ʻO ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA - Sepatemaba 18, 2018 - Pure Grenada, ka Spice of the Caribbean, ua hana i kahi hoʻololi nui e hōʻoia i ka mālama ʻia a mālama ʻia kona ʻano kūlohelohe no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana. Ua hoʻokō ke Aupuni o Grenada i kahi Loi Kūʻai Kūʻē Non-Biodegradable Waste Control, i hoʻomaka me ka pāpā piha ʻana i ka lawe ʻana mai o ka polystyrene i kapa ʻia ʻo 'Styrofoam' e hoʻomaka ana i Kepakemapa 1, 2018.
E ukali ʻia ka pāpā hoʻokomo ʻana e nā hoʻopaʻi kūʻai aku ma 'Styrofoam' e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā Malaki 1, 2019 a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana i kona hoʻohana ʻana i hoʻokahi mahina ma hope. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia ke kānāwai i nā mea plastik hoʻohana hoʻokahi e like me nā ʻeke kūʻai, nā ʻokiʻoki, nā pā, nā ʻōpala a me nā kīʻaha a hiki i Pepeluali 1, 2019.
Ua wehewehe ʻo ke Kuhina Kaiapuni o Grenada, ʻo Simon Stiell, i ka Non-Biodegradable Waste Control Act ma ke ʻano he "kānāwai holomua e ʻimi nei e hoʻoponopono i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana non-biodegradable, me ka manaʻo e hōʻemi i nā hopena kūlohelohe maikaʻi ʻole a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke olakino o Grenadians. ”
ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻo Environment America's Wildlife Over Waste kekahi o nā hoʻolaha kaiapuni e manaʻoʻiʻo nei e hoʻokō ʻia ka pāpā ʻana iā Styrofoam. Wahi a kā lākou hoʻolaha ʻana, ua loaʻa i nā ʻepekema nā ʻāpana plastik me Styrofoam i 86% o nā ʻano manu kuhukukū a pau, 44% o nā ʻano manu kai a me 43% o nā ʻano mammals moana. Ke ʻai nā holoholona iā Styrofoam hiki iā ia ke hōʻeha i ke olakino o ka holoholona a me nā kānaka pū kekahi inā piʻi ka holoholona i ke ala ʻai.
Kākoʻo piha ka Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) i kēia neʻe ʻana e ke Aupuni. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO o ka GTA, ʻo Patricia Maher, "ʻO kā mākou brand ʻo Pure Grenada, ka Spice of the Caribbean. E kōkua nui kēia kānāwai iā mākou i ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou wahi ʻekolu mokupuni ʻo Grenada, Carriacou & Petite Martinique maʻemaʻe a nani no nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini.
Kuhina no ka huakaʻi a me nā mokulele ʻo Hon. Ua lanakila mau ʻo Kauka Clarice Modeste-Curwen i ka pāpā ʻana i ka 'Styrofoam' a me nā plastic. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "ʻO Grenada maʻemaʻe, kaulana ka Spice of the Caribbean no kāna ʻāina nani maoli. Ua hauʻoli wau i ka hana ʻana o koʻu Aupuni e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ko mākou kaiapuni no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
Hele mai ke kānāwai ma muli o ke kākoʻo ikaika e ka Grenada Hotel and Tourism Association (GHTA) a me ka Grenada Green Group (G3) no ka pāpā ʻana iā Styrofoam a me ka plastic. Aia ma Grenada, nui nā hōkele, nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale kūʻai i hoʻololi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā huahana biodegradable ʻē aʻe.
