Ngokungathandabuzekiyo iplastiki yenye yezona zinto zixhaphakileyo kubomi banamhlanje, ngenxa yeempawu zayo ezizinzileyo zomzimba kunye neekhemikhali. Ifumana ukusetyenziswa okuxhaphakileyo kwipakethe, ukutya, izixhobo zasekhaya, ezolimo, kunye namanye amashishini ahlukeneyo.
Xa ulanda imbali yokuvela kweplastiki, iingxowa zeplastiki zidlala indima ebalulekileyo. Ngo-1965, inkampani yaseSweden iCelloplast yafumana ilungelo elilodwa lomenzi wechiza kwaye yazisa iingxowa zeplastiki zepolyethylene kwimarike, ngokukhawuleza yafumana ukuthandwa eYurophu kwaye yatshintsha iingxowa zephepha kunye nelaphu.
Ngokweenkcukacha zeNkqubo yokusiNgqongileyo yeZizwe eziManyeneyo, kwisithuba esingaphantsi kweminyaka eli-15, ngo-1979, iingxowa zeplastiki zazithathe umyinge wama-80% wesabelo semalike engxowankulu yaseYurophu. Emva koko, baye baqinisekisa ngokukhawuleza ukongamela kwimakethi yebhegi yehlabathi. Ekupheleni kuka-2020, ixabiso lemarike yeengxowa zeplastiki ligqithise kwi-300 yeebhiliyoni zeedola, njengoko kubonisiwe yidatha yoPhando lweGrand View.
Nangona kunjalo, kunye nokusetyenziswa ngokubanzi kweengxowa zeplastiki, iinkxalabo zokusingqongileyo zaqala ukuvela kwinqanaba elikhulu. Ngo-1997, kwafunyanwa iPatch yeNkunkuma yePasifiki, eyona nto iquka inkunkuma yeplastiki elahlwa elwandle, kuquka iibhotile zeplastiki kunye neengxowa.
Ngokuhambelana nexabiso lemarike yeedola ezingama-300 eebhiliyoni zeerandi, ukugcinwa kwenkunkuma yeplastiki elwandle bemi kwindawo ekhwankqisayo yeetoni ezizigidi ezili-150 ekupheleni kuka-2020, kwaye kuya kunyuka nge-11 lezigidi zeetoni ngonyaka emva koko.
Nangona kunjalo, iiplastiki zemveli, ngenxa yokusetyenziswa kwazo ngokubanzi kunye neepropathi ezifanelekileyo zomzimba kunye neekhemikhali kwizicelo ezininzi, ezidityaniswa nomthamo wemveliso kunye neenzuzo zeendleko, zingqina umngeni ekutshintsheni ngokulula.
Ke ngoko, iingxowa zeplastiki ezinokonakala ngokwasemzimbeni zineempawu eziphambili zomzimba kunye neekhemikhali ezifana neeplastiki zemveli, ezivumela ukusetyenziswa kwazo kwezona meko zininzi ezikhoyo zokusetyenziswa kweplastiki. Ngaphezu koko, ziyancipha ngokukhawuleza phantsi kweemeko zendalo, ukunciphisa ukungcola. Ngenxa yoko, iingxowa zeplastiki ezibolisiweyo zinokuthathwa njengesona sisombululo sikhoyo ngoku.
Nangona kunjalo, utshintsho olusuka kwindala ukuya kwentsha luhlala luyinkqubo ephawulekayo, ngakumbi xa ibandakanya ukutshintshwa kweeplastiki zemveli ezendelelweyo, ezilawula amashishini amaninzi. Abatyali-mali abangaqhelananga nale marike banokuba namathandabuzo malunga nokuba nokwenzeka kweeplastiki ezinokubola.
Ukuvela kunye nophuhliso lwengqikelelo yokhuselo lokusingqongileyo lusukela kwimfuno yokujongana nokunciphisa ungcoliseko lokusingqongileyo. Amashishini amakhulu sele eqalisile ukwamkela ingqikelelo yozinzo lokusingqongileyo, kwaye ishishini lengxowa yeplastiki nalo linjalo.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jun-28-2023
