Bifata igihe kingana iki kugira ngo agasanduku k'itabi kabore?

ESE UZI IKINTU CYAMBUTSE CYANE MURI TENNESSEE?

Dukurikije ubushakashatsi buheruka gukorwa na Keep America Beautiful, utubuto tw’itabi dukomeje kuba ibintu bikunze kumenwa muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Bigize hafi 20% by’imyanda yose. Raporo yo mu 2021 ivuga ko utubuto tw’itabi turenga miliyari 9.7, itabi rya elegitoroniki, amakaramu ya vape n’amakarito bimenwa muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika buri mwaka, kandi ibirenga miliyari enye muri byo biri mu nzira zacu z’amazi. Byaba bijugunywa mu gisanduku cy’imyanda cyangwa bijugunywa mu mihanda cyangwa mu nzira z’amazi, nta na kimwe muri ibi kibura iyo kimaze kumenwa. Soma byinshi kuri iki kibazo hano.Udupaki tw'itabi ni impapuro kandi zishobora kongera gukoreshwa hamwe n'ibindi bikoresho by'impapuro. Menya neza ko ipaki ya pulasitiki yo hanze n'iy'imbere byakuweho mbere.

Uduce tw’itabi tugizwe na asetate ya selulose ishobora kumara imyaka 10-15 ishwanyagurika, ndetse na nyuma yaho, ihinduka utwuma duto twangiza ibidukikije. Uretse ikibazo cya plastiki, utwuma duto dusohora imyuka ihumanya (cadmium, lead, arsenic na zinc) mu mazi no mu butaka uko ibora, bigatuma ubutaka n’amazi bihumanya kandi bikagira ingaruka ku nyamaswa zo mu gasozi. Ushobora kumenya byinshi ku myanda y’itabi hano.

Imodoka zikoresha ikoranabuhanga, amakaramu ya vape na karitoli na byo ni bibi ku bidukikije. Imyanda iva muri ibi bicuruzwa ishobora kuba ibangamira ibidukikije kurusha utubuto tw'itabi. Ibi biterwa nuko e-cigarettes, amakaramu ya vape na karitoli zishobora kwinjiza pulasitiki, umunyu wa nikotine, ibyuma biremereye, icyuma cya lead, mercure na bateri za litiyumu-iyoni zigurumana mu mazi no mu butaka. Kandi bitandukanye n'imyanda y'itabi, ibi bicuruzwa ntibibora keretse mu bihe bikomeye.

NONE SE, DUFATA GUTE ICYO KIBAZO GIKOMEZA GUKORA?Udupaki tw'itabi)

Itabi, e-cigarettes, vape pens hamwe na cartridges zabyo bigomba gushyirwa mu bubiko bwabyo bukwiye. Kuri byinshi muri ibi bicuruzwa, bivuze kubijugunya mu bubiko bw'imyanda, nk'aho babika imyanda. Inyinshi muri e-cigarettes, vape pens ndetse na cartridges ntizishobora kongera gukoreshwa kubera imiti iri mu mazi ya vape.

Ariko, kubera Keep Tennessee Beautiful na TerraCycle, hashyizweho uburyo bwo kongera gukoresha ibikoresho byo mu bwoko bwa “recycling” by’umwihariko ku bisigazwa by’itabi. Kugeza ubu, ibisigazwa by’itabi birenga 275.000 byamaze kongera gukoreshwa binyuze muri iyi gahunda.

“Isegereti ziracyari ikintu gikunze kwibasirwa cyane muri iki gihe. Turateganya…kurwanya gusa imyanda y’itabi muri iki gihe cyacu cyiza, ahubwo no gukuraho imyanda myinshi mu byobo byacu binyuze mu kongera kuyikoresha binyuze muri TerraCycle,” ibi ni ibyatangajwe n’Umuyobozi Mukuru wa KTnB, Missy Marshall. “Muri ubu buryo turimo kunoza imbaraga zacu zo gukumira no kongera kuyikoresha mu gukusanya imyanda y’itabi muri buri kigo cy’ikaze cya TN ndetse n’ibigo bikorana natwe, bigatuma habaho inyungu nziza kuri Keep America Beautiful, kuko KAB ihabwa $1 kuri buri kilo cy’imyanda yakirwa na TerraCycle.”

IKORA ITE? (Bikora bite?)Udupaki tw'itabi)

Muri Pariki za Leta ya Tennessee hashyizwe amasanduku 109 y'itabi, ndetse n'imwe muri buri kigo cy'ikaze 16 muri iyo leta. Hariho kandi amasanduku menshi muri Bristol Motor Speedway, ibihembo bya buri mwaka bya CMA Awards na Tennessee State Aquarium. Ndetse na Dolly Parton yagize uruhare mu gikorwa. Sitasiyo 26 zashyizwe hirya no hino muri Dollywood, kandi zabaye pariki ya mbere ikoresha uburyo bwo kongera gukoresha buri gasanduku k'itabi kinjiye muri pariki.

NONE SE, NI IKI KIGENDA KU MBUTO?(cyangwa seUdupaki tw'itabi)

Ifumbire ya TerraCycle ikora ivu, itabi n'impapuro kandi ikoreshwa mu bintu bitari ibyo kurya, urugero, ku kibuga cya golf. Utuyunguruzo duhindurwamo uduce duto dukoreshwa mu gukora ibintu nk'intebe zo muri pariki, ameza yo kuri pikiniki, amapaleti yo gutwara ibintu, aho amagare ashyirwa ndetse n'aho gukoresha itabi rikoreshwa!

Uko wajugunya itabi ryawe, itabi ry’ikoranabuhanga n’imyanda ya vape, turagushishikariza gukora uruhare rwawe kandi nyamuneka ubishyire kure y’imihanda myiza ya Tennessee.