Izicwangciso zokuvala izinto ezinje ngeplasitiki esetyenziswayo enye, iipleyiti kunye neekomityi zepolystyrene eNgilani ziye zaqhubela phambili inyathelo elinye njengoko abaphathiswa beqalisa ukubonisana noluntu ngalo mbandela.
Unobhala wezendalo uGeorge Eustice uthe “lixesha lokuba siyishiye ngasemva inkcubeko yethu yokulahla kwakanye”.
Malunga ne-1.1 yeebhiliyoni zeepleyiti ezisetyenziswa kanye kunye kunye ne-4.25 yeebhiliyoni zezinto zokusika - ubukhulu becala zeplastiki - zisetyenziswa minyaka le, kodwa nje i-10% iphinda isetyenziswe xa ilahlwa.
Udliwano-ndlebe noluntu, apho uluntu luza kufumana ithuba lokunika izimvo zalo, luya kuthatha iiveki ezilishumi elinesibini.
Urhulumente uzakuphinda ajonge ukuba anganqandwa njani na ezinye iimveliso ezingcolisekileyo ezifana nezosuleli ezimanzi ezineplastiki, izihluzi zecuba kunye neengxowa.
Amanyathelo anokubakho anokubona iplastiki ivaliwe kwezi zinto kwaye kuya kufuneka kufakwe iilebhile kwipakethe ukunceda abantu bazilahle ngokuchanekileyo.
Ngo-2018, isithintelo sikarhulumente se-microbead saqala ukusebenza eNgilani kwaye kunyaka olandelayo kwabe kuthintelwa izitro zeplastiki, izihlunu zeziselo, kunye ne-cotton buds zeplastiki zeza eNgilani.
Umnumzana Eustice uthe urhulumente "ulwe imfazwe ngokungeyomfuneko, iiplastiki ezimoshayo" kodwa abakhankaseli bendalo bathi urhulumente akakhawulezi ngokwaneleyo.
Iplastiki yingxaki kuba ayiwohloki iminyaka emininzi, idla ngokuphelela kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma, njengenkunkuma emaphandleni okanye kwiilwandlekazi zehlabathi.
Ehlabathini jikelele, ngaphezu kwesigidi esinye seentaka kunye nezilwanyana zaselwandle ezingaphezu kwe-100,000 ezifayo minyaka le ngenxa yokutya okanye ukuxakwa yinkunkuma yeplastiki, ngokwamanani karhulumente.
Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-20-2023