I tēnei wā, kāore e taea te hangarua te nuinga o ngā takai kai mō ngā mōkai. E hiahia ana ngā kaihanga nui me ngā rōpū pēnei i te Pet Sustainability Alliance ki te whakarerekē i tēnā.
Ko te umanga kai mōkai, e mōhiotia ana mō āna putea nunui, maha-rauemi, he uaua ki te hangarua, kua noho hei tētahi o ngā rāngai hou ki te whakaaro anō i tana takai ngāwari. Ko ngā hoahoa rauemi-kotahi, te hoahoa māmā me te hangarua kei te piki haere te noho hei kaupapa matua mā ngā waitohu.
E whakapau moni ana ngā kaihoko i ngā piriona tāra ki ngā kai mō ngā mōkai i ia tau, ā, e ai ki ngā rangahau i mahia mō te umanga, e 300 miriona pauna te nui o ngā putea kirihou e whakaputaina ana e te Hononga o Amerika mō ngā kai me ngā maimoa mō ngā mōkai. I tēnei wā, kāore e taea te hangarua te nuinga o ēnei rauemi. Engari i te mea ka tīmata ngā whakatupuranga taitamariki, tauwhiro ake ki te haumi nui ake ki te pupuri mōkai, kei te tipu haere te hiahia mō te huringa.
"Kei te rapu ngā kaihoko i ngā takai ka taea te hangarua, te whakawairakau, te whakamahi anō rānei," te kī a Christine Mallier, te kaiwhakahaere oranga tonutanga i Petcurean. He kamupene Kanata a Petcurean e hanga ana i ngā waitohu Go! Solutions, Now Fresh, me Gather. "Mō te wā roa, he tino teitei rawa ngā utu."
Ko ngā putea kai maroke mō ngā mōkai (e kiia ana ko te kibble) he mea hanga ki tētahi rauemi pakari, āhua kore e pakaru, kua hipokina ki te pepa whakarewa, ki te kirihou rānei hei tiaki i te kai, hei ārai hoki i te turuturu o te ngako. He kanapa te āhua o waho o te putea. Nā te mea he pepa, he kirihou hoki ēnei putea, he uaua ki te hangarua anō.
Kua tīmata ngā kamupene tākai ki te hanga putea mā te whakamahi i te polyethylene me te ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH), ā, kei te rapu huarahi kē atu hei whakahaere i ā rātou hoahoa.
I ahu mai tēnei nekehanga i ngā mahi a ngā kamupene kai mōkai nui pērā i a Purina, Hill's, me Mars, kua whakapau kaha ki te pupuri i ngā taonga tae atu ki ngā takai. E ai ki a Purina, tata ki te 90% o āna takai kirihou i Amerika Te Raki kua "hangaia kia hangarua," ā, ko te whāinga a te kamupene kia eke ki te 95% o te reiti hangarua i te tau 2025.
I whakarewahia e te rōpū kore-moni a Pet Sustainability Alliance tana ake kupu whakaari oranga tonutanga i te tau 2022 hei akiaki i ngā waitohu kai mōkai kia huri ki ngā takai hangarua, whakamahi anō, me/ranei te takai wairākau i mua i te tau 2025.
"E kite ana mātou i te Oati Mōkihi hei whai wāhitanga nui ki te āwhina i te umanga hua mōkai kia neke ki ngā otinga hangarua ake, ā, ki taku whakaaro he wāhi hoahoa ake tēnei i te nuinga," te kī a Ali Boden, te kaiwhakahaere kaupapa mōkihi matua i PSC.
Tekau mā toru ngā waitohu kua hainatia te oati, tae atu ki a Earth Animal, Instinct, me Petcurean, ā, kei te tīmata te rongonui haere i waenga i ngā kamupene kai mōkai iti. Ko te whāinga a te whakahaere he whakatenatena i ngā panoni me te pupuri i ngā waitohu kia whai kawenga, me te whakakotahi i a rātou ki ngā whāinga noa.
Mā te PSC ka taea e ngā rōpū haina te uru atu ki tētahi mākete o ngā kamupene tākai kua tirotirohia i mua pērā i a Ahlstrom me Printpack, e āhei ai rātou ki te tiki tākai mai i ngā otinga hangarua, whakamahi anō me te wairākau. Ka whakaratohia hoki e te PSC ki ōna mema ngā taputapu pērā i te āwhina ki te whakawhanake i ngā tapanga hangarua me ngā tohutohu hoahoa tākai.
I kī a Petcurean, kua maha ngā tau e mahi tahi ana me te PSC, ko tāna whakapau kaha kia mārama ngā whakapainga kua whakaritea.
I mua, i hangaia ngā putea a te kamupene mai i ngā paparanga PET maha, he uaua ki te hangarua. Ināianei kua hangaia mai i te polyethylene iti-kiato (LDPE), he kirihou ngāwari, ātete-roimata, ā, mā te hoahoa kotahi-rauemi pea ka māmā ake te hangarua ā muri ake nei.
"Me tino tirotirohia e koe kia mau tonu ai te hou o te takai, kia rite hoki ki te roa o te wā e mau ana," te kī a Mallier, me te kī ka taea e te LDPE te whakarato i tēnā, engari ka roa te wā kia neke katoa ai ngā waitohu ki ētahi atu takai.
Kei te piki haere te hiahia ki te whakamahi i te EVOH, he copolymer thermoplastic ngāwari, i tēnei wāhanga. He maha ngā wero mō te hangarua i te EVOH, engari e ai ki ētahi kamupene kei te kitea he otinga.
E kī ana a Roastar nā rātou i hanga he takai kai mō ngā mōkai, he ārai whakakikorua mārama hei ārai i te piri o te kai ki te putea, ā, tera pea ka whakamahia he EVOH hangarua. I kī anō hoki a Windmöller & Hölscher, te kaiwhakarato mīhini me ngā taputapu takai, e hanga ana i ngā putea kai mōkai hangarua me te paparanga ārai EVOH kua whakakotahihia.
Ka pā anō hoki ēnei au ki te rahi o te putea. Ahakoa e mōhiotia ana te umanga mō ngā putea pellet nui e 10 ki te 20 pauna te taumaha, he maha ngā hoahoa hou e 2.5 ki te 5 pauna te taumaha.
I whakamārama a Troy Snader, te tumuaki tuarua o te whanaketanga tākai tuarua i ProMach, i hangaia te huringa nā te mea kāore pea te hoahoa hou e rite te whai hua ki te hoahoa paparanga-maha o mua ki te pupuri i ngā hua maroke kia maroke nā ngā āhuatanga ārai.
"Kei te mau tonu ētahi here me ngā here i roto i te umanga tākai mō ngā momo hua ka taea te tākai, engari kei te whanake tonu ngā mea," te kī a Mallier.
E whakaarohia ana he mea tika te tauwhitiwhiti i waenga i te whakaputa i ngā putea maha atu, iti ake rānei, me te whakaiti i te para kia tutuki ai ētahi atu painga pumau pea mai i ngā rauemi maha. Me whai whakaaro anō hoki ki ngā āhuatanga whakaputa i te neke ki te nui ake o te PE me te EVOH.
Kua tāpirihia e ProMach ētahi āhuatanga hou, pērā i ngā roera nip, hei whakahaere i ēnei rauemi hou. Tērā pea ka nui ake te utu mō te hiri i ngā takai kai mōkai polyethylene nā te mea he whaiti ake te awhe pāmahana i ērā atu rauemi.
"Ko te wero ko te whakamahi i tētahi hangarau whakamahana hou, kaua ko te whakamahana noa i te roanga katoa o te tokotoko pērā i mua," te kī a Snead.
Ahakoa kei te anga whakamua te umanga ki tēnei huarahi, kāore he mākete mutunga mārama mō ngā putea kai mōkai kirihou me ō rātou whanaunga "tauwhiro". He ngāwari te poke o ngā momo takai kai mōkai katoa i ngā toenga kai, ko te tikanga he ngoikore tōna āheinga ki te hangarua i roto i te maha o ngā pūnaha.
He maha ngā otinga hou mō te takai kai mō ngā mōkai e wātea ana mō ngā kaupapa whakahoki i roto i te toa anake. Ko ētahi atu waitohu, pērā i a Petcurean me Earthborn Holistic, kua mahi tahi me How2Recycle ki te whakamahi i ngā tapanga whakahoki i roto i te toa mō ngā putea HDPE me te LDPE.
Kua tino tirotirohia ngā kaupapa hangarua i ngā tau tata nei mō ētahi take, ā, tera pea ka whānui haere te mākete mō tēnei rauemi i te mea ka nui ake ngā whare hangarua matū, hou rānei e wātea ana. Nō nā tata nei i whakanuia a Berry Global mō te hanga putea kai mōkai ngāwari mā Hill's mā te whakamahi i ngā kai i ahu mai i tēnei tukanga, e whakaatu ana i te pānga o tēnei ia ki te mākete kai mōkai.
I taua wā tonu, ahakoa kāore anō kia mārama te mākete mō te nuinga o ēnei kete, e ai ki ngā rōpū whakawhiti kai mō ngā mōkai he mea nui kia tīmata te whakatairanga i te mōhiotanga inaianei tonu.
"He uaua ki te whakamutu i te tangata ki te para," te kī a Malil. "Mai i te tirohanga a te kaihoko, ka taea e rātou te tautoko i ngā kamupene e mahi ana i ēnei mahi, ā, e noho hei kaiārahi."
"Ahakoa he mea hangarua ēnei rauemi i te taha hangarau, ko te nuinga o ngā whare hangarua kotahi-awa kāore he hanganga hei tukatuka i aua mea, kāore rānei he kohinga taha rori. Nō reira, ko te nuinga o ngā takai kirihou ngāwari ka mutu ki te whenua ururua," te kī a te kamupene, me te tāpiri atu "ka rite mātou ina oti te hanganga."
Ko te tipu haere o te pēhanga ture me te pēhanga tūmatanui ki ngā kirihou kotahi-whakamahinga kei te hanga i tētahi whai wāhitanga mākete mō ngā hua muka. Kei te āwhina ngā kamupene pēnei i a Pulpex, Paboco, DS Smith me ētahi atu i ngā kiritaki ki te whakawhanake i ngā pounamu, ngā pouaka me te maha atu o ngā mea auaha.
Ko te hanganga utu tāke e tumanakohia ana he āwangawanga nui tēnei mā ētahi kamupene tākai me ngā rauemi, e whakareri ana hoki rātou mō ngā whiriwhiringa pakari ake mō te EPR me ngā kaupapa here whakahoki moni tāpui i tēnei tau.
Ko te tipu haere o te pēhanga ture me te pēhanga tūmatanui ki ngā kirihou kotahi-whakamahinga kei te hanga i tētahi whai wāhitanga mākete mō ngā hua muka. Kei te āwhina ngā kamupene pēnei i a Pulpex, Paboco, DS Smith me ētahi atu i ngā kiritaki ki te whakawhanake i ngā pounamu, ngā pouaka me te maha atu o ngā mea auaha.
Ko te hanganga utu tāke e tumanakohia ana he āwangawanga nui tēnei mā ētahi kamupene tākai me ngā rauemi, e whakareri ana hoki rātou mō ngā whiriwhiringa pakari ake mō te EPR me ngā kaupapa here whakahoki moni tāpui i tēnei tau.
Wā tuku: Maehe-07-2025