Lub xeev txoj cai tswjfwm thiab hloov cov cwj pwm hloov pauv ntim thoob plaws hauv tsev so, khw muag khoom noj, thiab tsev noj mov
Tau ntau xyoo, cov tshuaj zawv plaub hau thiab cov tshuaj zawv plaub hau me me zaum ntawm cov txee chav dej ntawm Holiday Inn thaj chaw thoob plaws Illinois. Cov neeg saib xyuas hauv tsev tau khaws lawv txhua hnub, cov qhua tau ntim lawv lossis tso lawv ib nrab- siv, thiab cov khoom seem tau xaus rau hauv qhov chaw pov tseg los ntawm ntau txhiab txhua lub lim tiam.
Lub caij nplooj zeeg no, ntawm ib qho Nyiaj so koobtsheej Inn hauv suburban Chicago, cov fwj tau ploj mus. Phab ntsa- cov khoom siv txuas tau muab lawv qhov chaw. Ib tus neeg saib xyuas tsev nyob ntawm lub tsev so, uas tau thov tsis qhia npe vim tias nws tsis raug tso cai hais tawm rau pej xeem, hais tias cov neeg ua haujlwm tau txais kev cob qhia txog cov txheej txheem tshiab rau lub Rau Hli. "Peb tau hais kom hloov txoj cai," nws hais. "Tsis muaj leej twg yws. Nws ua haujlwm tsawg dua rau peb tam sim no."
Txoj Cai Illinois Me Lub raj mis yas, kos npe los ntawm Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws JB Pritzker thaum Lub Yim Hli 2024, txwv cov tsev so uas muaj 50 chav lossis ntau dua los ntawm kev muab ib zaug xwb- siv lub raj mis yas ntawm cov khoom tu tus kheej pib txij Lub Xya Hli 1, 2025. Cov tsev so me tau ntsib tib yam yuav tsum tau pib txij lub Ib Hlis 2026. Cov neeg ua txhaum cai raug nplua 50 lus ceeb toom txog $1.
Illinois koom nrog Washington, New York, thiab California hauv kev tsom mus rau cov khoom siv hauv tsev so. Marriott International, uas muaj ntau dua 8,000 cov khoom thoob ntiaj teb, tshaj tawm xyoo 2019 tias nws yuav tshem tawm cov fwj me me. Lub tuam txhab txhawb nqa Illinois txoj cai.
"Los ntawm kev txo lawv cov hneev taw thiab xaiv rau kev lag luam ntau dua thiab ib puag ncig- kev xaiv cov khoom siv hauv tsev zoo nkauj, Illinois 'lub tsev so kev lag luam yuav khaws ntau txhiab phaus yas tawm ntawm peb qhov chaw pov tseg thiab cov dej," Andrea Densham, tus kws tshaj lij txoj cai loj rau Alliance for the Great Lakes, hauv nqe lus tom qab daim nqi kos npe.
Tsev so yog ib feem ntawm kev hloov pauv loj dua. Thaum Lub Ib Hlis Ntuj xyoo 2025, California txoj cai txwv tsis pub siv cov khoom noj khoom noj polystyrene nthuav dav tau tshwm sim tom qab cov tuam txhab lag luam ua tsis tiav 25 feem pua cov khoom siv rov ua dua raws li qhov yuav tsum tau ua raws li Senate Bill 54. Oregon txwv tsis pub ua npuas dej ntim thiab ntim khoom uas muaj PFAS pib tib lub hlis. Virginia tam sim no txwv tsis pub polystyrene ntawm cov chaw tsim khoom noj nrog 20 lossis ntau qhov chaw, nrog rau cov lag luam me yuav tsum ua raws li Lub Xya Hli 2026.
Cov kev hloov pauv tau tsim lub nra hnyav. Eric Terry, tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Virginia Tsev Noj Mov, Chaw Nyob, thiab Kev Ncig Tebchaws, hais rau Food Tank tias ib tus neeg ua haujlwm ntau -unitor hauv nws lub koom haum kwv yees tus nqi hloov mus rau lwm lub thawv ntawm $ 30,000 txog $ 40,000 toj xyoo.
"Lawv yuav tawm tsam ntau dua li yuav luag txhua tus neeg los sim ua qhov no," Terry hais txog cov khw noj mov me me uas vam khom ntau ntawm cov ntim ua npuas ncauj.
Hauv York County, Virginia, Christopher Reitzel, tus tswv ntawm lub tsheb thauj khoom noj The Wandering Sausage, tau hais thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2025 tias nws tseem tsis tau hloov mus rau cov thawv ntim khoom raws li txoj cai. "Lub sijhawm no, peb tab tom saib cov kev xaiv sib txawv thiab tus nqi zoo tshaj," nws hais.
Lwm tus tau yoog nrog kev sib txhuam tsawg. Nicole Pereira, tus thawj coj ntawm Amber Ox Public House thiab tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Williamsburg Area Restaurant Association, tau hais tias nws tsis tau hnov dua tsis txaus siab. "Nrog rau cov nqi ntawm cov khoom lag luam nce ntxiv tsis tu ncua thiab tsuas yog tom qab cuam tshuam nrog COVID, cov neeg nyob hauv kev lag luam muaj cov tawv nqaij tuab los daws cov kev nce ntxiv thiab kev hloov pauv rau kev lag luam," nws hais.
Cov khw muag khoom noj ntsib lawv tus kheej hloov pauv. California's SB 1053, kos npe rau xyoo 2024, yuav tshem tawm tag nrho cov hnab yas checkout- suav nrog cov tuab "rov siv tau" versions- ntawm cov khw muag khoom loj thiab cov khw muag khoom pib txij Lub Ib Hlis 1, 2026. Cov hnab ntawv uas muaj tsawg kawg yog 40 feem pua cov ntsiab lus rov ua dua tshiab yuav muaj rau tus nqi tsawg kawg 10-xees.
Txoj cai tau kaw qhov tsis txaus ntseeg uas cov pab pawg ib puag ncig tau thuam ntau xyoo. Thaum California dhau nws thawj lub hnab yas txwv nyob rau hauv 2014, cov hnab yas tuab dua li kev lag luam rov siv tau raug zam. Kev tshawb nrhiav los ntawm California Tus Kws Lij Choj General Rob Bonta tom qab pom tias cov hnab no tsis tuaj yeem rov ua dua tshiab ntawm lub xeev cov chaw.
Bonta tau hais thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2025 thaum tshaj tawm txog $ 1.7 lab kev daws teeb meem nrog plaub lub hnab yas uas tau tshaj tawm tias "Tsoomfwv cov hnab nqa nqa mus rau hauv qhov chaw pov tseg, qhov cub, thiab ib puag ncig es tsis txhob rov siv dua li cov hnab ntim khoom. "Tsis muaj tuam txhab lag luam nyob saum txoj cai."
Celeste Meiffren-Swango, xeev tus thawj coj ntawm Ib puag ncig Oregon, tau pom cov teeb meem zoo sib xws hauv nws lub xeev. "Cov hnab tuab no yog muag raws li ib yam dab tsi uas tuaj yeem rov siv dua 100 zaug," nws hais. "Hmoov tsis zoo, ob peb tus neeg tau rov qab siv dua. Qhov tshwm sim? Lawv xaus li cov thoob khib nyiab thiab ua phem rau peb ib puag ncig ntau npaum li cov hnab yas nyias nyias tau ua."
Nyob rau hauv Washington, tus nqi teem sijhawm yuav nce tus nqi tsawg kawg nkaus ntawm cov hnab yas nqa los ntawm 8 xees mus rau 12 xees pib txij Lub Ib Hlis 2026. Lub Xeev Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv tau txhawb nqa cov neeg yuav khoom nqa lawv lub hnab. Cov nqi ntawv lub hnab tseem nyob ntawm 8 xees. Cov neeg siv khoom noj khoom haus xws li WIC lossis SNAP raug zam.
Cov kev tshawb fawb ntawm cov neeg siv khoom pom tau tias cov neeg yuav khoom tau txais kev saib xyuas. Kev tshawb fawb McKinsey ntawm ntau tshaj 11,000 tus neeg teb thoob plaws 11 lub teb chaws, ua nyob rau hauv thawj peb lub hlis twg ntawm 2025, pom tias recyclability ranked raws li qhov tseem ceeb ntawm sustainability yam ntxwv ntawm ntim nyob rau hauv txhua lub teb chaws soj ntsuam. Ib qho kev tshawb fawb cais los ntawm Shorr Ntim ntawm 2,016 Asmeskas cov neeg siv khoom, tshaj tawm thaum Lub Ib Hlis 2025, pom tias 90 feem pua hais tias lawv muaj feem ntau yuav los ntawm ib hom khoom nrog eco{10}}cov khoom ntim zoo.
Kev txaus siab them nyiaj ntau txawv raws hnub nyoog. Hauv kev tshawb fawb Shorr, 49 feem pua ntawm Gen Z cov neeg teb thiab 47 feem pua ntawm Millennials tau hais tias lawv yuav siv nyiaj ntxiv rau kev ntim khoom ruaj khov, piv nrog 37 feem pua ntawm Boomers.
Pab pawg kev lag luam American Recyclable Plastic Bag Alliance tau thawb rov qab los tawm tsam kev txwv. Erin Hass, tus kws tshaj lij, tau sib cav tias cov hnab yas- hom hnab rov qab siv tau feem ntau muaj cov yas thiab tsis tuaj yeem rov ua dua, thaum cov hnab yas tuaj yeem siv dua. Hass tau hais tias "tus nqi hnab tuaj yeem nce ntxiv los txhawb kom rov siv dua thiab txhawb kev nqis peev ntau dua hauv kev sau thiab rov ua dua tshiab," Hass tau hais.
Extended Producer Responsibility cai, uas xav kom cov neeg tsim khoom siv nyiaj rov ua dua tshiab, tam sim no tau dhau los hauv xya lub xeev Asmeskas, raws li Sustainable Packaging Coalition. California thiab Oregon pib sau cov ntaub ntawv ntim khoom los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom hauv xyoo 2025, nrog rau kev sau nqi ua raws. Minnesota xav kom cov neeg tsim khoom sau npe nrog lub xeev lub luag haujlwm lub koom haum tsim khoom, nrog rau lub Xya Hli 2025 hnub kawg.
Hauv New Jersey, xyoo 2022 txwv tsis pub siv ib zaug xwb - siv hnab yas kuj txwv tsis pub hnab ntawv ntawm qhov nyiaj tawm - qhov kev txiav txim siab uas tau tawm tsam. Ib txoj kev tshawb fawb xyoo 2024 tau pom tias thaum siv cov hnab tsawg dua tag nrho, tag nrho cov khoom siv yas siv hauv lub xeev tau nce peb npaug vim tias cov neeg yuav khoom tau hloov mus rau cov khoom tuab uas tsis yog -woven polypropylene totes. Txoj cai tau tshaj tawm thaum lig 2025 yuav rov qab cov hnab ntawv raws li kev xaiv.
Coastal Cleanup Day cov ntaub ntawv nyob rau hauv California muaj ib qho kev ntsuas ntawm kev txwv cov teebmeem. Hauv xyoo 2009, cov hnab yas khoom noj khoom haus tau ua 8.7 feem pua ntawm cov khib nyiab pom los ntawm cov neeg tuaj yeem pab dawb. Hauv 2024, lawv tag nrho 1.6 feem pua.
Eben Schwartz, tus thawj tswj hwm kev pab cuam hauv dej hiav txwv ntawm California Coastal Commission tau hais tias "Yog tias leej twg tau qhia koj txog kev txwv lub hnab yas tsis ua haujlwm, qhov no ua pov thawj tias lawv tsis raug,"
