No ke aha i mālama ʻia ai nā ʻeke plastik ke kumu o ka ʻino o ke kaiapuni?
Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei ʻoe i kēlā mea hoʻolālā naff unspeakably naff, "ʻAʻole wau he ʻeke plastik"? ʻO ka "hoʻolālā", na Anya Hindmarch, pili i ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ka huaʻōlelo gauchest i hana ʻia a laila paʻi ʻia ma kahi ʻeke kūʻai keʻokeʻo o nā ʻano wahine kahiko i hoʻohana ʻia i ka makahiki 1960. He ʻumi kaukani i kūʻai ʻia, ma nā kumu kūʻai hoʻoweliweli.
ʻO ka mea hou aku, ke hoʻohana nei kekahi i kekahi? Me he mea lā aia kahi mākeke liʻiliʻi ma waena o nā mea ʻohi - aia kekahi e kūʻai aku ma ebay i kēia manawa no ka £179.99 - akā i ka manawa hea ʻoe i ʻike hope ai i ke kūʻai ʻana me kekahi? ʻO kēia excrescence i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka hui kiola. ʻAʻole paha i hoʻolei ʻia nā ʻeke, akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ka poʻe kaulana i kēia manawa ua make me kekahi. He nui loa lākou i ka makahiki i hala. ʻAʻole kūʻai hou aku ʻo Anya Hindmarch iā lākou: i kēia manawa ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo ia i nā ʻeke kupuna hou (e hoʻomaka ana ma ka £165), i paʻi ʻia me nā kiʻi nani o nā keiki hoʻolālā, nā ʻīlio a me nā kaʻa (1).
E like me kā Oscar Wilde i ʻōlelo ai, "ʻAʻohe mea weliweli loa e like me ke ʻano hou loa; hiki i kekahi ke ulu ʻelemakule me ka hikiwawe loa." Ua hoʻolei ʻia kēia mau ʻeke no ke ola me nā mea ʻē aʻe a pau i ka wā i hele mai ai kahi mea hou. Akā ua hoʻokō lākou i ko lākou manaʻo: ua ʻae lākou i ka poʻe waiwai a kaulana e telegarapa i kā lākou mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻoiai e holo mau ana i ka Aga, ka Range Rover, ka moku moku a me nā hale ʻelua a me ke kolu ma nā wahi mamao loa o ka honua. Ma ke kūʻai ʻana i ka ʻeke, hiki iā lākou ke koho i kahi pahu ʻē aʻe: i kēia manawa, ma waena o kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona ʻē aʻe, ʻike lākou i ke kaiapuni.
Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻia iaʻu i koʻu ʻike ʻana i ka hana ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou a ke aupuni Pelekāne, ʻo ka "Get a bag habit" campaign, i hoʻolauna ʻia i nehinei me ka British Retail Consortium(2). ʻAʻole wale no ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o ka slogan me Hindmarch no ka naffness, akā no ka mea e hōʻike ana i kā mākou fetishization o ka ʻeke plastik ke kumu o nā mea ʻino a pau.
Mai kuhi hewa iaʻu – ʻAʻole wau makemake i nā ʻeke plastik. Hoʻohana mākou i nā mea he nui loa, e like me kā mākou hoʻohana ʻana i nā waiwai āpau o ka honua. Hoʻopili lākou i ka ʻāina a hoʻopilikia i nā holoholona hihiu ke pau lākou i ke kai. Akā ʻo kā lākou hopena holoʻokoʻa he microscopic ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā mea āpau a mākou e hana ai. E like me kā George Marshall i hoʻopaʻa ai i kāna puke maikaʻi ʻo Carbon Detox, ʻo kā mākou ʻai makahiki o nā ʻeke e hoʻopuka i 5kg o carbon dioxide i hoʻokahi makahiki. ʻO 12,500kg ka nui o nā hoʻokuʻu awelika.
ʻAʻole ʻo ka ʻeke plastik he mea nui loa o ka ʻōpala hale. He 3% ka nui o ka ʻōpala o ka hale i nā ʻeke plastik (e like me ka noiʻi ʻana a ka ʻaha ʻāina ʻo South Gloucestershire (18). ʻO nā ʻeke plastik he 18% o ka ʻilika - ʻo ia hoʻi he 3.2% o ka ʻōpala holoʻokoʻa. Clingfilm (23% o ka plastic home. ʻōpala) hoʻopuka i ka hapa nui ma mua o nā ʻeke plastik.
ʻO ka British Retail Consortium, i ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia hoʻolaha, ʻōlelo ʻo ia "he hana hōʻailona kēia i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai me ke akamai." He ʻanuʻu hōʻailona, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea koʻikoʻi. ʻAʻohe o ka manaʻo noʻonoʻo e hōʻoia i ka hype e hana ai. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopau i kēlā me kēia ʻeke ma UK a hana i ka ʻili liʻiliʻi loa i kā mākou hopena kaiapuni.
No laila, no ke aha kēia fetishization? No ka mea maʻalahi ka hana ʻana i nā ʻeke plastik. Maʻalahi no ke aupuni, maʻalahi no nā mea kūʻai aku, maʻalahi no nā mea kūʻai. ʻAʻole ia e hoʻoweliweli i kekahi, loaʻa kālā no nā hale kūʻai (inā lākou e uku i kā lākou ʻeke) a hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe a pau iā lākou iho, ʻoiai e hoʻomau ana i ka ʻōpala i ka biosphere e like me mākou ma mua.
E hoʻomaopopo ':
1. http://www.anyahindmarch.com/listing/BeABag
2. http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/detail.asp?NewsAreaID=2&ReleaseID=398013
3. http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/6A5A1670-6A9B-4255-91AB-15DCB28C3EC7/0/COS090013.pdf
Paʻi ʻia ma ka Guardian 8 ʻApelila 2009