birangirira mu myanda buri mwaka.
Bimwe mu bigize amategeko ategereje bizasaba intara kuvugurura gahunda zisanzwe z’imyanda muri gahunda zigezweho zo gucunga ibikoresho, gushyiraho ibipimo ngenderwaho by’ibicuruzwa, no guteza imbere ubufatanye bw’akarere kugira ngo hashyirweho ibigo bitunganyirizwa hamwe n’ifumbire mvaruganda. Leta izatanga inkunga y’inkunga muri ibyo bikorwa byo gutegura.
Intara za Marquette na Emmett ni urugero rwiza rw’ingamba z’akarere zitanga serivisi, nk'uko byatangajwe na Liz Browne, umuyobozi w’ishami rishinzwe gucunga ibikoresho mu ishami ry’ibidukikije rya Michigan, Ibiyaga bigari n’ingufu. Abandi baturage bo muri Michigan na bo bashobora guteza imbere gahunda zikomeye zo gutunganya no gukoresha ifumbire ifasha ubukungu n’ibidukikije, nk'uko yabitangaje.
Brown yagize ati: "Gusubiza ikintu muri serivisi ntabwo ari ingaruka nke kuruta gutangirira ku bikoresho by'isugi. Niba twaratsinze mu gukora ibikoresho muri Michigan no kugira isoko muri Michigan, twagabanya cyane ingaruka zacu ku bwikorezi."
Browne na O'Brien bombi bavuze ko amasosiyete amwe n'amwe ya Michigan atashoboye kubona amatungo ahagije yatunganyirijwe mu murongo wa Leta.Bagomba kugura ibyo bikoresho mu bindi bihugu cyangwa no muri Kanada.
Karl Hatopp, umuyobozi ushinzwe gutanga amasoko muri TABB Packaging Solutions i Dundee, yavuze ko gufata ibintu byinshi bitunganyirizwa mu myanda y’imyanda ya Michigan byanze bikunze bizagirira akamaro ubucuruzi bushingiye ku kugura ibikoresho nyuma y’abaguzi kugira ngo babibyaze umusaruro. Intara ya Emmett imaze imyaka 20 igurisha plastike ya 1 na No 2, nayo yatangiye kugura ibikoresho fatizo biva mu bigo bitunganya ibicuruzwa muri Marquette na Ann Arbor, nk'uko yabitangaje.
Hartop yavuze ko plastiki zisubirwamo zishobora kumenwa nyuma y’umuguzi nyuma y’umuguzi, cyangwa “pellet,” hanyuma igurishwa ku bakora inganda muri Westland ndetse n’abandi muri Ohio na Illinois, aho zikozwe mu bikoresho byo kumesa ndetse n’amacupa y’amazi ya Absopure.
Ati: "Ibintu byinshi dushobora kugurisha (bivuye imbere) Michigan, ni ko tumeze neza." Niba dushobora kugura byinshi muri Michigan, dushobora kugura bike ahantu nka California cyangwa Texas cyangwa Winnipeg. "
Isosiyete ikorana n’ubucuruzi bwa Dundee bwakuze mu nganda zitunganya ibicuruzwa. Umwe ni isosiyete ikora ibintu byiza, aho Hartop avuga ko amaze imyaka ibarirwa muri za mirongo akora.
Ati: "Clean Tech yatangiriye ku bakozi bane none dufite abakozi barenga 150. Mu byukuri rero, ni inkuru nziza." Ati: "Uko turushaho gutunganya, niko imirimo myinshi ihangira muri Michigan, kandi iyo mirimo ikaguma muri Michigan. Ku bw'ibyo rero, nk'uko tubyumva, kongera gutunganya ibicuruzwa ni ikintu cyiza."
Imwe mu ntego za MI Healthy Climate Plan iherutse kurangira ni ukongera igipimo cy’ibicuruzwa bigera kuri 45 ku ijana mu 2030 no kugabanya imyanda y'ibiribwa mo kabiri. Izi ngamba ni bumwe mu buryo gahunda isaba Michigan kugera ku bukungu butagira aho bubogamiye muri 2050.
Icyitonderwa kubasomyi: Niba uguze ikintu unyuze kumurongo umwe uhuza, dushobora kubona komisiyo.
Kwiyandikisha cyangwa gukoresha uru rubuga ni ukwemera Amasezerano Yabakoresha, Politiki Yibanga n’itangazo rya kuki hamwe n’uburenganzira bwawe bwite bwa Californiya (Amasezerano y’abakoresha yavuguruwe 1/1/21. Politiki y’ibanga n’itangazo rya kuki ryavuguruwe 5/1/2021).
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Igihe cyo kohereza: Jun-06-2022
