Muchikwata chezvikonzero zvakarasika, kudzivirira bhegi regirosari repurasitiki rinoratidzika kunge riri kumusoro uko nekutsigira kuputa mundege kana kuponda kwevana.Chibhegi chichena chinowanikwa kwose kwose chakafamba zvakapetwa kaviri kunze kwemaziso kupinda munzvimbo yekunetsa veruzhinji, chiratidzo chemarara uye kuwandisa uye kuwedzera kwekuparadzwa kwezvisikwa.Asi uko kune indasitiri iri panjodzi, kune gweta, uye mumiriri webhegi repurasitiki mukuru ndiStephen L. Joseph, mukuru weiyo quixotically inonzi Save the Plastic Bag campaign.

Munguva pfupi yapfuura, Joseph nechikonzero chake vakatora zvishoma.NeChipiri chapfuura, Los Angeles yakava guta richangoburwa reAmerica kurwisa bhegi, apo kanzuru yeguta rayo yakavhota yakabvumirana kurambidza mapurasitiki muzvitoro zvese nezvitoro panosvika 2010 kana mari yenyika yose pamabhegi isati yaiswa. zvino.(Inofungidzirwa kuti Los Angeles inoshandisa 2 bhiriyoni mabhegi epurasitiki pagore, 5% chete ayo anodzokororwa.) Joseph akamhan'arira Los Angeles County nechikonzero chekuti haina kugadzirira Environmental Impact Report pakurambidzwa kwemabhegi se. zvinodiwa nemutemo weCalifornia.

Mwedzi wapfuura, Manhattan Beach, Calif., Yakagamuchira chisungo chakafanana, zvakare pamusoro pekupokana kwaJoseph uye maneja emutemo.Uye muna Chikunguru apfuura, guta rekumusha kwaJoseph reSan Francisco rakava guta rekutanga reAmerica kumisa kurambidzwa.(Joseph anga ari pamhosva chete kubva munaJune, saka izvo hazvisi mukoramu yake.)

Aimbove mumiriri weWashington, akaberekerwa kuEngland uye achizeza kupa makore ake se50-chimwe chinhu, anobvuma kuti ihondo yekukwira kuyedza kuvandudza mufananidzo wechinhu chinorasa chakasungirirwa kune zvese kubva mukudziya kwepasi kusvika pakutsamira pamafuta nerufu. zvehupenyu hwemugungwa.Kunyanya muCalifornia.Kunyanya mu-ultra-liberal Marin County.Zvakamutorera anopfuura gore mushure mekunge vagadziri vemabhegi vauya vachidana kuti vatore chikonzero."Zvakaoma kwazvo kupikisa ngano uye ruzivo," anodaro kubva kuTiburon, Calif., mahofisi ezvemitemo."Ndiri show yemunhu mumwe."

Segweta, mutauriri akanaka kwazvo: muna 2003 akamhan'arira Kraft Foods kudzivirira kutengeswa kweOreo cookies kuvana vari pasi pemakore gumi nerimwe muCalifornia, nechikonzero chekuti vaive vakazara nemafuta ekutengesa.Kunyange zvazvo asina kukunda muhondo, akakunda hondo yacho zvakajeka;Gavhuna Arnold Schwarzenegger akasaina mutemo unopesana nemafuta-mafuta mumutemo muna July 25. Kare, Joseph akamhan'arira dhipatimendi rekupaka reSan Francisco kuti atore sangano kubvisa graffiti kubva pazviratidzo zvayo, uye akanga ari anti-litter activist.Graffiti nemarara - kusanganisira, toti, mabhegi epurasitiki ekutenga - anorarama, saka ari kurova anenge .300.

Aimbova anti-litter activist angatsigira sei mabhegi epurasitiki?Joseph anoonesa, uye vamwe vezvemhoteredzo vanobvuma, kuti munzira dzakawanda mabhegi emapepa akangoshata kumhoteredzo sezvakaita epurasitiki.Nepo mabhegi emapepa achiora, anoburitsawo methane pavanenge vachiita kudaro.Nepo mabhegi epurasitiki dzimwe nguva achigadzirwa nepetrochemicals, mapepa emabhegi anoda simba rakawanda kuti rigadzirwe uye rishandiswezve.Humbowo hwekuti mabhegi epurasitiki anouraya hupenyu hwemugungwa haagumise, uye zvinowanzobvumwa kuti detritus kubva mukutengesa hove inonyanya kukuvadza.“Kunzvera kwangu muiyi nhau kwakabvumikisa kwandiri kuti chimwe chinhu chinosetsa chiri kuitika,” anodaro Joseph.“Maanti-plastic-bag campaigners haasi kupikiswa.Zvakafanana nedare redzimhosva pasina anomiririra rimwe divi.”

Kupesana nekushandiswa kwemabhegi ekutenga machira, zvisinei, kana mhando yetambo ambuya vake vangave vakaenda kumugwagwa wepamusoro, Joseph ane nharo shoma.Mabhegi epurasitiki anoita marara-mabhegi emagetsi, anodaro, kana midziyo yemarara ekati.Uye, chokwadi, vanogona kushandiswa zvakare kubata kutenga.“Munoziva here chandinofunga kuti ndicho chinhu chakanakisisa pavari?Unogona kusunda dzinenge gumi nembiri mukamuri rako regirovhosi.”

Zvisinei nekunyengetedza nharo dzake, basa raJosefa rinogona kunge rakafanana neCanute.Muna Chikumi, China yakarambidza zvitoro munyika yese kupa mabhegi epurasitiki emahara uye yakarambidza kugadzirwa, kutengesa uye kushandisa chero mabhegi epurasitiki ari pasi pechiuru chimwe cheinji.Bhutan yakarambidza mabhegi pamusana pekuti vaipindira nemufaro wenyika.Ireland yakatemera muripo we34-cent pabhegi rega rega rinoshandiswa.Uganda neZanzibar zvakavarambidza, sezvakaita misha makumi matatu muAlaska.Nyika zhinji dzakatemera kana kuti dziri kufunga nezvematanho akafanana.

Joseph anoshingirira zvakadaro, asingatyiswi nemafungu kana nezvinofungwa nevavakidzani vake veMarin County.“Ndakaudza vanhu vakawanda kuti ndiri kuedza kuchengetedza bhegi repurasitiki,” anodaro."Vanonditarisa nekutya."Asi anoti aiwa, haasati aona kunosiya vanhu vachikokwa kumabiko.“Iyi haisi nyaya yeruboshwe kana bhaketi rekurudyi.Zviri pamusoro pechokwadi.Uye ndakatsunga kuita kuti rinyoreswe.”