Guhagarika ikoreshwa rya polystyrene yaguye (ePS)

Sena ya Amerika irasaba amategeko! EPS irabujijwe gukoresha mubicuruzwa bya serivisi yibiribwa, Coolers, nibindi
Amerika Ser. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) na Rep. D-TX) yamenyesheje amategeko ashaka gukoresha imikoreshereze ya Polystyrene Amategeko, azwi ku izina rya bubble yo gusezera, yabuzaga ishyanga mu gihugu hose cyangwa gukwirakwiza ibibyimba byinshi mu bicuruzwa bimwe na 1 Mutarama 2026.

Abunganira kubuzwa kuri eps imwe yerekana ifuro rya pulasitike nkisoko ya microplastike mubidukikije kuko idasenyutse rwose. Nubwo ePS isubirwamo, muri rusange ntabwo yemerwa numushinga kumuhanda kuko idafite ubushobozi bwo kuyandika.

Ku bijyanye no kubahiriza, ihohoterwa rya mbere rizavamo integuza yanditse. Ibikurikira byakurikiyeho bizagira amadolari 250 ku cyaha cya kabiri, amadorari 500 ku cyaha cya gatatu, na $ 1.000 kuri buri cyaha n'icya cya kane.

Guhera kuri Maryland muri 2019, leta na komine byashyizeho ePS ibuza ibiryo nibindi bipakira. Maine, Vermont, New York, Colorado, Oregon, na California, mu bindi bihugu, bafite ibihano byubwoko bumwe cyangwa ubundi mubyukuri.

Biteganijwe ko Styrofoam yagize, biteganijwe ko Styrofoam azateraga 3.3 ku ijana buri mwaka anyuze 2026. Imwe mubyiciro nyamukuru Gukura Gukura ni ukumenyesha murugo - ibikoresho ubu bigera kuri kimwe cya kabiri cyimishinga yose yo kwibasirwa.

Senateri Richard Blementhal ya Conneran, Umusenateri wa Senateri na Elizabeti warren, Senateri Ron Warren wo muri Vermon wa Vermont na Senateri Peter Welch yasinyiye nk'abaterankunga.