Trash Talk: Reduce and reuse are key in South Lake Tahoe | South Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – We’ve got all seen the images of trash left behind on seashores, trails, parking tons and surrounding dumpsters not solely in Lake Tahoe however throughout the nation. That is solely the tip of the issue and managing our trash is essential to stop landfills being overflowed with our pointless waste.

Recycling efforts just like the elimination of single-use plastic together with luggage and straws, and biodegradable to-go containers have taken a again seat throughout the pandemic. To scale back the unfold of germs and to maintain COVID-19 at bay, guidelines of shoppers not having the ability to usher in their very own luggage to grocery shops, not utilizing recyclable cups at their favourite espresso store, and getting restaurant meals to-go, single-use containers are filling not solely dumpsters, however the dump as properly.

When an individual is completed with an merchandise that is not recyclable and it’s tossed within the trash it could actually solely go three locations – landfill, incinerator, or shipped to a different nation that can cope with it.

South Tahoe Refuse has a aim of nothing going to the landfill however the present pandemic scenario has steered many away from lowering and reusing objects to stop waste.

“We’re doing what we are able to however we will not change folks’s behaviors,” alitaja Jeanette Tillman, msimamizi na mratibu uendelevu wa Tahoe ya Kusini ya Tahoe (STR).

Kwa kuwa kampuni pekee ya kukataa taka katika Ziwa Kusini ya Tahoe wameona 75,000 tani za ziada za taka kwa siku wakati huu wa kiangazi. Kwa kawaida walikuwa wakichemka 225,000 tani siku za likizo na wikendi pamoja na ebbs na mtiririko katika siku za wiki. Na miezi mitatu isiyo na huruma ya watalii duniani, Tillman alitaja kuwa ilikuwa ni spike isiyokoma ambayo kwa kawaida hawajaona matukio ya chini.

“Ongeza kwa hiyo kuongezeka kwa wageni wa siku, rundo la takataka katika maeneo ya umma linazidi kuongezeka kila wakati,” alitaja Tillman. “Kupanda kila siku imekuwa juu ya ziada 75,000 tani. Kunaweza kuwa na tofauti fulani lakini ni mara kwa mara kuona ziada 30 % juu ya spikes.”

Vitu vya matumizi moja huunda kuhusu 90 % kiasi cha takataka kwenye kampuni ya taka. Kumekuwa na vyombo vichache vya milo vinavyotumika mara moja, Barakoa za kuzuia COVID na mizigo ya mboga pamoja na makopo, chupa na karatasi.

“Kwa kawaida mengi ya hayo yanaweza kurejeshwa, hata hivyo kutokana na urejeleaji wazi hautenganishwi kwenye makazi ya wageni (50+ % ya nyumba) uchafuzi huo huzuia kitu ambacho kinaweza kuelekezwa kutoka kwenye jaa,” alitaja Tillman. “Inasikitisha kwani wakati mwingine mfumo hufanya kazi vizuri…nyenzo ya maudhui ilihusisha kwa kiasi kikubwa matumizi moja ya vipande vyote.”

Shirika lilihitaji kufunga moyo wao wa kurejesha urejeshaji urejeleaji kwa sababu ya COVID-19. Walifungua tena kwa muda mfupi lakini ukosefu wa itifaki sahihi na vitu hivi vya kuwasilisha uliwasukuma kufunga tena.. This heart contributed to post-consumer recycling processing.

STR recycling is now depending on development and demolition, and clear inexperienced waste, with the remaining objects resembling clear paper, plastics, aluminum at its lowest quantity. The corporate has a “blue bag” program the place owners can place recyclables inside and it’s sorted at their switch station. Staff type via objects that come via rubbish conveyor belts, but when contaminated it can’t be recycled.

As soon as rubbish hits the bottom or unfold by wildlife it’s landfill certain robotically.

Tillman mentioned they don’t seem to be involved a lot with the quantity of trash as they will deal with that, its the content material that may be a concern.

Kuna masuala madogo ambayo kila mtu anaweza kufanya ili kuleta tofauti kubwa:

• Tengeneza eneo linaloweza kulindwa kuzunguka nyumba yako mwenyewe kwa kusafisha takataka.
• Chagua vinyago vinavyoweza kutumika tena kila wakati iwezekanavyo.
• Kunywa Bomba lenye Faida la Tahoe, Nenda kwa vitu visivyo na Plastiki
• Rejesha kwa kutumia kitu kimoja cha matumizi.
• Anzisha upya tabia yako ya kuchakata tena.
• Ikiwa pipa la takataka au dampo limejaa, au imefungwa, chukua takataka zako nawe.
• Tumia vyombo vya dubu kwa usahihi.

“Hivi karibuni au baadaye, lazima tukabiliane na matokeo ya jinsi tunavyoshughulikia taka zisizoharibika zinazojaza jamii zetu, takataka, na njia za maji,” alisema Tillman, "Hata juhudi ndogo zinaweza kuwa na ushawishi mkubwa"

Kutupa takataka

Takataka za Tahoe Kusini na Jiji la Ziwa Kusini la Tahoe zilishirikiana kwa pamoja hivi majuzi tu kupambana tena kupinga utupaji wa takataka na kuongezeka kwa taka kwenye fuo za bahari za umma., mbuga, na katika maeneo mbalimbali ya umma.

"Tumekuwa tukiona kuongezeka kuliko wageni wa kawaida kwenye mji kwa sababu hali ya hewa ya nje ya bonde ina joto,” alisema Msimamizi wa Metropolis Joe Irvin. "Hii ina maana kuwa watu wa ziada wanakuwa wazembe na takataka zao na hiyo haikubaliki."

Kila Jiji na STR zimeinua mikusanyiko hata hivyo katika matukio ya kilele ambayo haijatosha.

"Tunaona watu wakiacha takataka zao baada ya mapipa, kwenye mwambao wetu wa bahari, katika mbuga zetu, hata kwenye njia zetu na njia za baiskeli,” alitaja Irvin. "Watu lazima wachukue jukumu la takataka yake ili isigeuke kuwa shida ya mtu mwingine."

"Inaweza kuwa ngumu hata hivyo kuna maswala ambayo tunaweza kufanya ili kufanya kazi katika kudumisha hali sawa ambazo husaidia utulivu mzuri kati ya matakwa ya watu binafsi wakati wa janga hili., mazingira, na wanyamapori hao
kushiriki makazi yetu,” alisema Tillman.

Upotevu Usio na uzoefu

STR ina mpango wa taka usio na uzoefu mahali ambapo watu wanaweza kuingiza sindano za misonobari zisizo na mfuko., matawi, mbao, vipande vya nyasi na mbao. Fanya usafishaji wa eneo linaloweza kutetewa? Ifikishe kwenye kituo chao cha urithi kilicho karibu na moyo wa takataka. Hakuna chochote katika mizigo ya plastiki kinaweza kukubaliwa. Huenda kukawa na Siku maalum ya Utupaji Taka Isiyo na Uzoefu mnamo Septemba 5 although via a particular grant they’re able to take every day (see VIDEO here).

Full Circle Soil and Compost of Carson Metropolis takes the inexperienced waste and converts into compost.