Hana Amfani da Fadada Polystyrene (EPS)

Majalisar dattijan Amurka ta ba da shawarar kafa doka! An haramta EPS don amfani a cikin samfuran sabis na abinci, masu sanyaya, da sauransu.
Sanata Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) da dan majalisar wakilai na Amurka Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) sun gabatar da dokar da ke neman hana amfani da fadada polystyrene (EPS) a cikin samfuran sabis na abinci, na'urorin sanyaya, na'urori masu laushi da sauran dalilai. Dokar, wacce aka fi sani da Dokar Farewell Bubble, za ta haramta siyarwa ko rarraba kumfa EPS a duk faɗin ƙasar a wasu samfuran a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2026.

Masu fafutukar hana amfani da EPS guda ɗaya suna nuni ga kumfa filastik a matsayin tushen microplastics a cikin muhalli saboda baya rushewa gaba ɗaya. Ko da yake EPS ana iya sake yin amfani da shi, gabaɗaya ayyukan gefen hanya ba su karɓe shi saboda ba su da ikon sake sarrafa su.

Dangane da aiwatarwa, cin zarafi na farko zai haifar da rubutaccen sanarwa. Cin zarafi na gaba zai haifar da tarar $250 na laifi na biyu, $500 na laifi na uku, da $1,000 na kowane hudu da laifin da ya biyo baya.

An fara da Maryland a cikin 2019, jihohi da gundumomi sun sanya dokar hana EPS akan abinci da sauran kayan abinci. Maine, Vermont, New York, Colorado, Oregon, da California, a tsakanin sauran jihohi, suna da haramcin EPS iri ɗaya ko wani a cikin tasiri.

Duk da waɗannan haramcin, ana sa ran buƙatar styrofoam zai karu da kashi 3.3 a kowace shekara ta 2026, a cewar wani rahoto. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan aikace-aikacen da ke haifar da haɓaka shine rufin gida - wani abu wanda yanzu ya kai kusan rabin duk ayyukan rufewa.

Sanata Richard Blumenthal na Connecticut, Sanata Angus Sarkin Maine, Sanata Ed Markey da Elizabeth Warren na Massachusetts, Sanata Jeff Merkley da Sanata Ron Warren na Oregon Sanata Wyden, Sanata Bernie Sanders na Vermont da Sanata Peter Welch sun sanya hannu a matsayin masu tallafawa.