Nk’uko ubushakashatsi bwa EPA bwo mu 2009 bwabigaragaje, amakontena n’ibipaki bigize 30 ku ijana by’imyanda yose yo mu mujyi wa Amerika.

Ubushakashatsi bwakozwe n'Ikigo gishinzwe kurengera ibidukikije (EPA) mu 2009 bwagaragaje ko amakontena n'ibipfunyika bigize igice kinini cy'imyanda ikomeye yo mu mujyi muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Ubushakashatsi bwagaragaje ko ibi bikoresho bigize hafi 30% by'imyanda yose yo mu mujyi muri Amerika, bigaragaza ingaruka zikomeye zo gupakira ku buryo bwo gucunga imyanda mu gihugu.

Ibyavuye mu bushakashatsi byagaragaje imbogamizi ku bidukikije ziterwa no guta ibikoresho byo mu bwoko bwa “containers” no gupakira. Bitewe n’uko ikoreshwa rya plastiki ikoreshwa rimwe gusa n’ibindi bikoresho bitabora, ingano y’imyanda iva mu gupakira yabaye ikibazo gikomeye. Raporo ya EPA igaragaza ko hakenewe ibisubizo birambye byo gupakira no kunoza uburyo bwo gucunga imyanda kugira ngo hakemurwe iki kibazo gikomeje kwiyongera.

Mu gusubiza ibyavuye mu bushakashatsi, hakomeje gushyirwa imbaraga mu kugabanya ingaruka zo gupakira ku bidukikije. Ibigo byinshi n'inganda byinshi byagiye bishakisha ubundi buryo bwo gupakira bubungabunga ibidukikije kandi burambye. Ibi birimo guteza imbere uburyo bwo gupakira bushobora kwangirika, ndetse no guteza imbere uburyo bwo kongera gukoreshwa no kongera gukoreshwa kugira ngo bigabanye ingano y'imyanda ipakira yinjira mu myanda.

Byongeye kandi, ingamba zigamije guteza imbere imyitwarire myiza ku baguzi no kongera igipimo cy’ikoreshwa ry’imyanda yo kongera gukoreshwa byarushijeho gukururwa. Hashyizweho ingamba zo kwigisha abaturage akamaro ko guta imyanda no kuyikoresha neza kugira ngo bagabanye ingano y’imyanda yo gupakira ijya mu myanda. Byongeye kandi, hashyizweho gahunda zo gushyira mu bikorwa inshingano z’umukozi (EPR) kugira ngo abakora ibikoresho bajye baryozwa imicungire y’ibikoresho byabo byo gupakira mu gihe cy’imperuka.

Inyigo ya EPA ihamagarira abafatanyabikorwa mu nganda zikora ibijyanye no gupakira imyanda, urwego rushinzwe gucunga imyanda, n'inzego za leta gufatanya mu gushaka ibisubizo birambye byo kugabanya ingaruka z'imyanda ikoreshwa mu gupakira imyanda ku bidukikije. Mu gukorera hamwe kugira ngo hashyirwe mu bikorwa imiterere mishya yo gupakira imyanda, kunoza ibikorwa remezo byo kongera gukoresha imyanda, no guteza imbere ikoreshwa ry'imyanda mu buryo buboneye, birashoboka kugabanya ingaruka zo gupakira imyanda ku myanda ikomeye yo mu mujyi.

Mu gihe Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika zikomeje guhangana n’ibibazo byo gucunga imyanda, gukemura ikibazo cy’imyanda ikoreshwa mu gupakira bizaba ingenzi cyane mu kugera ku buryo burambye kandi butabangamiye ibidukikije bwo gucunga imyanda. Hamwe n’imbaraga zihuriweho n’abaturage n’ubwitange mu mikorere irambye, igihugu gishobora gukora ku buryo kigabanya igipimo cy’imyanda ikoreshwa mu gupakira imyanda mu mijyi no kugera ku bukungu buziguye kandi bukoresha umutungo kamere.