Lapho u-Rebecca Prince-Ruiz ekhumbula indlela ukunyakaza kwakhe okuvumelana nemvelo kwe-Plastic Free July okuthuthuke ngayo phakathi neminyaka edlule, akakwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ukumamatheka.Okwaqala ngo-2011 njengoba abantu abangu-40 bezibophezela ukuthi bangayisebenzisi ipulasitiki inyanga eyodwa ngonyaka sekukhule umfutho kubantu abangu-326 million abazibophezela ukuthi bazowuthatha namhlanje lo mkhuba.
"Ngikubonile lokho kukhuphuka kwentshisekelo minyaka yonke," kusho uNkz Prince-Ruiz, ozinze ePerth, e-Australia, nombhali we-Plastic Free: The Inspiring Story of a Global Environmental Movement and Why It Matters.
“Kulezi zinsuku abantu babhekisisa ukuthi benzani ezimpilweni zabo nokuthi bangalibamba kanjani ithuba lokungamoshi,” usho kanje.
Kusukela ngo-2000, imboni yepulasitiki iye yakhiqiza ipulasitiki eningi njengayo yonke iminyaka edlule ihlangene,umbiko weWorld Wildlife Fund ngo-2019kutholiwe."Ukukhiqizwa kwe-virgin plastic kunyuke ngokuphindwe ka-200 kusukela ngo-1950, futhi kukhule ngesilinganiso esingu-4% ngonyaka kusukela ngo-2000," kusho umbiko.
Lokhu kugqugquzele izinkampani ukuthi zithathele indawo ipulasitiki esetshenziswa kanye kuphela ifake izinto ezibolayo nezivundisekayo eziklanyelwe ukunciphisa ngendlela emangalisayo amapulasitiki anobuthi ashiya ngemuva.
NgoMashi, i-Mars Wrigley kanye no-Danimer Scientific bamemezele ubambiswano olusha lweminyaka emibili lokuthuthukisa ukupakishwa kwe-compostable kwama-Skittles e-US, okulinganiselwa ukuthi kuzoba emashalofini ngasekuqaleni kuka-2022.
Kubandakanya uhlobo lwe-polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) oluzobukeka futhi luzizwe lufana nepulasitiki, kodwa lungaphonswa kumquba lapho uzophuka khona, ngokungafani nepulasitiki evamile ethatha noma yikuphi kusukela ku-20 kuya ku-450 iminyaka ukubola ngokugcwele.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-21-2022
