“Izitolo ezinkulu yilapho umthengi ovamile ethola khona amapulasitiki alahlwa kakhulu”

Misazi sezinto eziphilayo zasolwandle kanye nomqondisi womkhankaso wezilwandle eGreenpeace USA,UJohn Hocevarkusho“Izitolo ezinkulu yilapho umthengi ovamile ethola khona amapulasitiki alahlwa kakhulu”.  

Imikhiqizo yepulasitiki itholakala yonke indawo ezitolo ezinkulu. Amabhodlela amanzi, izimbiza zebhotela lamantongomane, amashubhu okugqoka amasaladi, nokunye; cishe wonke amashalofu agcwele imikhiqizo esongwe ngamaphakeji epulasitiki.

Uhambo lwakho lwamasonto onke lokuthenga lukhiqiza inani elikhulu lemfucuza yepulasitiki. Lezo zingcezu zepulasitiki ezincane ekalishini yakho yokuthenga zengeza intaba kadoti wepulasitiki. E-United States, kukhiqizwa amathani ayizigidi ezingama-42 emfucumfucu wepulasitiki minyaka yonke, kanti iningi lawo ligcina lihlala olwandle noma ezindaweni zokulahla imfucumfucu, okuthatha iminyaka efinyelela kwengama-500 ukubola.

Umbiko wakamuva othi “2021 Supermarket Plastic Ranking Report” owenziwe iGreenpeace USA ubeke ezitolo ezinkulu ezingama-20 ngokusekelwe emizamweni yazo yokubhekana nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki, futhi ngeshwa, zonke zithole amamaki ahlulekayo. Umbiko weGreenpeace UK uthe ingxenye yezitolo ezinkulu ayinazo izinhloso eziqondile zokunciphisa imfucuza yepulasitiki, futhi lezo ezinemigomo zivame ukuzibeka phansi kangangokuba izinto zepulasitiki ezisetshenziswa kanye zizothatha amashumi eminyaka ukuthi zinyamalale emashalofini esitolo. Kubathengisi, "ukunciphisa ipulasitiki akuseyona into ehamba phambili, futhi lezi zinkampani zisenendlela ende okufanele ziyihambe ukuze zifeze izinhloso zazo."

Ngokukhula kokuqwashisa ngezindaba zemvelo, abantu abaningi namabhizinisi bafuna izixazululo ezisimeme zokunciphisa udoti wepulasitiki. Izindleko ze-ECOPROI-Compostableizikhwama zinikeza enye indlela esebenzayo yokubhekana nale nkinga.

Lezi zikhwama zenziweI-Compostableizinto zokwakha, okusho ukuthi zingabola esikhathini esifushane ngaphandle kokushiya izinhlayiya zepulasitiki eziyingozi ngemuva.I-Compostableizikhwama ziqinile futhi zihlala isikhathi eside, kanti kwezinye izindawo, isikhwama esivundisiwe sisebenza kangcono kunezikhwama zepulasitiki zendabuko,noma okungcono,nemvelo! Azikwazi ukufaka esikhundleni izikhwama zokuthenga kuphela kodwa zingasetshenziselwa izinjongo ezihlukahlukene emakhaya, emahhovisi, nakwezinye izilungiselelo.

Ukukhetha i-ECOPROI-Compostableizikhwama lapho uthenga akusizi nje ukunciphisa imfucuza yepulasitiki, kodwa futhi isekela imikhuba ehambisana nemvelo nesimeme. Banikeza indlela elula kodwa esebenzayo yokuthi ngamunye wethu enze umnikelo omuhle futhi asebenzele endaweni esimeme kakhudlwana yekusasa leplanethi yethu.