I-TOF ihlaba ikhwelo kumaziko emfundo yeSizwe ukuba aPhonononge ukuYila ngokutsha iiPlastiki

Njengenxalenye ye-Ocean Foundation's Redesigning Plastics Initiative, ngomhla we-15 kweyeKhala yowama-2019, siye sacela intlanganiso yokujonga izinto kwiibhodi eziphambili zeNational Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine eziquka: I-Ocean Studies Board, iBhodi yeeNzululwazi zeMichiza nobuChwepheshe kunye Ibhodi kwiZifundo zeNdalo kunye neToxicology. UMongameli we-TOF, uMark J. Spalding, ilungu leBhodi yeziFundo ze-Ocean, wabiza intlanganiso ye-scoping ukuphakamisa umbuzo wokuba ii-Academies zinokucebisa njani malunga nesayensi yokuyila ngokutsha iiplastiki kunye nokubanakho kwendlela yokuvelisa ukujongana nokwabelwanayo. umngeni wongcoliseko lweplastiki yehlabathi. 

Siqale ekuqondeni okwabelwana ngako ukuba "iplastiki ayiyoplastiki," kwaye eli gama libinzana lesambulela lezinto ezininzi ezenziwe ngeepolymers ezininzi, izongezo, kunye nezinto ezixubeneyo. Kwisithuba seeyure ezintathu, iqela lixoxe ngemingeni emininzi ebanzi yokusombulula ingxaki yongcoliseko lweplastiki, ukusuka ekubuyiseni nasekusetyenzisweni ngokutsha ukuya kwizithintelo zolawulo lwenkunkuma eqinileyo kunye nokungaqiniseki ekuvavanyeni ikamva lokusingqongileyo kunye neziphumo zeplastiki kwiindawo zokuhlala, izilwanyana zasendle kunye nempilo yabantu. . Ngokunikwa ikhwelo elithile le-TOF kwisenzo sesayensi yokuyila ngokutsha, ukuqhuba indlela esekwe kwimveliso, abanye abathathi-nxaxheba baphikisa ngelithi le ndlela inokuthi ifaneleke ngakumbi kwingxoxo eqhutywa ngumgaqo-nkqubo (kunokuba kuphononongwe lwenzululwazi) ukugunyazisa ukuyilwa ngokutsha ukuze kupheliswe izixhobo kunye. Ukuntsonkotha koyilo lwemveliso, ukunciphisa ungcoliseko, kunye nokuthintela ubuninzi beepolymers kwimarike. Ngelixa ukungaqiniseki kwezenzululwazi kusasele kwindlela yokubuyisela, ukuphinda kusetyenziswe, okanye kusetyenziswe kwakhona iiplastiki ezikhoyo ngokomlinganiselo, izazinzulu ezininzi entlanganisweni zacebisa ukuba iinjineli zemichiza kunye nezixhobo zenzululwazi zinokwenza lula kwaye zibeke umgangatho wemveliso yeplastiki ngokudityaniswa kweendlela ezisekwe kwibhayoloji, ngoomatshini kunye neekhemikhali. ukuba kukho inkuthazo kunye nokubiza ukwenza njalo.  

Kunokuba ugunyazise ukuba zeziphi izinto ezifunekayo kwiiplastiki, omnye umthathi-nxaxheba ucebise ukuba indlela yomgangatho wokusebenza iya kucela umngeni kwicandelo lezenzululwazi kunye nelabucala ukuba libe nobuchule obutsha kwaye liphephe imimiselo enokuthi yaliwe njengemimiselo kakhulu. Oku kunokushiya ucango luvulekile kutshintsho olukhulu ngakumbi endleleni. Ekupheleni kosuku, izinto ezintsha, ezenziwe lula kunye neemveliso ziya kuba zilungile kuphela njengemfuno yazo yemarike, ngoko ke ukuphonononga ixabiso lemveliso kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba iimveliso zihlala zifikeleleka kumthengi oqhelekileyo zizinto ezibalulekileyo zokuphononongwa. Iingxoxo kwintlanganiso zomeleze ixabiso lokubandakanyeka kwabadlali kwikhonkco lokubonelela ngeplastiki ukunceda ukuchonga izisombululo ezifumana inkxaso eyimfuneko ukuqhuba ukuphunyezwa.