Makore 49 apfuura nhasi bhaisikopo rinonzi, “The Graduate,” rakatanga kuoneka muU.SA bhaisikopo uye nokudaro rakasimbisa mutsara unozivikanwa waVaMcGuire pamusoro pemikana yeramangwana—Rinongova izwi rimwe chete, “Plastiki.” Akanga asiri kutaura pamusoro pegungwa, hongu. Asi aigona kudaro.  

 

Nehurombo, mapurasitiki ARI kutsanangura gungwa redu remangwana. Zvimedu zvakakura uye zvidiki zvidiki, kunyangwe microbeads uye micro-mapurasitiki, akagadzira rudzi rwepasi rose miasma inokanganisa hupenyu hwemugungwa nzira iyo static inokanganisa kutaurirana. Zvakaipa chete. Microfibers dziri munyama yehove dzedu. Plastiki mune yedu oysters. Plastiki inovhiringidza kutsvaga chikafu, vana, uye kukura.   

 

Saka, mukufunga nezvemapurasitiki uye kuti dambudziko rakakura sei, ndinofanira kutaura kuti ndinotenda kune wese ari kushanda mukutsvaga mhinduro kumapurasitiki MUgungwa, uye ndinotenda zvakafanana kune wese anobatsira kuchengetedza mapurasitiki KUNZE ocean. Kureva kuti munhu wese anongwarira marara avo, anonzvenga mapurasitiki ekushandisa kamwe chete, anonhonga marara avo nezvigubhu zvefodya, uye anosarudza zvigadzirwa zvisina microbead. Ndatenda.  

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Isu tinofara kuve chikamu chehurukuro dzevapa mari nezvekuti nheyo dzinogona sei kuisa mari mumapurasitiki zvinobudirira. Kune masangano makuru anoita basa rakanaka padanho rega rega. Isu tinofara nekufambira mberi kwaitwa pakurambidza kushandiswa kwe microbeads, uye tinovimba kuti mamwe matanho emutemo anoshandawo. Panguva imwecheteyo, zvinosuruvarisa kuti mune dzimwe nyika dzakadai seFlorida, nharaunda dzegungwa hadzibvumirwi kurambidza kushandiswa kwepurasitiki imwe chete, pasinei nokuti inobhadhara chii, kana gungwa redu, kugadzirisa migumisiro yekurasa kusina kunaka.  

 

Chinhu chimwe chaunoona munzvimbo dzedu dziri mumhenderekedzo yegungwa ibasa rakawanda rinotora kuchengeta mahombekombe akachena zvakakwana kuti vanhu vanakidzwe nawo. Imwe ichangoburwa pa-line beach wongororo yandakaverenga yakati 
“mahombekombe egungwa akanga asina kucherwa, kwakanga kune sora romugungwa nemarara kwose kwose, uye nzvimbo yokupaka motokari yakanga ine mabhodhoro asina chinhu, magaba, uye magirazi akaputsika. Hatisi kuzodzoka.  

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Mukubatana neJetBlue, The Ocean Foundation yanga ichitarisa kuti imarii inodhura nharaunda dzemahombekombe mumari yakarasika kana mahombekombe achitaridzika akasviba. Uswa hwegungwa inyaya yechisikigo sejecha, gungwa, mateko nedenga. Marara haasi. Uye isu tinotarisira kuti nharaunda dzezvitsuwa nedzemumhenderekedzo yegungwa dzichawana bhenefiti yakakura yehupfumi kubva mukutonga kwemarara kuri nani. Uye imwe yemhinduro iyoyo kudzikisa tsvina pakutanga, uye kuve nechokwadi kuti yakatorwa nemazvo. Tese tinogona kuva chikamu chemhinduro iyi.