Buza ikoreshwa rya Polystirene yagutse (EPS)

Sena ya Amerika itanga amategeko!EPS irabujijwe gukoreshwa mubicuruzwa bya serivisi byibiribwa, gukonjesha, nibindi.
Senateri w’Amerika, Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) na Depite Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) bashyizeho amategeko ashaka kubuza ikoreshwa rya polystirene yagutse (EPS) mu bicuruzwa bitanga serivisi z’ibiribwa, ibicurane, ibyuzuye byuzuye ndetse n’ibindi bikorwa.Iri tegeko rizwi ku izina rya Farewell Bubble Act, ryabuza kugurisha mu gihugu hose cyangwa gukwirakwiza ifuro rya EPS mu bicuruzwa bimwe na bimwe ku ya 1 Mutarama 2026.

Abunganira kubuza EPS gukoresha inshuro imwe berekana ifuro ya plastike nkisoko ya microplastique mubidukikije kuko idasenyuka burundu.Nubwo EPS ishobora gukoreshwa, mubisanzwe ntabwo yemerwa nimishinga yo kumuhanda kuko idafite ubushobozi bwo kuyitunganya.

Kubijyanye no kubahiriza, ihohoterwa rya mbere rizavamo integuza yanditse.Ihohoterwa rizakurikiraho rizahanishwa ihazabu y'amadolari 250 ku cyaha cya kabiri, 500 $ ku cyaha cya gatatu, na 1.000 kuri buri cyaha cya kane n'icya nyuma.

Guhera kuri Maryland muri 2019, leta hamwe namakomine zashyizeho amategeko abuza EPS kubiribwa nibindi bipakira.Maine, Vermont, New York, Colorado, Oregon, na Californiya, hamwe n’ibindi bihugu, bifite EPS ibuza ubwoko bumwe cyangwa ubundi.

Raporo ivuga ko nubwo ibyo bibujijwe, biteganijwe ko styrofoam iziyongera 3,3 ku ijana buri mwaka kugeza mu 2026.Imwe mungingo nyamukuru itera iterambere ni ugukingira urugo - ibikoresho ubu bingana hafi kimwe cya kabiri cyimishinga yose.

Senateri Richard Blumenthal wa Connecticut, Senateri Angus King wa Maine, Senateri Ed Markey na Elizabeth Warren wa Massachusetts, Senateri Jeff Merkley na Senateri Ron Warren wa Senateri Oregon, Wyden, Senateri Bernie Sanders wa Vermont na Senateri Peter Welch basinyanye nk'abaterankunga.