Kwilizwe lethu elikhulayo ledijithali, abathobekileyoiphepha ikomityi yekofuithathe ukubaluleka okutsha njengokwenza ukuba kubekho iqhina lomntu phezu kwekofu.Ngena kuyo nayiphi na ikhefi okanye iofisi kwaye uya kubona abantu benxibelelana phezu kweekomityi zephepha – oontangandini bayancokola, oogxa babo bayasebenzisana, kunye nabahlobo bebambene.I-crinkle eqhelekileyo yeekomityi zephepha sisandi sobudlelwane obakhiwayo kunye nokukhuliswa.
Iikomityi zekofu zephepha zifumana imfuno ekhulayo ngenxa yokunyuka kokuthandwa kwekofu, ngakumbi phakathi kweminyaka eyiwaka kunye nezizukulwana ezincinci.Ngokutsho kweNational Coffee Association's (NCA) uphando lonyaka, i-64% yabantu baseMelika basela ikofu yonke imihla - iminyaka emithandathu ephezulu.Inye kwezintlanu itya iikomityi ezininzi ngosuku.I-Paperboard Packaging Council ibika ukuba phantse i-4 yeebhiliyoni zeekomityi zekofu zisetyenziswa minyaka le e-US naseKhanada, kwaye imfuno inyuka nge-4.5% ngonyaka.
Iikomityi zephepha ziye zaba yinxalenye yenkcubeko yekofu kuba ziququzelela ukuphatheka kunye nokunxibelelana kwezentlalo.Ngokungafaniyo neemagi okanye iibhotile, iikomityi zephepha ezikhaphukhaphu kodwa ezizinzileyo zivumela abantu ukuba bathathe ikofu kunye nabo ngelixa behamba, beqhuba, okanye behleli kunye.Zinceda ukugcina iqondo lobushushu ngelixa zithintela ukuchitheka kwaye zinokubanjwa nokuba zizaliswe lulwelo oluphantse lubilise.
Uphononongo olwenziwa yi-Earthwatch Institute lufumanise ukuba isinye kwisithathu seencoko zenzeka ngekofu.Iikomityi zephepha zibonelela ngendlela efanelekileyo kolu nxibelelwano, zenza ukuba ube namava okwabelana nge-quintessential.Imvakalelo yabo eqhelekileyo kunye nentuthuzelo ezandleni zethu njengoko sithetha zenza iikomityi ngokwazo zibe ngumqondiso woqhagamshelwano esilwenzayo.
Ngelixa iikomityi zephepha zazikhe zagxekwa njengenkathazo yokusingqongileyo, iinkampani ziye zaphayona imveliso ezinzileyo kunye neenkqubo ezintsha zokurisayikilisha.Uninzi ngoku lusebenzisa izinto ezivuselelekayo, ezinokubola kwaye zenze inkunkuma encinci.Iindawo ezininzi zamkela iikomityi zephepha ukuze ziphinde zisetyenziswe kunye nokwenza umgquba, kwaye iinketho ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe kwakhona ziyavela.
Nangona inxalenye encinci yobomi bethu bemihla ngemihla, iikomityi zekofu zephepha zithathe ukubaluleka okungaphezulu njengomququzeleli wokubambisana kwabantu.Njengoko ikofu iqhubeka ukusisondeza kunye, iikomityi zephepha ezizinzileyo ziphembelela intsebenziswano kunye nobudlelwane obusenza sibe ngabantu.I-Crinkle yabo iye yaba sisandi esiqinisekisayo soqhagamshelwano kwihlabathi elikhulayo elingenabuntu.Ngendima abayidlalayo ekuhlanganiseni abantu ndawonye ngekofu, iikomityi zephepha ziye zazibonakalisa njengezinto eziyimfuneko.Ikamva labo, njengekamva lolwalamano lwabantu, libonakala liqaqambile.
Ukusuka kuMbutho weSizwe weKofu, iBhunga lokuPakisha lebhodi yePhepha, i-Earthwatch Institute.
Ixesha lokuposa: May-30-2023