I-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative yamukele abasayine abasha abangama-26, okubandakanya amabhizinisi nezinhlangano ezivela kuzo zonke izingxenye zohlu lwezokuvakasha lomhlaba jikelele. Kuholwa yi- Inhlangano Yezokuvakasha Yomhlaba (UNWTO) kanye ne-United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) ngokubambisana ne-Ellen MacArthur Foundation, i-Initiative ihlanganisa umkhakha wezokuvakasha ngemuva kwenhloso efanayo yokubhekana nezimbangela zokungcola kwepulasitiki.
Abasayinile abasha bahlanganisa iBooker.com, i-G Adventures, iHongkong neShanghai Hotels, iNkatha, iTUI Care Foundation, i-deSter ingxenye yeqembu lesango, ne-International Aviation Waste Management Platform, phakathi kwabanye. Bafaka abahlinzeki bezinsiza zezivakashi, amapulatifomu wokulawula ukupakisha nokulawulwa kwemfucuza, kanye nabahlinzeki bendawo yokuhlala (womabili amaqembu amakhulu nama-SME), abahola amapulatifomu ezokuvakasha aku-inthanethi, abahlinzeki bezokuvakasha, kanye nezinhlangano ezisebenza ezingeni lokuya khona.
I-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative yethulwa ngoJanuwari 2020 futhi manje ithembela kwabasayinile abangama-46, okukhombisa ukuthi ukunciphisa ukungcoliswa kweplastikhi kwezokuvakasha kuhlala kuyinto ephambili yize kunezinselelo ezibangelwa ubhadane lwe-COVID-19. Ukwehlukahlukana kwabasayinile kugcizelela amandla e-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative okuqhakambisa izixazululo zohlelo ezingasetshenziswa endaweni futhi zikhuphuke emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukubhekana nokungcola kwepulasitiki kusalokhu kuyinto ephambili emkhakheni
Ngaphakathi komongo wamanje we Covid-19 ubhubhane, indlela eyisiyingi ekuphathweni kwezinto zepulasitiki nokupakisha kungagwema noma yikuphi ukwanda kokusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki okusetshenziswa kanye ngenhloso yokuhlanzeka. Kunganciphisa nengcindezi kwingqalasizinda yokulawulwa kwemfucuza futhi kukhuthaze ukuthengwa okuqhubekayo. Ngalo mqondo, umnotho oyindilinga opulasitiki ubaluleke kakhulu emkhakheni wezokuvakasha ukuthi ulondoloze futhi uvikele izindawo ongazifinyelela futhi ululame ngokuzibophezela kule nkinga yamanje.
UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele u-Zurab Pololikashvili uthe: “Ukuqhubekela phambili emnothweni oyindilinga yindlela yamasu omkhakha wezokuvakasha. I-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative ingaholela ekwehlisweni kokungcoliswa komhlaba kanye nemfucuza kuzo zonke izingxenye zomkhakha wezokuvakasha futhi isekele ukululama okufanelekile ku-COVID-19 okuholela ekusimameni nasekuqineni okwengeziwe.”
U-Elisa Tonda, oyiNhloko yophiko lokusetshenziswa nokukhiqizwa kwe-UNEP, uyanezela: “Ubhadane lwe-COVID-19 selukhulise isidingo sezinyathelo eziphuthumayo ngesimo sezulu, imvelo kanye nokungcola kanye nezinkinga zemfucuza eziqhutshwa ukusetshenziswa okungagcineki nokukhiqizwa, kepha futhi inikezwe ithuba lokubeka phambili ukusimama njengengxenye yokutakula okuluhlaza. Leli qembu elisha labasayine iGlobal Tourism Plastics Initiative likhombisa ukuzibophezela okuqhubekayo kohlelo lwezokuvakasha lokwandisa ukuzungeza kohlelo lweplastiki nokugcina isifiso sabo sokubhekana nokungcola kwepulasitiki, beqhubekela phambili emhlabeni ngemuva kwe-COVID. ”
Izincomo zokwazisa ngezinhlelo zokutakula
Ngasekuqaleni konyaka, kukhishwe uchungechunge lwezincomo emkhakheni wezokuvakasha ukuze uqhubeke nokuthatha izinyathelo ngokungcola kwepulasitiki kulo lonke lolu bhubhane. Lokhu kusebenza njengesisekelo sokwakha amasu wokutakula we-COVID-19, ukubuyekeza izinqubo ezijwayelekile zokusebenza, nokuchaza amasu okuphathwa kwepulasitiki. Izincomo sezitholakala ngesiNgisi, isiFulentshi, iSpanishi, isi-Arabhu, isiShayina nesiRashiya.
UGerald Naber, iMenenja yoHlelo, Ukuzibophezela Komnotho Omusha WePlastikhi Yomhlaba Wonke, u-Ellen MacArthur Foundation, uyanezela: “Abasayine iGlobal Commitment benza inqubekela phambili ekhuthazayo ekufinyeleleni imigomo yabo emnothweni oyindilinga, kodwa kuzodingeka ukusheshiswa okukhulu kwenqubekela phambili ukuze kuzuzwe imigomo yango-2025. ”
I-Global Tourism Plastics Initiative iyingxenye yohlaka olukhulu lwe-New Plastics Economy Commitment. Ngokuqondile, i-Initiative isebenza njengokuxhumana komkhakha ne-New Plastics Economy Global Commitment, esanda kukhipha umbiko wayo we-Progress for 2020.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- This new group of signatories of the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative reflects the continued commitment of the tourism value chain to increase circularity in the plastic system and maintain their ambition to tackle plastic pollution, moving forward in a post-COVID world.
- The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative can lead to the reduction of pollution and waste across all parts of the tourism sector and support a responsible recovery from COVID-19 that leads to more sustainability and resilience.
- Led by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, the Initiative unites the tourism sector behind a common goal of addressing the root causes of plastic pollution.
