E kala mai, ʻaʻole ia he Cocktail Holiday Special

Na Mark J. Spalding, Peresidena

Ma mua o Dekemaba 2014, ua laki au i ka hiki ke hele i ʻelua hanana kūikawā ma Annapolis, Maryland. ʻO ka mua, ʻo ia ka ʻahaʻaina makana o ka Chesapeake Conservancy kahi i lohe ai mākou i kahi haʻiʻōlelo mai ka ED o ka hui, ʻo Joel Dunn, e pili ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ka manaʻoʻiʻo e hiki iā mākou a pau ke kōkua i ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā mokuʻāina ʻeono ʻo Chesapeake Bay i wahi olakino e ola ai. hana, a paani. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hanohano o ke ahiahi ʻo Keith Campbell nāna i haʻi mai iā mākou e kākoʻo ana nā ʻoiaʻiʻo i ka poʻe a pau i manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo Chesapeake Bay olakino ka ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻokele waiwai kūloko.

I ke ahiahi aʻe, ʻo Keith lāua ʻo kāna kaikamahine ʻo Samantha Campbell (peresidena o ka Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment a me ka lālā mua o ka TOF Board) e hoʻolauleʻa ana i nā hana a Verna Harrison, ka mea e haʻalele ana ma hope o nā makahiki he ʻumikūmālua ma ke ʻano he Luna Hoʻokele o ka Foundation. Ua ʻike ka haʻiʻōlelo ma hope o ka haʻiʻōlelo i ke kūpaʻa ʻana o Verna i ka Chesapeake Bay olakino i nā makahiki he mau makahiki. Ma ka lima e kōkua i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i kāna ʻoihana a hiki i kēia lā, ʻo ia nā kiaʻāina mua, nā luna federal, mokuʻāina, a me nā luna kūloko, ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi mau hoa hana hoʻokumu, a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, he mau haneli o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi i ko lākou mau lā i kahi Chesapeake Bay ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.

ʻO kekahi o ka poʻe i hoʻolaʻa ʻia ma ka hanana ʻo Julie Lawson, ka luna o Trash-Free Maryland, nāna i lawe i kāna pahu wai hoa mai ke Kai kūʻono. Ma ka nānā pono ʻana, ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka wai inu. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua minamina au i ka ʻike ʻana he mea inu a noho paha i loko o kēia wai. E like me kāu e ʻike ai ma ke kiʻi, he ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo ka wai i loko o ka hue, e like me ka lā i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ai. Ma ka nānā pono ʻana, ʻike ʻia i loko o nā kaula liʻiliʻi e kau ana nā ʻāpana plastik o nā ʻano nui like ʻole. ʻO ke aniani hoʻonui e hōʻike ana i nā ʻāpana plastik liʻiliʻi.

ʻO ka laʻana āna i lawe ai ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia i ka hopena o Nowemapa i ka wā i hele aku ai nā hui mālama mālama ʻelua, ʻo Trash Free Maryland a me 5 Gyres Institute, e hōʻiliʻili i nā laʻana wai a me nā laʻana o nā ʻōpala i ka Chesapeake. Ua kono lākou i ka loea ʻo Chesapeake Bay a me ke kākāʻōlelo kiʻekiʻe o EPA ʻo Jeff Corbin e hele pū:  Ma kahi blog ma hope aku, ua kākau ʻo ia: "Ua wānana wau ʻaʻole mākou e loaʻa nui. ʻO koʻu manaʻo, ʻo ka Chesapeake Bay he ikaika loa, me kona mau au, makani a me nā au, e kū'ē ana i nā ʻano kaʻa kaʻa moana ākea e hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ka haumia plastics. Ua hewa wau.

ʻO Microplastics ka huaʻōlelo i hoʻohana ʻia no ka wehewehe ʻana i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka plastic i kēia manawa i loko o ko kākou moana—ke koena o ka ʻōpala plastik e hele ana i nā ala wai a i loko o ke kai. ʻAʻole nalo nā plastik i ke kai; nahaha lakou i na apana liilii. E like me kā Julie i kākau ai i kēia manawa e pili ana i ka laʻana o ka Bay, "He mau kaukani microbeads mai nā huahana mālama pilikino a me ka nui o ka plastic density i manaʻo ʻia he 10 mau manawa o ka pae i loaʻa ma nā "ʻōpala" kaulana o ka moana o ka honua. Hoʻopili kēia mau ʻāpana plastik liʻiliʻi i nā petrochemical ʻē aʻe e like me ka pesticides, ka aila, a me ka ʻaila, e lilo ana i mea ʻona a make i ka lalo o ke kaulahao meaʻai Bay e alakaʻi ai i nā pāpaʻi uliuli a me nā iʻa pōhaku i ʻai ʻia e nā kānaka.

ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Dekemaba i kahi laʻana ʻepekema ʻelima makahiki o nā kai o ka honua ma PLOS 1 - "Ua loaʻa nā plastik o nā ʻano nui a pau ma nā wahi moana a pau, e hui pū ana i nā ʻāpana hōʻiliʻili i nā gyres subtropical, me nā gyres hema hema kahi i ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ke kahakai ma mua o ka hemisphere ʻākau." ʻO ke aʻo ʻana i ka manaʻo o ka nui o ka plastic i loko o nā moana o ka honua e hōʻike ana i ka hopena o ka ʻai ʻana a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ke ola o ke kai.

Hiki iā mākou ke hana e like me Julie a lawe pū me mākou i kahi hāpana wai. A i ʻole hiki iā mākou ke apo i ka ʻōlelo a mākou e lohe pinepine ai mai Trash Free Maryland, ka 5 Gyres Institute, ka Plastics Pollution Coalition, Beyond Plastic, Surfrider Foundation, a me kā lākou mau hoa hana a puni ka honua. He pilikia ka poʻe i hoʻomaopopo maoli ʻia—a ʻo ka nīnau mua i nīnau pinepine ʻia iā mākou "Pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻihoʻi i ka plastik mai ke kai?"

A, ma The Ocean Foundation, ua loaʻa mau iā mākou nā manaʻo mai nā hui like ʻole a me nā poʻe e pili ana i ka wehe ʻana i nā plastics mai ka moana kai kahi i hōʻiliʻili ai. I kēia lā, ʻaʻohe o kēia mau mea i kākau ʻia. ʻOiai inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohana i kāna ʻōnaehana e hōʻiliʻili i ka plastik mai kahi gyre, a laila pono mākou e ʻike i ka nui o ke kumukūʻai no ka lawe ʻana i kēlā ʻōpala i uka a hūnā iā ia i wahie ma kekahi ʻano. A i ʻole, e hoʻohuli iā ia ma ke kai, a laila lawe i ka wahie i uka i kahi e hoʻohana ʻia ai. ʻO ke kumukūʻai holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa e hele a ʻimi i ka plastic, hoʻololi i ka ikehu a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka waiwai o kekahi ikehu a i ʻole nā ​​​​huahana hana hou i hana ʻia (ʻoi aku kēia i kēia manawa ke hāʻule nei ke kumukūʻai aila).

ʻOiai ke hopohopo nei au he mea paʻakikī ke hoʻoneʻe ʻana i ka plastic mai ke kai mai ke kālā kūpono (ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana ʻoihana waiwai); Kākoʻo au i ka lawe ʻana i nā plastics mai ko mākou moana. No ka mea, inā hiki iā mākou ke wehe i ka nui o ka plastic mai hoʻokahi gyre, he hopena maikaʻi loa ia.
No laila, ʻo kaʻu pane maʻamau, "ʻAe, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaka ma ka hana ʻana i kā mākou ʻāpana ʻaʻole e ʻae hou i ka ʻilika e komo i loko o ka moana a ʻike mākou i kahi ala e hoʻopau pono ai i ka haumia plastik mai ke kai me ka hana ʻole ʻana i kahi pōʻino." No laila, i ko mākou hoʻokokoke ʻana i ka makahiki hou, eia paha kekahi mau ʻōlelo hoʻoholo e hiki iā mākou ke mālama no ka moana.

• ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo ka mea paʻakikī loa i kēia manawa o ka makahiki: E kaupalena i ka hana ʻana i ka ʻōpala. A laila, e hoʻolei pono i nā ʻōpala a pau.  Hana hou i kahi kūpono.
• E ʻimi i nā mea ʻokoʻa i nā mea plastik āu e hilinaʻi nei; a hōʻole i ka ʻeke hoʻokahi lawelawe ʻana, nā mauʻu, ka ʻeke nui, a me nā mea 'ilika hoʻopau ʻia.
• Mai hoʻopiha piha i nā pahu ʻōpala a e hoʻopaʻa pono i ka paʻa o ke poʻi—ʻoi pinepine ke kahe ʻana i ka makani ma ke alanui, e holoi ʻia i loko o nā ʻauwai ʻino, a i waho i nā ala wai.
• E paipai i ka poe puhi paka e hoolei pono i ko lakou mau puu—ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hapakolu (120 biliona) o nā ʻōpala cigareti a pau e makani ma nā ala wai ma ʻAmelika wale nō.
• Lawe i kāu ʻōmole wai a ʻeke kūʻai hoʻohana hou me ʻoe- hoʻohana mākou i 3 trillion ʻeke i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia e like me ka ʻōpala.
• E pale i nā huahana mālama pilikino i loaʻa “microbeads” – ua lilo ia mau mea ma na wahi a pau ma na ala wai a ma na kahakai no ka mea, ua lilo lakou ma na wahi a pau i ka toothpaste, ka holoi maka, a me na huahana e ae i na makahiki he umi i hala.
• E paipai i nā mea hana a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e ʻimi i nā mea ʻē aʻe—ʻo Unilever, L'Oreal, Crest (Procter & Gamble), Johnson & Johnson, a me Colgate Palmolive kekahi mau hui i ʻae e hana pēlā ma ka hopena o 2015 a i ʻole 2016 (no ka papa inoa piha loa).
• E paipai i ka ʻoihana e e hoʻomau i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea e pale ai i ka plastic mai ke komo ʻana i ka moana ma mua.