Kwihlabathi lethu eliya likhula ngokwedijithali, abantu abathobekileyoindebe yekofu yephephaIthathe intsingiselo entsha njengomthombo wobudlelwane phakathi kwabantu xa besitya ikofu. Ukungena kuyo nayiphi na ikhefi okanye iofisi uza kubona abantu benxibelelana besebenzisa iikomityi zephepha – oontanga bencokola, oogxa besebenzisana, kunye nabahlobo bexoxa. Ukukhanya okuqhelekileyo kweekomityi zephepha sisandi solwalamano olwakhiwayo nolukhuliswayo.
Iikomityi zekofu zephepha zijongene nemfuno ekhulayo ngenxa yokuthandwa kwekofu okukhulayo, ingakumbi phakathi kwabantu abakwiminyaka yoo-1900 kunye nezizukulwana eziselula. Ngokutsho kophando lonyaka lweNational Coffee Association (NCA), ama-64% aseMelika asela ikofu yonke imihla - inani eliphezulu leminyaka emithandathu. Omnye kwabahlanu usela iikomityi ezininzi ngosuku. I-Paperboard Packaging Council ibika ukuba phantse iikomityi zekofu zephepha ezi-4 zeebhiliyoni zisetyenziswa minyaka le e-US naseKhanada, apho imfuno inyuka nge-4.5% ngonyaka.
Iikomityi zephepha ziye zaba yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yenkcubeko yekofu kuba zenza kube lula ukuphatheka kunye nokusebenzisana nabantu. Ngokungafaniyo neekomityi okanye iibhotile, iikomityi zephepha ezilula kodwa ezihlala ixesha elide zivumela abantu ukuba bathabathe ikofu xa behamba, beqhuba, okanye behleli kunye. Zinceda ukugcina ubushushu ngelixa zithintela ukuchitheka kwaye zingabanjwa nokuba zizaliswe lulwelo oluphantse lubile.
Uphononongo olwenziwe yi-Earthwatch Institute lufumanise ukuba isinye kwisithathu seencoko zenzeka phezu kwekofu. Iikomityi zephepha zibonelela ngendlela efanelekileyo yokunxibelelana, nto leyo evumela amava ahlukeneyo aqhelekileyo. Imvakalelo yazo eqhelekileyo nethuthuzelayo ezandleni zethu njengoko sithetha yenza iikomityi ngokwazo zibe luphawu lonxibelelwano esilwenzayo.
Nangona iikomityi zephepha zazikhe zagxekwa njengengxaki yokusingqongileyo, iinkampani ziye zaba ngoovulindlela kwiinkqubo zemveliso ezizinzileyo kunye neenkqubo ezintsha zokuphinda zisetyenziswe. Uninzi ngoku lusebenzisa izinto ezivuselelekayo, ezinokubola kwaye zidala inkunkuma encinci. Iindawo ezininzi zamkela iikomityi zephepha zokuphinda zisetyenziswe kunye nokwenza umgquba, kwaye kukho neendlela zokuphinda zisetyenziswe.
Nangona ziyinxalenye encinci yobomi bethu bemihla ngemihla, iikomityi zekofu zephepha ziye zathatha indawo ebalulekileyo njengomququzeleli wobudlelwane phakathi kwabantu. Njengoko ikofu iqhubeka nokusisondeza, iikomityi zephepha ezihlala zihleli zikhuthaza unxibelelwano kunye nobudlelwane obusenza sibe ngabantu. Ukuqhekeka kwazo kuye kwaba sisandi esiqinisekisayo sonxibelelwano kwihlabathi eliya lisiba ngabantu. Ngendima eziyidlalayo ekuhlanganiseni abantu phezu kwekofu, iikomityi zephepha ziye zazibonakalisa njengezibalulekileyo. Ikamva labo, njengekamva lobudlelwane phakathi kwabantu, libonakala liqaqambile.
Ukusuka kwiNational Coffee Association, iPaperboard Packaging Council, iEarthwatch Institute.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Meyi-30-2023