Puny Plastic, Pilikia Honua

ʻO kā mākou 2016 Ocean Resolution #1:
E ho'ōki kāua i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka pilikia

ʻO ka makahiki 2015 kekahi mau lanakila no ka wā e hiki mai ana o ko kākou pilina me ke kai. I kēia manawa ke nānā nei mākou i ka makahiki 2016 i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai mākou a pau e neʻe i kēlā mau paʻi paʻi a i ka hana paʻa. Hiki iā mākou ke kapa iā lākou ko mākou Na Olelo Hooholo Makahiki Hou no ka Moana. 

I ka pili ʻana i ka ʻōpala kai, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke neʻe wikiwiki, akā pono mākou e hoʻāʻo. Mahalo i ka hana nui o kekahi mau hui me ka Hui Hoʻohaumia Plastic, 5 Gulu, a Kaha hoʻokumu Surfrider, Ua hoʻoholo ka Hale o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a me ka Senate i ke kānāwai e pāpā ana i ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huahana i loaʻa nā microbeads. Nui nā hui, e like me L'Oreal, Johnson & Johnson, a me Procter & Gamble, ua hoʻolaha mua i ka pau ʻana o nā microbeads i kā lākou laina huahana, a no laila ma kekahi mau ʻano, hoʻohālikelike kēia kānāwai.

“He aha ka microbead?” E nīnau paha ʻoe. "A he aha ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā microbeads a me nā microplastics?" Microbeads mua.

ʻO Microbeads nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka plastic i hoʻohana ʻia e like me ka exfoliates ʻili i nā ʻano ʻili a me nā huahana mālama lauoho. Ke holoi ʻia lākou, lana lākou i lalo o ke kahawai, liʻiliʻi loa ke kānana ʻia, a ʻo ka hopena e holoi ʻia i loko o nā kahawai a hope loa i nā loko a me ke kai. Ma laila lākou e ʻai ai i nā mea ʻawaʻawa a inā ʻai nā iʻa a iʻa paha, ʻae lākou e komo i kēlā mau meaʻawaʻawa i loko o ka iʻa a me ka iʻa, a i ka hopena i nā holoholona a me nā kānaka e ʻai ana i kēlā mau iʻa. Eia hou, hiki ke hoʻoulu ʻia nā plastik i loko o ka ʻōpū o nā holoholona wai, e paʻakikī iā lākou ke loaʻa nā meaʻai e pono ai lākou. ʻO ka honua “E hahau i ka Microbead” Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo campaign i nā hui 79 ma 35 mau ʻāina e hana i ka pāpā ʻana i nā huahana e hana ana i nā microbeads. Ua hoʻomohala ka hoʻolaha i kahi polokalamu e kōkua iā ʻoe e koho i nā huahana me ka microbead manuahi.

A me nā microplastics? ʻO Microplastics ka huaʻōlelo hopu-a pau no nā ʻāpana plastik ma lalo o 5 mm ke anawaena. ʻOiai he mea hou kēia huaʻōlelo, ua ʻike ʻia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻāpana plastik liʻiliʻi ma ka moana no kekahi manawa. ʻEhā kumu kumu o kēlā mau microplastics—1) microbeads i loaʻa i loko o nā huahana pilikino a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma luna; 2) ka pōʻino o nā ʻāpana ʻōpala nui aʻe, mai nā kumu ʻāina; 3) ke kahe ʻana o nā pellets a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻohana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i nā huahana plastik mai ka moku a i ʻole kahi hale hana i loko o kahi ala wai; a me 4) mai ka lepo lepo a me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe.

Ke aʻo nei mākou a pau i ka nui o ka plastic i loko o ke kai a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia ma mua o kā mākou i ʻike ai. Ma kekahi mau pae, he pilikia koʻikoʻi. Pono mākou e hoʻomaka i kahi - a ʻo ka mea mua ke pale.  

He hoʻomaka maikaʻi ka pāpā ʻana i ka microbead—a ke paipai nei mākou iā ʻoe e pāpā iā lākou mai kou ʻohana i kēia manawa. No laila ke neʻe aku nei i nā plastics hoʻohana hoʻokahi, e like me nā ʻōpala plastik a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea kālā. Hoʻokahi hoʻolaha, ʻO ka ʻōpala palaki hope loa, manaʻo ʻoe e noi i kāu mau hale ʻaina punahele e hāʻawi i nā mea inu me ka ʻole o ka mauʻu ke ʻole ke noi ʻia, hāʻawi i nā mauʻu biodegradable, a i ʻole e hāʻawi pū iā lākou a pau. Ua hana nā kūlanakauhale e like me Miami Beach.  

ʻO ka hope, e kākoʻo i nā hana e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻokele ʻōpala i kou kaiāulu i ʻole e lele nā ​​plastics i kā mākou ala wai. ʻO ke kahe ʻana o ka wai weliweli a me ka wā ʻino ma ʻAmelika Hema, waena o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, UK, a me waena o ʻEulopa, ʻo ia ke kumu o ka poino o ke ola, ka neʻe ʻana o nā kaiāulu, a me ka pōʻino i nā wahi mōʻaukala a me ka waiwai. A ʻo ka mea kaumaha, ʻo ka ʻāpana o ke kumukūʻai hoʻomau ʻo ia ka ʻōpala e holoi ana i nā ala wai, me nā tausani o nā ʻōmole plastik. Ke neʻe a loli ke ʻano o ka wā, a e ulu pinepine ana nā hanana waikahe, ʻo ka pahuhopu ka hōʻoia ʻana i kā mākou pale wai i mea hana no ka mālama ʻana i ka plastik mai ko mākou mau ala wai.

Kiʻi 1: ʻO Joe Dowling, Nā Kūlana Kūʻai Kūlohelohe/Marine Photobank
Kiʻi 2: Dieter Tracey/Marine Photobank
Kiʻi 3: Na ka Beat the Microbead
Kiʻi 4: Ma muli o ka The Last Plastic Straw