Hoʻopuka ka US Senate i ke kānāwai!Ua pāpā ʻia ʻo EPS no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana lawelawe meaʻai, nā mea hoʻoluʻu, etc.
Ua hoʻolauna ʻo US Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) a me US Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) i ke kānāwai e ʻimi nei e pāpā i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka polystyrene i hoʻonui ʻia (EPS) i nā huahana lawelawe meaʻai, nā mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa, nā mea hoʻopihapiha wehe a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe.ʻO ke kānāwai, i kapa ʻia ʻo Farewell Bubble Act, e pāpā i ke kūʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka ʻūhā EPS i kekahi mau huahana ma Ianuali 1, 2026.
ʻO ka poʻe kākoʻo o ka pāpā ʻana i ka EPS hoʻohana hoʻokahi e kuhikuhi i ka huʻu palaka ma ke ʻano he kumu o nā microplastics i ke kaiapuni no ka mea ʻaʻole ia e haki.ʻOiai hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia ka EPS, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia ia e nā papahana alanui no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana hou iā lākou.
Ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻokō ʻana, ʻo ka hewa mua e hopena i kahi leka hoʻomaopopo.ʻO ka hewa ma hope mai, e uku ʻia he $250 no ka hewa ʻelua, $500 no ke kolu o ka hewa, a me $1,000 no kēlā me kēia hewa ʻehā a me ka hewa hope.
E hoʻomaka ana me Maryland ma 2019, ua hoʻokō nā mokuʻāina a me nā kaona i nā pāpā EPS i ka meaʻai a me nā ʻeke ʻē aʻe.ʻO Maine, Vermont, New York, Colorado, Oregon, a me Kaleponi, ma waena o nā mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe, ua pāpā ʻia ka EPS o kēlā me kēia ʻano.
ʻOiai ʻo kēia mau pāpā, manaʻo ʻia ke koi no ka styrofoam e ulu i 3.3 pakeneka i kēlā me kēia makahiki a hiki i 2026, e like me ka hōʻike.ʻO kekahi o nā noi nui e hoʻoulu ai i ka ulu ʻana ʻo ka home insulation - kahi mea i kēia manawa no ka hapalua o nā papahana insulation āpau.
ʻO Senatoa Richard Blumenthal o Connecticut, Senatoa Angus King o Maine, Senatoa Ed Markey a me Elizabeth Warren o Massachusetts, Senatoa Jeff Merkley a me Senatoa Ron Warren o Oregon Senator Wyden, Senatoa Bernie Sanders o Vermont a me Senatoa Peter Welch ua kakau inoa ma ke ano he mau kākoʻo.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-29-2023