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Inothi lomhleli: I-OrilliaMatters isebenza ne-Orillia esimeme ukuze ishicilele amathiphu amasonto onke.Phinda uhlole njalo ngoLwesibili ebusuku ukuze uthole amathiphu amasha.Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe, sicela uvakashele iwebhusayithi ye-Sustainable Orillia.
Igama elithi “ipulasitiki” lisuselwa egameni lesiGreki futhi lisho “ukuguquguquka” noma “okulungele ukubunjwa”.Sekungamakhulu eminyaka, kube yisichasiso esisetshenziswa ukuchaza izinto noma abantu abangagoba futhi basonte ngaphandle kokuhlephuka.
Ngesinye isikhathi ekhulwini lama-20, “ipulasitiki” yaba ibizo—yeka ukuthi yaba ibizo elihle kangakanani!Abanye benu bangase bakhumbule ifilimu ethi “Graduate” lapho uBenjamin osemusha athola khona iseluleko “sokuphishekela umsebenzi wepulasitiki.”
Nokho, abantu abaningi baye bakwenza, futhi ngenxa yokukhiqizwa ngobuningi kanye nokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke, amapulasitiki manje agcwele cishe kuwo wonke amagumbi okuphila kwethu.Kangangoba manje sesiyabona ukuthi ukuze sivikele iplanethi yethu, kufanele senze izinqumo ezinzima futhi sinciphise kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwamapulasitiki—ikakhulukazi amapulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye noma asetshenziswa kanye.
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uhulumeni wobumbano waseCanada ukhiphe isaziso esivimbela ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo eyisithupha yepulasitiki esetshenziswa kanye.Kusukela ngo-2022, izikhwama zokuthenga zepulasitiki ezilahlwayo, ama-straws, ama-stickers, izinto zokusika, amalophu anezicucu eziyisithupha, neziqukathi zokudla ezenziwe ngepulasitiki okunzima ukuphinda zigaywe kabusha kuzovalwa.
Amaketanga okudla okusheshayo, abathengisi bokudla kanye nezitolo ezinkulu, ngisho nabakhiqizi bezitolo zabo, sebevele bathatha izinyathelo zokushintsha lawa mapulasitiki ngezinye izindlela ezihambisana nemvelo.
Lokhu, kuhambisana nezinyathelo ezicutshungulwa ohulumeni basekhaya njengamanje, kuyizindaba ezinhle.Lesi isinyathelo sokuqala esicacile, kodwa akwanele ukuxazulula inkinga ekhulayo yokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu kanye nolwandle.
Njengezakhamizi, ngeke sithembele kuhulumeni yedwa ukuthi ahole lolu shintsho.Kudingeka izenzo zomuntu ngamunye emazingeni aphansi, azi ukuthi konke kubalulekile ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamapulasitiki.
Kulabo abafuna ukuqala umsebenzi wokunciphisa ipulasitiki yomuntu siqu, nanka amathiphu ansuku zonke (noma izikhumbuzi) ezizokusiza ukunciphisa kakhulu ukuthembela kwakho kumapulasitiki.
Indlela yokuqala yokunciphisa ukuthembela kwethu kumapulasitiki kanye nokusetshenziswa jikelele (izinhlobo ezilahlwayo nezihlala isikhathi eside)?Ungathengi imikhiqizo eyenziwe ngepulasitiki noma epakishwe ngepulasitiki.
Njengoba izinto eziningi esizifunayo nezidingayo zigoqwe ngepulasitiki, lokhu kuzodinga isinyathelo esengeziwe sokugwema ukuletha ipulasitiki engadingekile endlini yakho.Asincomi ukuthi ulahle noma yimiphi imikhiqizo yepulasitiki okungenzeka ukuthi usunayo kakade futhi uyayisebenzisa;basebenzise ngangokunokwenzeka.
Kodwa-ke, lapho zidinga ukushintshwa, cabanga ukutshala imali esikhathini esizayo ngokuthola ezinye izindlela ezihambisana nemvelo ngangokunokwenzeka.
Ezinye izindlela zokunciphisa upulasitiki, njengokuletha izikhwama zokuthenga ezisebenziseka kabusha esitolo segrosa, sezivele zijwayelekile-abathengi abaningi bahamba igxathu elingaphezulu futhi bagweme ukusebenzisa izikhwama zepulasitiki zezithelo nemifino.
Izitolo zokudla ziyanda zithengisa izikhwama zomkhiqizo ezisebenziseka kabusha futhi/noma singathenga imikhiqizo ngobuningi.Bheka futhi ucele izitsha zekhadibhodi zamajikijolo, futhi uvumele lezo zishizi ezifakwe ngokuqinile nezingcezu ezisikiwe ezibandayo zidlule.
Izitolo eziningi zokudla e-Orillia zinezibali zokudla lapho unga-oda khona inani elifanele lokudla, ugweme ukupakishwa kwepulasitiki, futhi usekele omakhelwane abasebenza ngemuva kwekhawunta.Win-win!
Khetha imikhiqizo yemvelo noma ezinye izindlela.Isixubho siyisibonelo esihle.Ubuwazi yini ukuthi izixubho zepulasitiki ezisetshenziswayo ezingaba yizigidi eziyi-1 zilahlwa minyaka yonke?Lokhu kuhlanganisa amathani ayizigidi ezingu-50 ezindawo zokulahla imfucumfucu, uma zikhona, kuzothatha amakhulu eminyaka ukubola.
Kunalokho, izixubho ezenziwe ngemikhiqizo yemvelo efana noqalo seziyatholakala.Imitholampilo eminingi yamazinyo incoma futhi inikeze izixubho ze-bamboo ezigulini.Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi lezi zixubho zingahle zibolekele ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuya kweziyisikhombisa kuphela.
Elinye ithuba lokunciphisa ipulasitiki lilele ekhabetheni lethu.Obhasikidi, iziphanyeko, amarack ezicathulo nezikhwama zokuhlanza ezomile ziyimithombo yansuku zonke yepulasitiki.
Nazi ezinye izindlela ongazicabangela.Esikhundleni sobhasikidi bezingubo zepulasitiki nobhasikidi bezingubo, kuthiwani ngobhasikidi abenziwe ngamafreyimu enziwe ngokhuni nelineni noma izikhwama zikaseyili?
Iziphanyeko zokhuni zingabiza kancane, kodwa zihlala isikhathi eside kunama-hangers epulasitiki.Ngesizathu esithile, izingubo zethu zibukeka kangcono kuma-hangers okhuni.Shiya iziphanyeko zepulasitiki esitolo.
Namuhla, kunezinketho eziningi zezixazululo zokugcina kunanini ngaphambili-kuhlanganise namakhabhinethi ezicathulo ezenziwe ngokuphelele ngezinto zemvelo.Ezinye izindlela ezishumekwe ezikhwameni zokuhlanza ezomile zepulasitiki zingase zithathe isikhathi;kodwa-ke, singaqiniseka ukuthi lezi zikhwama zokuhlanza izingubo zingaphinda zisetshenziswe inqobo nje uma zihlanzekile futhi zingenawo amalebula.Vele uwafake esikhwameni sepulasitiki ukuze uwasebenzise kabusha.
Ake siphethe ngencazelo emfushane mayelana neziqukathi zokudla neziphuzo.Zingenye indawo enkulu yethuba lokunciphisa imikhiqizo yepulasitiki.Njengoba kushiwo ngenhla, sebeyizisulu zikahulumeni kanye namaketanga amakhulu okudla okusheshayo.
Ekhaya, singasebenzisa iziqukathi zokudla zengilazi nezensimbi ukuze sibambe amabhokisi okudla kwasemini kanye nezinsalela.Uma usebenzisa izikhwama zepulasitiki ekudleni kwasemini noma okokuqandisa, khumbula ukuthi zingawashwa futhi ziphinde zisetshenziswe izikhathi eziningi.
Utshani obubolayo buyancipha futhi bushibhile.Okubaluleke kakhulu, sicela ugweme ukuthenga iziphuzo zamabhodlela epulasitiki ngangokunokwenzeka.
I-Orillia inohlelo oluhle kakhulu lwebhokisi eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka (www.orillia.ca/en/living-here/recycling.collections), futhi yaqoqa cishe amathani angama-516 epulasitiki ngonyaka odlule.Inani lepulasitiki eliqoqwe ngu-Orillia ukuze ligaywe kabusha liyakhula minyaka yonke, okubonisa ukuthi baningi abantu abagaya kabusha—okuyinto enhle-kodwa futhi kukhombisa ukuthi abantu basebenzisa amapulasitiki amaningi.
Ekugcineni, izibalo ezingcono kakhulu ziqinisekisa ukuthi sinciphisa kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kwamapulasitiki.Masikwenze umgomo wethu.