Ngexesha lo bhubhani, uninzi lwethu lwaba ziingcali ekwenzeni ikofu (nokwenza iilati kunye neecappuccinos) ekhaya.Nangona kunjalo, ukuba uye wagonywa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, inzuzo enkulu inokuba kukutyelela ivenkile yekofu yasekhaya kwakhona ukuze ufumane i-caffeine yokubuyisela imihla ngemihla.Haleluya!
Kodwa emva kokusela ikomityi ye-ceramic ekhaya unyaka okanye ngaphezulu, unokujonga ngequbuliso iphepha okanye indebe yeplastiki kwaye ucinge, "Kubi kangakanani oku kwimekobume?"
U-Isaac Emery, umseki nomcebisi oyintloko we-Informed Sustainability Consulting, uthe akulunganga oku.
"Izinto ezilahlwayo azinakugcinwa," u-Emery uxelele i-Huffington Post.“Uzinzo lunokuthetha izinto ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, kodwa kuyo nayiphi na imeko, oko akuthethi ukulisebenzisa kube kanye nokuyilahla.Ukwenza oko kuya kusoloko kuneendleko zendalo.”
Nangona ngokuqhelekileyo sicinga ngephepha njengelinokurisayiklishwa, uEmery uthi i-waxy lining ethintela iikomityi ezilahlwayo ukuba zingawi xa zizaliswe lulwelo zenza oku kube nzima.Umzekelo, i-Starbucks ibizama ukufumana indlela yokwenza iikomityi zayo zephepha ziphinde zisebenze iminyaka.
"Iikomityi zephepha zihlala zifakwe ngephepha ngaphakathi kunye ne-polymer (iplastiki), ngoko ke azikwazi ukuphinda zisetyenziswe kwaye zivame ukuthunyelwa kwindawo yokulahla inkunkuma," watsho uMark Driscoll, ingcali yozinzo kunye nomseki wenkampani yokubonisana neTasting the Future.“Nangona kunjalo, iikomityi ezibhalwe ‘biodegradable or compostable’ zidla ngokufakwa i-poly(lactic acid) kwaye zinokuvundiswa.”
Ngelishwa, ngenxa yokunqongophala kwezixhobo zokwenziwa komgquba okanye iindleko ezinxulumene ne-composting, uninzi lwazo luphelela kwiindawo zokulahla inkunkuma.Ukongezelela, “ukuze kuhlangatyezwane nemfuneko yekhadibhodi (iphepha elisetyenziselwa iikomityi), imithi ekude njengaseRashiya naseBrazil inokugawulwa, yaye inkoliso yemithi ayikakwenziwa ngephepha elihlaziyiweyo,” watsho uDriscoll."Ukuqinisekisa ukuba ikomityi isebenzisa ikhadibhodi kwimithombo yeenkuni ezizinzileyo, nceda ujonge i-FSC (uPhawu loLawulo lwaMahlathi)."
Iikomityi ezininzi zeplastiki ezisetyenziselwa iziselo ezikhenkcezisiweyo nazo azamkelwa yinkqubo yokurisayikilishwa.UDriscoll wathi: “Uninzi lwenziwe ngepolypropylene, engamkelekanga kwiinkqubo ezininzi zokuphinda zisetyenziswe ecaleni kwendlela.”
Ngaba uziva ngathi kufuneka uyeke umkhwa wokusela ikofu ngokupheleleyo?Hayi ngokukhawuleza.Ezinye iindlela zekofu eziphumayo zihambelana nokusingqongileyo kunezinye.Apha, uDriscoll kunye no-Emery babeka zonke iinketho zendebe:
Nangona sisekwindawo engaqhelekanga ngexesha lo bhubhani, ukuba ngenene uhlala kwivenkile yekofu (mhlawumbi banendawo yokuhlala yangaphandle) kwaye bazive bekhululekile ukusela kwiikomityi zabo zeceramic, yeyona ndlela izinzileyo ngokuka-Emmer Kwilizwi, sela ikofu kwivenkile yekofu.Ngenxa yokuba ezi zinokuhlanjwa kwi-dishwasher, zisebenzisa amandla amancinci (kunye nesepha encinci) kunezinto ekufuneka zihlanjwe ngesandla (njengeeglasi zokuhamba).
"Uzinzo lunokuthetha izinto ezininzi ezahlukeneyo, kodwa kuyo nayiphi na imeko, oko akuthethi ukuba uyisebenzise kube kanye kwaye uyilahle."
Ukuba uzisa imagi yakho yokuhamba (imagi yeCopco eboniswe kumfanekiso ongezantsi), ingcono kakhulu kunemagi elahlayo, kodwa ayifezekanga.UEmery wathi: “Ukwenza izinto ezifana nentsimbi engatyiwa, okanye okubi ngakumbi, iikomityi zeplastiki ezithathwayo kunokuba nempembelelo kwimekobume.Iimagi zeplastiki zinzima, nto leyo ethetha ukuba kukho iplastiki eninzi ngaphakathi.”
Nangona kunjalo, ukuba uyisebenzisa rhoqo, imagi yokuthatha uhambo inokuba lukhetho olunobuhlobo kakhulu nokusingqongileyo."Ukuba usebenzisa i-mug yokuhamba nge-50, i-100, okanye i-200 amaxesha, iindleko zokusingqongileyo ziya kuncitshiswa kakhulu," kusho u-Emery.
Ngokutsiba isiciko seplastiki, uya kusebenzisa iplastiki encinci (nangona isiselo sakho siya kubanda ngokukhawuleza)."Ukuba [indebe] ine-biodegradable plant lining, iphuculwa ukuya kwi-B," uDriscoll ubonisa.
Ngenxa yokuba isiciko songeza iplastiki eyongezelelweyo, kubi kakhulu kwimo engqongileyo kunekomityi yephepha engenasiciko.
Ngelishwa, ukuba uthenga ikofu ye-iced kwikomityi yeplastiki, kukho iindlela ezimbalwa zokuphumelela."Iikomityi zeplastiki ezisetyenziselwa iziselo ze-iced zineengxaki kwaye azivunyelwanga ngokubanzi kwiinkqubo zokuphinda zisetyenziswe," kusho uDriscoll.
Nangona iindiza zephepha zingcono kuneeplastiki (iplastiki encinci esiyisebenzisayo, ingcono), u-Emery ubonisa ukuba xa sele zigqunywe ngekofu, azikwazi ukuphinda zisetyenziswe.
U-Emery ubonisa ukuba ukuba ufuna ukunciphisa i-carbon footprint yakho ngelixa ukhetha iikomityi zokukhupha ezinokuthi zingabonakali ngokusingqongileyo, unokuzama ukukhetha iziphuzo zekofu ezizinzileyo.
“Esona siselo usiselayo sinempembelelo enkulu kwindalo esingqongileyo kunekomityi yekofu,” utshilo.Ke, ukuba ufuna ukulungisa ezinye zeziphumo zekomityi, nceda uthenge iziselo ezihambelana nokusingqongileyo.
Enye indlela kukukhetha ubisi lwesityalo endaweni yobisi kuba lunendawo encinci yekhabhoni.Okanye kungcono, sela ikofu yakho emnyama.“Ubisi lolona luyingozi kwimekobume, kulandele ikofu, kulandele iikomityi.Ukuba ufuna ukukhetha esona siselo silungileyo kokusingqongileyo, oda ikomityi yekofu yaseMelika okanye ikofu emnyama,” utshilo u-Emery.
Ngoku ukuba uyazi kakuhle indlela yokwenza isiselo sakho sekofu esiphumayo silondolozeke ngakumbi, unokubuyela umva kwaye ukhathazeke ngomonakalo oya kuwenza kwiakhawunti yakho yebhanki.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Dec-14-2021