I-Tanzania yethula isigaba sokuqala sokuvinjelwa kwezikhwama zepulasitiki ngo-2017, okwavimbela ukukhiqizwa kanye "nokusabalalisa kwasekhaya" kwezikhwama zepulasitiki zanoma yiluphi uhlobo. Isigaba sesibili, esizoqala ukusebenza ngoJuni 1, sivimbela ukusetshenziswa kwezikhwama zepulasitiki kubavakashi.
Esitatimendeni esikhishwe ngoMeyi 16, uhulumeni waseTanzania welule ukuvinjelwa kokuqala ukuze kufakwe izivakashi, ethi "kuzokhethwa indawo eyisipesheli kuzo zonke izindawo zokungena ukuze kudedelwe izikhwama zepulasitiki ezilethwa izivakashi eTanzania." Izikhwama ze-“ziploc” ezisetshenziselwa ukuthutha izinto zangasese ngonogada basesikhumulweni sezindiza nazo azikhokhiswanga ekuvinjelweni uma abahambi bezibuyisela ekhaya futhi.
Ukuvinjelwa kuyasibona isidingo sezikhwama zepulasitiki kwezinye izimo, okuhlanganisa nezimboni zezokwelapha, zezimboni, ezokwakha nezolimo, kanye nezizathu zokukhucululwa kwendle kanye nokulawulwa kwemfucuza.
Afrika ngaphandle kwepulasitiki
ITanzania akulona izwe lase-Afrika kuphela elethule ukuvinjelwa okunjalo. Angaphezu kuka-30 amazwe ase-Afrika amukele ukuvinjelwa okufanayo, ikakhulukazi emazweni ase-Afrika eseningizimu yeSahara, ngokusho kweNational Geographic.
I-Kenya yethula ukuvinjelwa okufanayo ngo-2017. Ukuvinjelwa kwanikeza izinhlawulo ezinzima, nalabo abathintekayo bagwetshwe inhlawulo efinyelela ku-$38 noma iminyaka emine ejele. Nokho, uhulumeni akazange acabangele ezinye izindlela, okwaholela “ezinkampanini zepulasitiki” ezazihileleke ekulethweni kwezikhwama zepulasitiki ezivela emazweni angomakhelwane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuphoqelelwa kokuvinjelwa kwakungathembekile. "Ukuvinjelwa kufanele kube kukhulu futhi kube nzima, ngaphandle kwalokho abantu baseKenya bazokuziba," kusho uWalibiya, isishoshovu sedolobha. Nakuba eminye imizamo yokwandisa ukuvinjelwa ingaphumelelanga, izwe liyawazi umthwalo walo wokwenza okwengeziwe.
UGeoffrey Wahungu, uMqondisi-Jikelele weNational Environment Authority yaseKenya, uthe: “Manje wonke umuntu usebheke iKenya ngenxa yesinyathelo esinesibindi esisithathile. Asibheki emuva.”
I-Rwanda nayo imatasa emsebenzini odabeni lwezemvelo. Uhlose ukuba yizwe lokuqala elingenapulasitiki, futhi imizamo yakhe iyabonakala. I-UN ibize inhloko-dolobha iKigali njengedolobha elihlanzeke kunawo wonke ezwenikazi lase-Afrika, “ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuvinjelwa kuka-2008 kupulasitiki ongaboli.