Hoʻomaka ʻo Sydney i ka Polokalamu Hoʻoikaika Hana Hou ʻana i nā ʻŌpala Meaʻai no nā Hale ʻAina

Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Sydney i kahi papahana hoʻoikaika hana hou ʻana i nā ʻōpala meaʻai no nā hale ʻaina, nā hale ʻaina kofe, a me nā hale kūʻai berena ma Ianuali 15, 2026, me ka manaʻo e hoʻonui i ka helu hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻōpala meaʻai o ke kūlanakauhale mai 35% a i 50% ma ka makahiki 2030. ʻO ka hana, i alakaʻi ʻia e ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Sydney, e uku ana i nā ʻoihana e hana hou mau ana i nā ʻōpala meaʻai me nā uku hōʻiliʻili ʻōpala i hoʻemi ʻia a me ka ʻike ʻia e ka lehulehu.
Ma lalo o ka papahana, pono nā hale ʻaina e komo ana e kau inoa me nā hoa hana hou i ʻae ʻia, e hoʻohana i nā ʻōpala i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka ʻōpala meaʻai (koe naʻe ka ʻōpala), a waiho i nā hōʻike hana hou o kēlā me kēia mahina. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā ʻoihana ma kahi ʻōnaehana ʻekolu pae: Gula, Kālā, a me ke Keleawe. Loaʻa i nā ʻoihana i helu ʻia he Gula (e hana hou ana ma luna o 80% o kā lākou ʻōpala meaʻai) kahi hoʻēmi 30% ma nā bila hōʻiliʻili ʻōpala; Loaʻa iā Kālā (60% - 80%) he 20% hoʻēmi; a loaʻa iā Keleawe (40% - 60%) kahi hoʻēmi 10%. Eia kekahi, hōʻike ʻia nā mea loaʻa Gula a me Kālā ma ka papa kuhikuhi pūnaewele "Sustainable Eats" o ka ʻaha kūkā, kahi e hoʻokele ai i ka hele ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku.
Ua pane maikaʻi mai nā ʻoihana kūloko. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mia Carter, ka mea nona kahi hale ʻaina ma ke kikowaena o ke kūlanakauhale, "Ua hoʻolei mākou i 15kg o ka ʻōpala meaʻai i kēlā me kēia pule. I kēia manawa, hana hou mākou i 12kg o ia mea, kūpono no ke kālā, a mālama i $80 ma kā mākou bila mahina. Eia kekahi, ʻōlelo nā mea kūʻai aku i ka papa kuhikuhi ke kipa lākou." Eia naʻe, ua ʻike kekahi mau hale ʻaina nui i nā pilikia logistical. "He mea paʻakikī ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻōpala kaʻawale i loko o kā mākou lumi kuke liʻiliʻi, akā ke hoʻonohonoho hou nei mākou e paʻi i ke gula," wahi a James Wong, he luna hale ʻaina ma Surry Hills.
No ke kākoʻo ʻana i ke komo ʻana, hāʻawi ke ʻaha kūkā i ka lawe manuahi ʻana i nā ʻōpala, nā modula hoʻomaʻamaʻa pūnaewele, a me nā kūkākūkā ma kahi. I loko o nā mahina ʻekolu mua, ua komo ʻoi aku ma mua o 400 mau hale ʻaina i ka papahana, e hoʻohuli ana i 120 tone o ka ʻōpala meaʻai mai nā landfills i kēlā me kēia mahina.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Lisa Reynolds, Luna Hoʻokele ʻŌpala o Sydney, "ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea hoʻoikaika ma mua o nā hoʻopaʻi no ka loli lōʻihi. Kōkua kēia papahana i nā ʻoihana e mālama kālā me ka pale ʻana i ke kaiapuni." Hoʻolālā ka ʻaha kūkā e hoʻonui i ka hana i nā kula a me nā haukapila i ka makahiki 2027, me ka pahuhopu o 1,000 mau mea komo ma ka hopena o ka makahiki.