I ka makahiki 1982, ua hoʻoholo ka mokuʻāina o New York i ka Bila Bottle, e paipai ana i ka hana hou ʻana kūpono ma o ka koi ʻana i kahi waihona ʻelima keneta ma kekahi mau ipu inu. Mai kona kau ʻana, nā mea noiʻi kuhi ma kahi o 10,000 poʻe - ka hapa nui o lākou mai kahi ʻoihana haʻahaʻa - ma New York City wale nō i lawe pono i kēia mea hoʻoikaika a ʻohi i nā kini ʻole e loaʻa kālā i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻaʻole i unuhi ʻia ke kini piha i ka loaʻa kālā no ka nui o nā mea hiki. A 2018 Gothamist ʻatikala, no ka laʻana, kuhikuhi ʻia kahi wahine i noho me kāna keiki makua i loaʻa $10,000 wale nō i ka makahiki, ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻilihune o $16,910 no kahi ʻohana ʻelua. ʻO nā canners maikaʻi loa i hoʻolaha ʻia e Gothamist i loaʻa ma luna o $ 40,000 - a pono lākou e kūʻai i kahi kokoke i 1 miliona mau mea e loaʻa ai ka nui.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻike ka poʻe canner i kā lākou hana ma ke ʻano he ala hanohano e loaʻa kālā ai (a ʻo ia hoʻi), ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kōkua ʻana i ke kaiapuni. Mai ka pau ana o ka Bila Bottle, New Yorkers ua hana hou ʻoi aku ma mua o 4.5 billion plastic, aniani a me nā pahu mea inu alumini i kēlā me kēia makahiki, e hoʻopau ana ma kahi o 200,000 metric tons o carbon dioxide, e like me ka ʻOihana Hoʻomalu Kaiapuni o New York .
He mea maikaʻi ia no ke kaiapuni, ʻo Anthony Pemberton, he canner, i haʻi aku i ka Guardian ma kahi 2019 ninaninau. A he kanaka mālama mālama au. Loaʻa iā ʻoe ʻelima keneta no kēlā me kēia kēne, he mea hoʻoikaika.
A ʻaʻole ʻo ia wale nō. No ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo a me ke kōkua hou aku i nā mea kanu e like me Pemberton, ua hana ʻia e ka nun Katolika ʻo Ana de Luco a me ka canner Eugene Gadsden. Hiki iā mākou (SWC), he hale kūʻai ʻole ʻo Brooklyn, ʻaʻohe home-friendly nonprofit e hāʻawi i nā canners i wahi e mālama ai, hoʻonohonoho a hoʻololi i nā mea a lākou i hōʻiliʻili ai. Hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2007, ua lawelawe ʻo SWC ma mua o 400 canners a hoʻonui ʻia i kahi kikowaena kaiāulu e hāpai ana i ka hoʻomau a me ka hana hou ʻana.
He therapeutic ke kikowaena, ua haʻi ʻo de Luco i ka New York Times i kahi 2015 ninaninau . Hoʻōla i nā kānaka pū kekahi.
Wahi a ka poʻe hana ʻole pūnaewele puni honua , Hoʻohana ʻo SWC ma muli o ʻekolu mau kumu kumu: ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka nohona, ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke kaiapuni a me ka hoʻomohala waiwai. Ma waho aʻe o ka uku ʻana i nā canners no kēlā me kēia kēne i kūʻai ʻia, hāʻawi ʻo SWC i ka ʻōlelo aʻo hoʻokahi-a-hoʻokahi, me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kīhāpai kaiaulu a me kahi papahana compost loaʻa kālā. Eia kekahi, hoʻokipa ka poʻe nonprofit i nā hōʻikeʻike noʻeau kūloko a hui pū me nā kula a me nā kulanui ma nā hana hoʻonaʻauao.
E like me kēlā omole ʻelima keneta i hoʻolei ʻia ma ke alanui he mau waiwai, aʻo mākou e mahalo i ka waiwai o ke kanaka i hoʻolei ʻia e ke kaiāulu me he mea ʻole, ua haʻi aku ʻo de Luco i ka Times. No mākou, he waiwai kēlā me kēia kanaka.
No ka poʻe canner e like me Chicago Crosby (ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea lawe i kāna mau kini i SWC), ʻike ʻia kēlā waiwai i kāna hana kokoke i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ke hana nei au i kahi mea e pono ai ma ka pae honua, ua haʻi ʻo ia iā CNN ma kahi ninaninau hou . No laila, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hilahila a makaʻu paha iaʻu.
Inā hauʻoli ʻoe i kēia moʻolelo, makemake paha ʻoe e heluhelu e pili ana ʻO kēia kanaka mākaʻikaʻi he 21 makahiki e holoi nei i ke kaiapuni o nā mea hoʻohaumia kemika.
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