Ngaba ungayifutha ingxowa yakho yekofu?

Njengomntu othanda ukusela ikofu, iingxowa eziseleyo zihlala ziqokelelana ekhitshini lam. Bendicinga ngale nto xa kwafika ingxowa yeembotyi ezivela e-Ashland, e-Oregon's Noble Coffee Roasting, ngenxa yobhaliso lwam lweMisto Box. Ndabona ilebheli encinci ezantsi: “Le ngxowa iyabola kwaye iyakwazi ukubola. Nceda ususe i-tin tie kunye nevalvu ngaphambi kokuba uyifake kwi-compost.”

Ngaba ndingayifutha le ngxowa ngenene? ​​Kuza kwenzeka ntoni ukuba ndingayibeka emgqomeni endaweni yoko? Kungekudala ndazifumana ndijonga umxholo ongasoloko ulula njengoko ubonakala.

Ukutshintshela ekupakisheni okuzinzileyo ngakumbi

Kwiinkampani zekofu ezizimisele ukuzinza, ukupakisha yinxalenye ebalulekileyo kwishishini lazo, kwaye ezininzi ziqalile ukushenxa kwiingxowa zemveli ezifakwe kwi-foil. Impembelelo inokuba nkulu. Iveki nganye, i-micro-roaster Noble idlula kwi-avareji yeepakethe ezingama-500 ze-12-ounce kunye neepakethe ezingama-250 zeeponti ezintlanu. “Xa ucacisa loo nto ngaphezu konyaka okanye ngaphezulu, loo nto ininzi kakhulu. Kwaye siyinkampani enye encinci,” utshilo uJared Rennie, umseki kunye ne-CEO yeNoble Coffee. “Ukuba uninzi lwethu iinkampani ezincinci—kunye nezinye iinkampani ezinkulu—besingenza olu hlobo lwentshukumo, ngenene ibiya kuba nefuthe.”

Kukho iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokukhetha iingxowa ezinomgquba. Abanye kuni basenokuba sele beyibonile i-Omnidegradable packaging evela kwiTonchant® Solutions (esetyenziswa ziinkampani ezifana neWrecking Ball Coffee) kunye neBiotrē evela kwiPacific Bag, Inc. Le yokugqibela yingxowa endiyifumene okokuqala kwiNoble Coffee Roasting, kwaye isetyenziswa ngabanye abaroaster abadumileyo abafana neCounter Culture, Spyhouse Coffee, Water Avenue Coffee, kunye neHuckleberry. Okwenza ezi ngxowa zimbini zahluke kwezinye iindlela ezinomgquba kunye nezibolayo (njengebhegi yephepha ecocekileyo, umzekelo) kukuba ziza nomqobo ofunekayo ukukhusela ikofu. Inxalenye engaphandle yale ngxowa isekelwe ephepheni kwaye i-liner yangaphakathi yiplastiki ene-additi evumela ukuba iqhekeke ngokuhamba kwexesha.