I-Travel Foundation namuhla isimemezele ukuzibophezela kwayo ekubhekaneni nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki njengengxenye yeGlobal Tourism Plastics Initiative, eholwa yi-UN Environment Programme kanye neWorld Tourism Organisation, ngokubambisana ne-Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
I-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative ihlanganisa umkhakha wezokuvakasha ngemuva kombono ofanayo wokubhekana nezimbangela zokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki. Ivumela amabhizinisi nohulumeni ukuthi bathathe izinyathelo ezihlangene, okuholela njengesibonelo ekushintsheni emnothweni oyindilinga wamapulasitiki.
Njengelungu leKomidi Lokweluleka le-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, i-Travel Foundation isize ekuhlanganiseni lolu hlelo, okuhlanganisa nemenyu yayo yokuzibophezela ezinhlanganweni zezokuvakasha. Lezi zihlanganisa:
- ukuqeda ukupakishwa kwepulasitiki okuyinkinga noma okungadingekile kanye nezinto ngo-2025;
- ukuthatha isinyathelo sokusuka ekusetshenzisweni kanye ukuya ekusebenziseni kabusha amamodeli noma ezinye izindlela ezingasetshenziswa kabusha ngo-2025;
- ukubandakanya uchungechunge lwenani ukuze luye ku-100% wepulasitiki ukuze isetshenziswe kabusha, igaywe kabusha, noma ihlanganiswe;
- ukuthatha isinyathelo sokwandisa inani lokuqukethwe okugaywe kabusha kuwo wonke amaphakheji epulasitiki nezinto ezisetshenzisiwe;
- ukuzibophezela ukusebenzisana kanye nokutshala imali ukuze kukhuliswe amanani okugaywa kabusha kanye nokwenza umquba kumapulasitiki;
- ukubika esidlangalaleni kanye ngonyaka ngenqubekelaphambili eseyenziwe mayelana nalezi zinhloso.
UJeremy Sampson, oyisikhulu esiphezulu seTravel Foundation, uthe:
“Ngohlelo lwe-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, sakha inethiwekhi yokweseka amabhizinisi nohulumeni ukuze bavale i-loop epulasitiki. I-Travel Foundation inakho irekhodi elide ngokusebenzisana ngempumelelo namahhotela namanye amabhizinisi ukunciphisa amapulasitiki awo kanye nokunye udoti. Lokhu okwamanje sigxile kukho Cyprus, I-Mauritius neSaint Lucia, lapho sisebenza kukho kokubili izinga lenqubomgomo kanye nelokusebenza. NgoMeyi ozayo, kanye nozakwethu eSlovenia, sizobiza umcimbi wokuhlanganisa ababambiqhaza bakahulumeni nabazimele kanye nochwepheshe bamazwe ngamazwe, ukuze baqhubekisele phambili isifiso sabo sokuqeda noma ukuphinda basebenzise izinto zepulasitiki kwezokuvakasha.”
Ithuthukiswe uHlelo Lwezokuvakasha Oluqhubekayo lwenethiwekhi ye-One Planet, ubambiswano olunabambiqhaza abaningi ukuze kusetshenziswe umgomo wentuthuko esimeme ku-Sustainable Consumption and Production (SDG 12), i-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative isebenza njengokuxhumana komkhakha wezokuvakasha we-New Plastics Economy Global. Ukuzibophezela, okuhlanganisa amabhizinisi angaphezu kwama-450, ohulumeni, nezinye izinhlangano ngemuva kombono ofanayo nezihloso zokubhekana nemfucuza yepulasitiki kanye nokungcola emthonjeni wako. Ngakho-ke, i-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative izosebenzisa umbono we-New Plastics Economy, uhlaka kanye nezincazelo zokuhlanganisa imboni yezokuvakasha yomhlaba wonke ekuthatheni izinyathelo ezibalulekile ngokumelene nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki.
uLigia Noronha, uMqondisi we-UN Environment Programme Economy Division, uthe:
“Ukungcoliswa kwepulasitiki kungenye yezinselelo ezinkulu zemvelo esikhathini sethu, futhi ezokuvakasha zineqhaza elibalulekile ekufakeni isandla ekuxazululeni isixazululo. NgeGlobal Tourism Plastics Initiative, izinkampani zezokuvakasha kanye nezindawo eziya kuzo zisekelwa ukuze zisungule, ziqede futhi zisakazwe ngendlela ezisebenzisa ngayo amapulasitiki, ukuze zisize ekufinyeleleni ukujikeleza ekusetshenzisweni kwamapulasitiki kanye nokunciphisa ukungcoliswa kwamapulasitiki emhlabeni jikelele.”
UMnu Zurab Pololikashvili, uNobhala-Jikelele weNhlangano Yezokuvakasha Emhlabeni, uthe i-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative iyithuba elihle lezinkampani zezokuvakasha nezindawo eziya kuzo ukuthi ziqhubekele phambili futhi zihole umzamo womhlaba wonke wokubhekana nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki:
“Izinkampani zezokuvakasha ezihamba phambili nezindawo eziya kuzo zizobeka okuhlosiwe okufinyelelekayo njengengxenye ye-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative futhi kusheshiswe ukuguqulwa komkhakha wezokuvakasha ukuze kutholakale izixazululo ezididiyelwe kanye nezindlela zebhizinisi eziyindilinga”.
I-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative ihlose ukumisa ipulasitiki egcina ingcolile kuyilapho inciphisa nenani lepulasitiki elisha elidinga ukukhiqizwa. Ukuze kufezeke lo mbono, izinkampani zezokuvakasha nezindawo eziya kuzo zizibophezela ekuqedeni izinto zepulasitiki ezingazidingi; ukusungula izinto ezintsha ukuze wonke amapulasitiki abawadingayo aklanyelwe ukuthi asetshenziswe kabusha ngokuphephile, agaywe kabusha, noma ahlanganiswe; futhi bajikeleze yonke into abayisebenzisayo ukuyigcina emnothweni nangaphandle kwemvelo.
UGerald Naber, oyiNew Plastics Economy Global Commitment Programme Manager, uthe:
“I-New Plastics Economy Global Commitment ihlanganisa amabhizinisi angaphezu kuka-450, ohulumeni nabanye ngemuva kombono ocacile womnotho oyindilinga wamapulasitiki. Siyakwamukela ukwethulwa kweGlobal Tourism Plastics Initiative, eholwa yi-UNEP kanye UNWTO, ehlanganisa umkhakha wezokuvakasha ngemuva kwalo mbono womhlaba lapho upulasitiki ungalokothi ube yimfucuza noma ukungcola. Kuzoba wuhambo oluyinselelo, kodwa ngokusebenza ngokubambisana, singaqeda opulasitiki esingabadingi futhi sisungule izinto ezintsha, ukuze amapulasitiki esiwadingayo asakazwe ngokuphepha nangokulula – ukuwagcina emnothweni nangaphandle kwemvelo.”
Ngokuguqukela kumjikelezo ekusetshenzisweni kwamapulasitiki, umkhakha wezokuvakasha ungenza iminikelo emihle njengokunciphisa ukulahlwa kwemfucuza, ukungcoliswa kwemvelo, ukuqedwa kwemithombo yemvelo kanye nokukhishwa kwesisi esibamba ukushisa; ukuqwashisa ngokongiwa kwemvelo phakathi kwabasebenzi nezivakashi ukuze kugwenywe imikhiqizo yepulasitiki esetshenziswa kanye; ukuthonya abahlinzeki babo ukuthi bakhiqize ezinye izindlela ezisimeme kunemikhiqizo yepulasitiki esetshenziswa kanye; ukusebenzisana nohulumeni ukuthuthukisa ingqalasizinda kadoti wendawo kanye nezinsiza zomphakathi; kanye nokudala izindlela zokuziphilisa ezisimeme kanye nokuchuma komphakathi kwesikhathi eside ngokuvumelana nemvelo.
Ngokuthatha izinyathelo ezinqala ngendlela ehlelekile nenqunyiwe mayelana nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki, umkhakha wezokuvakasha ungasiza ukulondoloza nokuvikela izindawo nezilwane zasendle ezenza izindawo ezifanele ukuvakashelwa.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Developed by the Sustainable Tourism Programme of the One Planet network, a multi-stakeholder partnership to implement the sustainable development goal on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SDG 12), the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative acts as the tourism sector interface of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, which unites more than 450 businesses, governments, and other organisations behind a common vision and targets to address plastic waste and pollution at its source.
- Through the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative, tourism companies and destinations are supported to innovate, eliminate and circulate the way they use plastics, to help achieve circularity in the use of plastics and reduce plastics pollution globally.
- I-Travel Foundation namuhla isimemezele ukuzibophezela kwayo ekubhekaneni nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki njengengxenye yeGlobal Tourism Plastics Initiative, eholwa yi-UN Environment Programme kanye neWorld Tourism Organisation, ngokubambisana ne-Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
