Ubusabe bwinshi bwo guhanagura imiti yica udukoko mu gihe cy'icyorezo cya Covid-19 mu 2020 na 2021 bwatumye habaho ishoramari ridasanzwe ku bikoresho bidafite imitako bya spunlace—imwe mu bikoresho byakunzwe cyane ku isoko ry'ibikoresho bidafite imitako. Ibi byatumye ikoreshwa ku isi ku bikoresho bidafite imitako bya spunlace rigera kuri toni miliyoni 1.6, cyangwa miliyari 7.8 z'amadolari, mu 2021. Nubwo ubusabe bwakomeje kwiyongera, bwaragabanutse cyane cyane ku masoko nka za facewipes.
Uko icyifuzo kigenda gihinduka kandi ubushobozi bugakomeza kwiyongera, abakora imyenda idafite imigozi batangaje ko hari ingorane zikomeye, zarushijeho kwiyongera bitewe n’imiterere y’ubukungu rusange nko kuzamuka kw’ibiciro ku isi, izamuka ry’ibiciro by’ibikoresho fatizo, ibibazo by’uruhererekane rw’ibicuruzwa n’amabwiriza agenga ikoreshwa rya plastiki ikoreshwa rimwe mu masoko amwe n’amwe.
Mu isuzuma ryayo riheruka ry’inyungu, Glatfelter Corporation, ikigo kidakora imyenda yakozwe mu buryo bwa "nonwovens" cyagurishije Jacob Holm Industries mu 2021, cyatangaje ko ibyagurishijwe n’inyungu muri iki gice byari bike ugereranyije n’ibyo cyari giteganyijwe.
“Muri rusange, akazi kari imbere muri spunlace karenze uko byari byitezwe mbere,” Thomas Fahnemann, umuyobozi mukuru, agira ati: “Imikorere y’urwego kugeza ubu, hamwe n’ikiguzi cy’ihungabana twafashe kuri uyu mutungo ni ikimenyetso cyumvikana cy’uko uku kugura atari ko ikigo cyatekerezaga mbere.”
Fahnemann, wafashe umwanya wa mbere muri Glatfelter, ikigo kinini ku isi gishinzwe ubucuruzi bw’inganda zikora ibikoresho byo mu kirere, nyuma yo kugura Jacob Holm mu 2022, yabwiye abashoramari ko spunlace ikomeje gufatwa nk'ikwiriye ikigo kuko kugura ikigo bitahaye gusa ikigo izina rikomeye muri Sontara, ahubwo byanabahaye urubuga rushya rwo gukora ibikoresho byuzuzanya n'inganda zikora ibikoresho byo mu kirere. Gusubiza spunlace ku nyungu byashyizwe mu byiciro bitandatu by'ingenzi ikigo cyibandaho muri gahunda yacyo yo guhindura ibintu.
Igihe cyo kohereza: 18 Mata 2024
