A cikin abubuwan da suka ɓace, kare jakar kayan miya na filastik zai zama kamar yana nan tare da tallafawa shan taba a kan jirage ko kuma kashe ƴan ƴan tsana.Sirinriyar jakar farar fata ta ko'ina ta wuce gaba da gaba zuwa cikin yanayin tashin hankali na jama'a, alamar sharar gida da wuce gona da iri da karuwar lalata yanayi.Amma inda akwai masana'antu da ke cikin haɗari, akwai lauya, kuma mai ba da shawara kan jakar filastik shine Stephen L. Joseph, shugaban kamfen ɗin mai taken Ajiye jakar filastik.

Kwanan nan, Yusufu da dalilinsa sun dauki 'yan hits.A ranar Talatar da ta gabata, Los Angeles ta zama birni na baya-bayan nan na Amurka da ya tsaya tsayin daka don adawa da jakar, lokacin da majalisar birninta ta kada kuri'a ga baki daya don hana robobi a duk manyan kantuna da shagunan sayar da kayayyaki nan da shekarar 2010 idan ba a sanya kudin jakunkunan a duk fadin jihar ba. sannan.(An kiyasta cewa Los Angeles tana amfani da buhunan filastik biliyan 2 a shekara, kashi 5% kawai ana sake yin su.) Yusufu ya shigar da kara a kan gundumar Los Angeles bisa dalilan cewa bai shirya Rahoton Tasirin Muhalli ba kan dakatar da jakunkunan kamar yadda dokar California ta buƙata.

Wata daya baya, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Ɗauki irin wannan doka, kuma game da ƙin yarda da Yusufu da hanyoyin shari'a.Kuma a watan Yulin da ya gabata, garin Yusufu na San Francisco ya zama birni na farko na Amurka da ya sanya dokar.(Yusufu ya kasance a kan batun tun watan Yuni, don haka ba a cikin shafinsa ba.)

Tsohon mai fafutukar kare hakkin bil adama na Washington, wanda aka haife shi a Ingila kuma ya ba da shekarunsa a matsayin wani abu 50, ya yarda cewa yaki ne da ke kokarin inganta hoton wani abu da aka jefar da ke da alaka da komai tun daga dumamar yanayi zuwa dogaro da mai da mutuwa. na rayuwar marine.Musamman a California.Musamman a gundumar Marin mai sassaucin ra'ayi.Sai da ya kwashe sama da shekara guda bayan da masu kera jaka suka zo suna kira don daukar matakin."Yana da matukar kalubalanci don magance tatsuniyoyi da bayanan da ba su dace ba," in ji shi daga Tiburon, Calif., ofisoshin shari'a."Ni wasan kwaikwayo ne na mutum daya."

A matsayinsa na lauya, shi ƙwararren ɗan jarida ne mai kyau: a 2003 ya kai ƙarar Kraft Foods don hana sayar da kukis na Oreo ga yara 'yan ƙasa da shekaru 11 a California, bisa dalilin cewa suna cike da kitse.Duk da cewa bai yi nasara a yakin kotu ba, a fili ya yi nasara a yakin;Gwamna Arnold Schwarzenegger ya rattaba hannu kan wata doka ta hana canza masu kitse a ranar 25 ga watan Yuli. Tun da farko, Joseph ya kai karar sashen ajiye motoci na San Francisco domin ya sa hukumar ta cire rubutun daga alamomin ta, kuma shi mai fafutukar yaki da shara ne.Graffiti da litter - ciki har da, a ce, buhunan sayayya na filastik - suna rayuwa, don haka yana yin wasa kusan .300.

Ta yaya tsohon mai fafutukar yaki da shara zai iya tallafawa buhunan filastik?Joseph ya yi nuni da cewa, wasu masana muhalli sun yarda cewa, ta hanyoyi da dama, buhunan takarda suna da illa ga muhalli kamar na robobi.Yayin da buhunan takarda ke rube, suna kuma sakin methane yayin da suke yin hakan.Yayin da ake yin buhunan filastik a wasu lokuta da sinadarai na petrochemicals, buhunan takarda suna buƙatar ƙarin kuzari don yin da sake yin fa'ida.Shaidar da ke nuna cewa jakunkunan filastik suna kashe rayuwar ruwa ba ta ƙare ba, kuma an yarda da cewa lalacewa daga kamun kifi na kasuwanci ya fi lalacewa.“Bincike da na yi a kan wannan batu ya tabbatar mini da cewa wani abu mai ban dariya yana faruwa,” in ji Joseph.“Ba a kalubalanci masu fafutukar yaki da robobi.Kamar shari’ar kotu ce babu wanda ke wakiltar wani bangaren.”

Duk da haka, game da amfani da jakunkuna na sayayya, ko nau'in zaren da kakarsa zata iya zuwa babban titi, Yusufu yana da ƙananan gardama.Jakunkuna na robobi suna yin ingantattun kwandon shara, in ji shi, ko ma'ajiyar kwandon shara.Kuma, ba shakka, ana iya sake amfani da su don riƙe sayayya."Kin san abin da nake ganin shine mafi kyawun abu game da su?Kuna iya tura kusan 12 daga cikinsu a cikin sashin safar hannu. "

Ko da yake yana lallashin gardamarsa, aikin Yusufu yana iya zama kamar Canute.A watan Yuni, kasar Sin ta haramtawa shaguna a duk fadin kasar bayar da buhunan robobi kyauta tare da haramta kerawa da sayarwa da kuma amfani da duk wani buhunan roba kasa da kashi dubu daya na inci.Bhutan ta dakatar da jakunkuna a kan dalilin cewa sun tsoma baki tare da farin cikin kasa.Ireland ta sanya wani kaso mai tsoka na 34 ga kowace jakar da aka yi amfani da ita.Yuganda da Zanzibar duk sun haramta su, kamar yadda aka haramta musu kauyuka 30 a Alaska.Kasashe da dama sun sanya ko suna la'akari da irin wannan matakan.

Yusufu yana aiki a kan duk da haka, ba tare da damuwa da ruwan sama ko kuma abin da maƙwabtansa na Marin County ya kamata su yi tunani ba."Na gaya wa mutane da yawa cewa ina ƙoƙarin ajiye jakar filastik," in ji shi."Suna kallona da tsoro."Sai dai ya ce a’a, bai ga an sauke shi ba a gayyata zuwa gayyata.“Wannan ba batu ba ne da ke cikin guga na hagu ko bokitin dama.Yana da game da gaskiya.Kuma na kuduri aniyar yin rijistar.”