Ngenkathi uRebecca Prince-Ruiz ekhumbula ukuthi ukunyakaza kwakhe okuhle kwe-eco-friendly free uJulayi kuqhubekele phambili kuyo yonke le minyaka, akakwazi ukumomotheka. OKWENZELWE NGO-2011 abantu abangu-40 bazibophezela ekuhambeni kwepulasitiki ngenyanga eyodwa ngonyaka sekutholwe abantu abayizigidi ezingama-326 bebonisa lo mkhuba namuhla.
"Ngikubonile ukuthi uptick ube nentshisekelo minyaka yonke," kusho uNks Prince-Ruiz, osuselwa ePerth, Australia, namlobi wepulasitiki mahhala: Indaba ekhuthazayo yenhlangano yezemvelo yomhlaba kanye nokuthi kungani ibalulekile.
"Kulezi zinsuku, abantu babhekisisa ukuthi benzani ezimpilweni zabo nokuthi bangalisebenzisa kanjani ithuba lokungathathi hlangothi," kusho yena.
Kusukela ngo-2000, imboni yepulasitiki yenziwe ngopulasitiki eningi njengoba yonke iminyaka edlule ihlanganiswe,Umbiko Wokulwa Nezilwane Zasendle Zomhlaba ngo-2019kutholakele. "Ukukhiqizwa kweplastiki yeVirgin kukhuphuke ka-200-fold kusukela ngo-1950, futhi kukhule ngesilinganiso esingu-4% ngonyaka kusukela ngo-2000," kusho lo mbiko.
Lokhu kunezinkampani ezikhuphukile ukufaka esikhundleni sepulasitiki esisetshenziswa esisodwa ngephakheji elingenakuphikwa futhi elikhokhwayo elenzelwe ukunciphisa kakhulu ukushiya amapulasitiki anobuthi ngemuva.
NgoMashi, uMars Wrigleng noDimer Science bememezela ukubambisana okusha kwemibili ukuthuthukisa ukupakishwa okukhohlisayo kwama-skittles e-US, kulinganiselwa ukuthi kusemashalofini ekuqaleni kuka-2022.
Kubandakanya uhlobo lwe-polyhydroxyalkyalkataate (Pha) oluzobukeka futhi luzwakale lufana nepulasitiki, kepha lungaphonswa emncintiswaneni lapho luzodilizwa khona, ngokungafani neminyaka ejwayelekile ethatha iminyaka engama-20 kuye kwangama-450 ukubola ngokugcwele.
Isikhathi Sokuposa: Jan-21-2022
