Amazon Flex tus neeg tsav tsheb Arielle McCain, 24, xa ib pob rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 18, 2018, hauv Cambridge, Massachusetts.Environmental campaigners thiab cov kws tshaj lij pov tseg hais tias Amazon lub hnab yas tshiab, uas tsis tuaj yeem rov ua dua hauv curbside recycling bins, muaj kev cuam tshuam tsis zoo.(Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe)
Nyob rau xyoo tas los no, Amazon tau txiav rov qab rau feem ntawm cov khoom ntim hauv cov thawv ntawv los ntawm kev xa ntawv yas, uas tau tso cai rau cov khw muag khoom loj los nyem ntau pob khoom rau hauv cov tsheb thauj khoom thiab dav hlau.
Tab sis cov kws tshaj lij ib puag ncig thiab cov kws tshaj lij pov tseg hais tias cov hnab yas tshiab uas tsis tuaj yeem rov ua dua tshiab hauv cov khoom siv rov ua dua tshiab tau muaj kev cuam tshuam tsis zoo.
Lisa Se, tus thawj tswj haujlwm ntawm King County Solid Waste Division, uas saib xyuas kev rov ua dua tshiab hauv King County, Washington Lisa Sepanski tau hais tias.., qhov chaw Amazon yog lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm. "
Lub caij so tsis ntev los no tau ua lag luam loj tshaj plaws rau kev lag luam e-lag luam, uas txhais tau tias kev xa khoom ntau dua - ua rau muaj ntau lub ntim pov tseg.Raws li lub platform tom qab ib nrab ntawm tag nrho cov lag luam e-lag luam hauv xyoo 2018, Amazon yog nyob deb ntawm cov khoom siv khib nyiab loj tshaj plaws thiab cov tsim khoom, thiab tus trendsetter, raws li eMarketer, lub ntsiab lus nws txav mus rau yas xa ntawv tuaj yeem ua teeb meem rau kev lag luam tag nrho. tsis kam tawm tswv yim.
Qhov teeb meem nrog cov yas xa ntawv yog ob npaug: lawv yuav tsum tau rov ua dua ib tus zuj zus, thiab yog tias lawv xaus rau hauv cov kwj ib txwm, lawv tuaj yeem cuam tshuam cov txheej txheem rov ua dua tshiab thiab tiv thaiv cov ntaub ntawv loj dua los ntawm kev rov ua dua tshiab. Cov neeg tawm tswv yim ib puag ncig hais tias Amazon, kev lag luam loj, yuav tsum ua txoj haujlwm zoo dua los txhawb cov neeg siv khoom kom rov ua cov ntawv yas, los ntawm kev muab kev kawm ntxiv thiab lwm qhov chaw los ua.
"Peb tau ua haujlwm hnyav los txhim kho peb cov kev ntim khoom thiab rov ua dua tshiab thiab tau txo cov khoom ntim thoob ntiaj teb los ntawm ntau dua 20 feem pua hauv 2018," said Amazon tus cev lus Melanie Janin, ntxiv tias Amazon muab cov ntaub ntawv rov ua dua tshiab ntawm nws lub vev xaib. (Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos yog tus tswv ntawm Washington Post.)
Qee cov kws tshaj lij pov tseg hais tias Amazon lub hom phiaj ntawm kev txo cov ntawv loj loj yog qhov kev txav mus los.Plastic mail muaj qee cov txiaj ntsig rau ib puag ncig.Piv rau cov thawv, lawv siv qhov chaw tsawg dua hauv cov thawv thiab cov tsheb thauj khoom, uas ua rau cov khoom siv thauj khoom nce ntxiv.Kev tsim khoom, siv thiab pov tseg cov yas zaj duab xis emit tsawg lub tsev xog paj gases thiab siv cov roj tsawg dua li cov ntaub ntawv rov ua dua tshiab, hais tias David Allawi, Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Noj Qab Haus Huv ntawm Ib puag ncig. Zoo.
Yas yog pheej yig thiab ruaj khov uas ntau lub tuam txhab siv nws rau ntim.Tab sis cov neeg siv khoom nyiam muab cov hnab yas tso rau hauv cov khoom siv rov ua dua tshiab. Cov kws tshaj lij hais tias cov ntawv yas evades cov xim ntawm cov tshuab sorting thiab rau hauv daim ntawv bales uas yog baled rau recycling, paug tag nrho cov pob, outweighing qhov zoo cuam tshuam los ntawm kev txo bulk cardboard packs thoob ntiaj teb cov nyiaj tau los ntev. Hauv kev lag luam rov ua dua tshiab.Tab sis cov bales nyuaj heev rau muag - ntau tus raug xa mus rau kev rov ua dua tshiab vim tias muaj kev cai nruj dua hauv Suav teb - uas ntau lub tuam txhab rov qab sab hnub poob yuav tsum muab pov tseg.( Ntim tsuas yog ib qho ntawm cov pa phem los ntawm cov hnab ntawv kom rov ua dua.)
Pete Keller, tus lwm thawj coj ntawm kev rov ua dua tshiab ntawm Republic Services tau hais tias "Raws li kev ntim khoom yuav nyuaj dua thiab sib dua, peb yuav tsum ua cov khoom siv ntau dua ntawm tus nqi qis dua los tsim cov txiaj ntsig zoo ib yam. Puas yog cov txiaj ntsig txaus? , lub tuam txhab yog ib qho ntawm cov khoom pov tseg loj tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Meskas. "Kev ua haujlwm nrog nws txhua hnub yog kev ua haujlwm thiab kev saib xyuas hnyav, thiab pheej yig heev."
Tshaj li 10 xyoo dhau los, Amazon tau txiav cov ntim khoom tsis tsim nyog, ntim cov khoom hauv lawv lub thawv qub thaum twg los tau, lossis hauv cov ntim ntim tau yooj yim tshaj plaws.Amazon's Janin tau hais tias lub tuam txhab tau hloov mus rau cov ntawv xa khoom hnyav tshaj xyoo dhau los uas yog ib feem ntawm kev siv zog ntau dua los txo cov ntim khoom pov tseg thiab cov nqi khiav lag luam.Janin sau tias Amazon yog "tam sim no muaj peev xwm nthuav tawm cov ntawv xa tawm. recycled nyob rau hauv daim ntawv recycling kwj. "
Ib qho ntawm ob peb lub tuam txhab Fortune 500 uas tsis ua daim ntawv tshaj tawm txog kev lag luam lossis kev ruaj ntseg, Seattle-based tuam txhab hais tias nws "tsis muaj kev ntxhov siab" kev ntim khoom tau txo cov ntim ntim pov tseg los ntawm 16 feem pua thiab tshem tawm qhov xav tau rau ntau tshaj 305 lab shipping thawv.2017.
Nina Goodrich, tus thawj coj ntawm Sustainable Packaging Alliance tau hais tias "Nyob rau hauv kuv lub tswv yim, lawv qhov kev txav mus rau kev ntim khoom yooj yim yog tsav los ntawm tus nqi thiab kev ua tau zoo, tab sis kuj muaj cov pa roj carbon tsawg," said Nina Goodrich, tus thawj coj ntawm Sustainable Packaging Alliance.Nws saib xyuas lub logo How2Recycle, uas tau pib tshwm rau Amazon cov ntawv yas padded thaum Lub Kaum Ob Hlis 2017, ua ib kauj ruam rau kev kawm rau cov neeg siv khoom.
Lwm qhov teeb meem nrog cov ntawv xa ntawv yas tshiab yog Amazon thiab lwm cov khw muag khoom muab cov ntawv nyob hauv daim ntawv lo, ua rau lawv tsis tsim nyog rau kev rov ua dua tshiab, txawm tias nyob hauv khw muag khoom qhov chaw tso tawm.Labels yuav tsum tau muab tshem tawm kom cais cov ntawv ntawm cov yas kom cov khoom siv rov ua dua tshiab.
Goodrich tau hais tias "Cov tuam txhab lag luam tuaj yeem nqa cov ntaub ntawv zoo thiab ua rau lawv tsis tuaj yeem rov ua dua raws li cov ntawv lo, cov nplaum lossis cov kua nplaum," Goodrich tau hais.
Tam sim no, cov hnab yas ntim Amazon tuaj yeem rov ua dua tshiab thaum cov neeg siv khoom tshem tawm daim ntawv lo thiab nqa cov ntawv xa mus rau qhov chaw tso tawm sab nraum qee cov chains.Tom qab ntxuav, ziab thiab polymerizing, cov yas tuaj yeem yaj thiab ua rau cov ntoo sib xyaw rau decking.Cities uas txwv cov hnab yas, xws li Amazon lub hometown ntawm Seattle, muaj tsawg dua qhov chaw tso tawm.
Raws li 2017 Closed-Loop Report on Recycling hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas, tsuas yog 4 feem pua ntawm cov yas zaj duab xis tau khaws cia hauv Asmeskas tsev neeg tau rov ua dua los ntawm kev sau cov kev pab cuam hauv cov khw muag khoom noj thiab cov khw muag khoom loj.Lwm 96% hloov mus rau hauv cov thoob khib nyiab, txawm tias nws tau muab pov rau hauv curbside recycling, nws xaus rau hauv qhov chaw pov tseg.
Qee lub tebchaws xav kom cov tuam txhab lag luam yuav tsum muaj lub luag haujlwm tswj nyiaj txiag ntau dua rau lawv cov khoom tom qab cov neeg siv khoom siv. Hauv cov tshuab no, cov tuam txhab raug them raws li cov khoom pov tseg ntawm lawv cov khoom thiab ntim khoom.
Txhawm rau ua raws li nws txoj cai lij choj, Amazon them cov nqi no hauv qee lub tebchaws sab nraud Tebchaws Meskas.Amazon twb raug rau cov kab ke no hauv tebchaws Canada, raws li cov koom haum tsis muaj txiaj ntsig Canadian Managed Services Alliance, uas txhawb nqa cov haujlwm hauv cov xeev.
Nyob rau hauv qhov loj patchwork ntawm Teb Chaws Asmeskas txoj cai rov ua dua tshiab, cov kev cai no tseem tsis tau pom zoo nrog tsoomfwv, tshwj tsis yog rau cov khoom siv tshwj xeeb, tshuaj lom thiab muaj txiaj ntsig xws li hluav taws xob thiab roj teeb.
Lub lockers lub cev uas Amazon khaws cia rau cov neeg siv khoom xa rov qab tuaj yeem lees txais cov ntim khoom siv, cov kws tshaj lij tau hais tias, ntxiv tias Amazon tuaj yeem cog lus rov ua dua cov yas rau kev siv yav tom ntej hauv nws cov ntawv xa khoom.
Scott Cassell, tus thawj coj ntawm Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tswj Xyuas Khoom Muag, tau hais tias "Lawv tuaj yeem ua rov qab xa tawm, nqa cov khoom rov qab rau hauv lawv qhov kev faib khoom. Yog li yog ib lub tuam txhab tsom rau kev txo cov kev cuam tshuam ib puag ncig ntawm cov neeg siv khoom. "Tab sis nws yuav raug nqi nyiaj."
Lub sij hawm xa tuaj: Plaub Hlis-29-2022
