Ulwandle lwePlastiki

NgoJanuwari 21, amalungu eBhodi ye-TOF uJoshua Ginsberg, u-Angel Braestrup, kunye nam ndathatha inxaxheba kwisiganeko seForam yaseSalisbury egxile kwinkunkuma yeplastiki elwandle. Umsitho waqala ngefilimu ka-2016 ethi "Ulwandle lwePlastiki," ifilimu entle, ebuhlungu ngokweemvakalelo malunga nokusasazwa kwenkunkuma yeplastiki kulo lonke ulwandle lwethu lwehlabathi.plasticoceans.org) kunye nomonakalo owubangelayo kubomi baselwandle nakuluntu ngokubanzi. 

Nasemva kwayo yonke le minyaka kunye nawo onke amabali anzima ebekufuneka siwabukele, ndisacaphuka kakhulu xa ndibona ubungqina bokusetyenziswa kwethu kakubi kolwandle njengeminenga efuthaniselwa kukuphefumla iplastiki, izisu zeentaka zizele ziingceba zeplastiki. lungisa ukutya, kunye nabantwana abaphila ngesuphu enetyuwa enetyhefu. Ndithe ndisahleli apho kwiMoviehouse ephithizelayo eMilterton, eNew York, ndaqalisa ukuzibuza ukuba ndingakwazi na ukuthetha emva kokubukela amabali amaninzi abuhlungu.

Alithandabuzeki elokuba amanani ayothusa— iitriliyoni zamaqhekeza eplastiki elwandle ezingasokuze ziphele ngokupheleleyo.

Iipesenti ezingama-95 zazo zincinci kunokhozo lwerayisi kwaye ke zityiwa lula ngamazantsi ekhonkco lokutya, ngokulula ziyinxalenye yokuthathwa kwezixhobo zokucoca ezifana ne-whale sharks kunye neminenga eluhlaza. Iiplastiki zithatha ityhefu kunye nezinye iityhefu, ziminxa imijelo yamanzi, kwaye zikuyo yonke indawo ukusuka eAntarctica ukuya kwiNorth Pole. Kwaye, ngaphandle kokwazi kwethu ububanzi bengxaki, ukuveliswa kweeplastiki kuqikelelwa ukuba kuphindwe kathathu, kuncediswa ngamaxabiso aphantsi kumafutha e-fossil, apho iplastiki eninzi yenziwe khona. 

I-Microplastic, iYunivesithi yaseOregon State

Kwikhredithi yabenzi befilimu, basinika lonke ithuba lokuthatha inxaxheba kwizisombululo-kunye nethuba lokuvakalisa inkxaso yethu kwizisombululo ezibanzi kwiindawo ezifana neziqithi zeziqithi apho ukujongana neentaba ezikhoyo zenkunkuma kunye nokucwangciswa kolawulo lwexesha elizayo lungxamisekileyo, kwaye iyimfuneko kwimpilo yabo bonke ubomi bolwandle. Oku kuyinyani ngakumbi apho ukunyuka komphakamo wolwandle kusongela zombini iindawo zenkunkuma kunye nezinye iziseko zoluntu, kwaye uluntu lusemngciphekweni ngakumbi.

Eyona nto iphinda igxininiswe ngumboniso bhanyabhanya yile: Zininzi izoyikiso kubomi bolwandle, kunye namandla okuvelisa ioksijini yolwandle. Inkunkuma yeplastiki yenye yezo zoyikiso. Ukwenziwa kweasidi yolwandle yenye. Izingcolisi eziphuma emhlabeni ziye kwimilambo, imilambo namatheku sesinye. Ukuze ubomi baselwandle buchume, kufuneka senze kangangoko sinako ukunciphisa ezo zoyikiso. Oko kuthetha inani lezinto ezahlukeneyo. Okokuqala, kufuneka sixhase kwaye sinyanzelise imithetho ejoliswe ekunciphiseni umonakalo, njengoMthetho woKhuseleko lweMammal Marine, owenze lukhulu ukunceda izilwanyana zaselwandle ukuba zibuyele kwaye zinokuqhubeka nokwenza okungakumbi ukuba amalungiselelo alo akhuselwe. 

Ubutyobo baselwandle kwindawo yokuhlala ialbatross, uSteven Siegel/Marine Photobank

Okwangoku, njengoko izazinzulu, abemi abachaphazelekayo, kunye nabanye besebenza kwiindlela zokukhupha iplastiki elwandle ngaphandle kokwenza ingozi kubomi bolwandle, sinokwenza konke esinako ukugcina iplastiki ngaphandle kolwandle. Abanye abantu abazinikeleyo basebenza kwiindlela zokuqinisekisa ukuba abavelisi beplastiki banoxanduva olungakumbi lwenkunkuma yeplastiki. Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, ndidibene noMat Prindiville wase-Upstream (upstreampolicy.org)

I-Urchin yolwandle enefolokhwe yePlastiki, iKay Wilson/Indigo Dive Academy iSt.Vincent kunye neGrenadines

Ngamnye wethu unokusebenzela ukunciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwethu kweeplastiki zokusetyenziswa okukodwa, okungeyonto intsha njengeqhinga. Ngexesha elifanayo, ndiyazi ukuba sonke kufuneka sigcine umkhwa wokuzisa iingxowa zethu ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe kwakhona kwivenkile, ukuzisa iibhotile zethu zamanzi ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe kuyo yonke indawo (kwanamafilimu), kwaye sikhumbule ukucela ukuba akukho straw xa siyalela iziphuzo zethu. Sisebenza ekubuzeni iindawo zokutyela esizithandayo ukuba zingatshintsha na ukuze “zibuze iipolisi zakho” kunokuba zizenzekele. Basenokugcina imali, nabo. 

Kufuneka sigxuphuleke—sincede ekugcineni inkunkuma yeplastiki apho ikhoyo kwaye siyisuse apho ingekhoyo—iindledlana zeenyawo, iigutter, neepaki. Ukucoca uluntu ngamathuba amahle kwaye ndiyazi ukuba ndingenza ngaphezulu yonke imihla. Dibana nam.

Funda ngakumbi ngeplastiki yolwandle kunye nento onokuyenza ukuyithintela.