NguNick Eardley
Umbhaleli wezopolitiko weBBC
Agasti 28,2021.

Urhulumente wase-UK ubhengeze izicwangciso zokuvala ukusetyenziswa kweplastiki enye, iipleyiti kunye neekomityi zepolystyrene eNgilani njengenxalenye yento ebizwa ngokuba "yimfazwe yeplastiki".

Abaphathiswa bathi eli nyathelo liza kunceda ukunciphisa inkunkuma kunye nokunciphisa ubuninzi benkunkuma yeplastiki elwandle.

Ukubonisana ngomgaqo-nkqubo kuya kuqaliswa ekwindla - nangona urhulumente engazange akhuphe ngaphandle kokubandakanya ezinye izinto ekuvinjweni.

Kodwa abaphembeleli bendalo bathi kufuneka amanyathelo angxamisekileyo nabanzi.

IScotland, iWales kunye neNorthern Ireland sele inezicwangciso zokuvala ukusetyenziswa kweplastiki enye, kwaye i-European Union yazisa ukuvalwa okufanayo ngoJulayi - ukubeka abaphathiswa eNgilani phantsi koxinzelelo ukuba bathathe inyathelo elifanayo.

1.  Amanqanaba 'akhwankqisayo' ongcoliseko lweplastiki ngo-2040

2. Iifemu ezingama-20 zenza isiqingatha sayo yonke iplastiki esetyenziswa kanye

3. Izitro zeplastiki kunye ne-cotton buds zivaliwe eNgilani

Ngokwe-avareji, umntu ngamnye eNgilani usebenzisa iipleyiti zeplastiki ezili-18 ezisetyenziswa kanye kunye nezinto ezingama-37 zeplastiki ezisetyenziswa kanye ngonyaka, ngokwamanani karhulumente.

Abaphathiswa bakwanethemba lokwazisa amanyathelo phantsi koMthetho osaYilwayo wokusiNgqongileyo ukujongana nongcoliseko lweplastiki - olufana neskimu sokubuyiswa kwediphozithi kwiibhotile zeplastiki ukukhuthaza ukurisayikilishwa kunye nerhafu yokupakishwa kweplastiki - kodwa esi sicwangciso esitsha siya kuba sisixhobo esongezelelweyo.

UMthetho osaYilwayo wokusiNgqongileyo uyahamba ePalamente kwaye awukabi ngumthetho.

Uthethwano malunga nesindululo sesikim sokubuyisela idipozithi eNgilani, eWales naseNorthern Ireland yagqitywa ngoJuni.

Unobhala wezeNdalo uGeorge Eustice uthe wonke umntu "ubonile umonakalo owenziwa yiplastiki kwindawo yethu" kwaye kulungile "ukubeka imilinganiselo eya kujongana neplastiki esasazeke ngokungakhathali kwiipaki zethu kunye neendawo eziluhlaza kwaye zihlanjwe kwiilwandle".

Wongeze wathi: “Senze inkqubela-phambili yokuguqula imeko yeplastiki, sithintele ukubonelelwa kwezitro zeplastiki, iistirrers kunye necotton buds, ngelixa intlawulo yebhegi yethu ephetheyo icuthe intengiso nge-95% kwiivenkile ezinkulu.

"Ezi zicwangciso ziya kusinceda ukuba siphelise ukusetyenziswa ngokungeyomfuneko kweeplastiki ezonakalisa indawo yethu yendalo."