Ua manaʻo ke poʻo o ke Kuhina o nā Kumuwaiwai Kūlohelohe, ʻo Alexander Kozlov, e kāpae loa i ke kala kala mai ka holo ʻana o ka lehulehu, kākau ʻo RBC.
Ua hoʻomaopopo ke poʻo o ke Kuhina Nui o nā kumuwaiwai ʻaʻole hiki ke hana hou ʻia ka plastic kala, no laila ʻo ka hopena ʻoi loa ka huki ʻana i nā waiwai mai ia ʻano mea mai ke kaapuni ʻana, a i ʻole e aʻoaʻo aku i nā mea kūʻai aku e pili ana i nā hopena o ka hoʻohana ʻia no ke kaiapuni.
"Pono mākou e kāpae i ka holo ʻana i ka mea a mākou e pono ʻole ai, e like me ka plastic kala. Maliʻa paha makemake nā kamaliʻi iā ia, akā ʻaʻole hana hou ʻia ia. No ke aha mākou e pono ai? Ma muli o kekahi mea kālepa i aʻo ma ke kula a ua ʻōlelo ʻia pili kēia i ka psychology kanaka. Akā laila pono pono e hōʻike ma ka ʻōmole i hana ʻia i ka plastic kala ʻaʻole ia e hana hou ʻia, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma nā ʻeke paka i hōʻino ʻia ka puhaka ʻana i nā akemāmā, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Kozlov.
Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia, e like me ke kānāwai Iulai i nā pahuhopu o Lūkia a hiki i ka 2030, i kēia manawa 100% o nā ʻōpala e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia, a ʻaʻole e hoʻouna ʻia ma mua o 50% i nā landfills. I ka manawa like, e like me ke poʻo o ke Kuhina o Nā Waiwai Kūlohelohe i ʻōlelo ai, i kēia manawa 94% o nā ʻōpala - ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 miliona mau tona o nā ʻōpala paʻa aupuni i kēlā me kēia makahiki - "hele i loko o nā lua a waiho no kā mākou poʻe keiki." Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo ia ka pāpā ʻana i nā papa ʻaina ʻaʻohe hiki ke hoʻohana hou ʻia kahi ʻāpana o kahi hoʻolālā nui aʻe e hōʻoia ʻaʻole wale nā ʻōpala i hana ʻia e "hana hou ʻia", akā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia nā ʻōpala hou.