Ulwandle Oluyipulasitiki

Ngomhla zingama-21 kuMasingana, amalungu eBhodi le-TOF u-Joshua Ginsberg, u-Angel Braestrup, kanye nami sabamba iqhaza kumcimbi we-Salisbury Forum owawugxile emfucumfucwini wepulasitiki olwandle. Umcimbi uqale ngefilimu yango-2016 ethi “A Plastic Ocean,” ukubukezwa okuqoshwe kahle, okulimaza imizwa kokusatshalaliswa okugcwele kwemfucumfucu yepulasitiki kulo lonke ulwandle lwethu.plasticoceans.org) kanye nomonakalo ewubangelayo ekuphileni olwandle nasemiphakathini yabantu. 

Ngisho nangemva kwayo yonke le minyaka nazo zonke izindaba ezinzima obekumele sizibuke, ngisaphatheka kabi uma ngibona ubufakazi bokuthi sihlukumeza ulwandle njengoba imikhomo idonsa umoya ngenxa yokuhogela amapulastiki, izisu zezinyoni zigcwele izingcezu zepulasitiki. lungisa ukudla, nezingane eziphila ngesobho elinosawoti onobuthi. Njengoba ngangihlezi lapho eMoviehouse ephithizelayo eMilterton, eNew York, ngaqala ukuzibuza ukuthi ngangingakwazi yini ngisho nokukhuluma ngemva kokubuka izindaba eziningi ezibuhlungu.

Akungabazeki ukuthi amanani ayamangaza— izigidigidi zezingcezu zepulasitiki olwandle ezingasoze zaphela nya.

Ama-95% awo mancane kunohlamvu lwerayisi futhi ngenxa yalokho adliwa kalula ngaphansi kochungechunge lokudla, kalula abe yingxenye yokufakwa kwezihlungi ezifana noshaka bemikhomo nemikhomo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Opulasitiki bacosha ubuthi futhi bakhiphe obunye ubuthi, baminyanisa imigudu yamanzi, futhi bagcwele yonke indawo ukusuka e-Antarctica kuya eNyakatho yePole. Futhi, naphezu kokuqaphela kwethu ububanzi benkinga, ukukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki kubikezelwa ukuthi kuphindwe kathathu, kusizwa amanani aphansi wamafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi, okwenziwa ngawo ipulasitiki engaka. 

I-Microplastic, i-Oregon State University

Udumo lwabenzi bamafilimu, basinikeza sonke ithuba lokubamba iqhaza ezixazululweni— nethuba lokuzwakalisa ukusekela kwethu izisombululo ezibanzi zezindawo ezinjengezizwe eziqhingini lapho ukubhekana nezintaba ezikhona zemfucuza nokuhlelela ukuphathwa kwesikhathi esizayo kuphuthuma, futhi okudingekayo empilweni yazo zonke izimpilo zasolwandle. Lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi lapho ukuphakama kwezinga lolwandle kusongela kokubili iziza ezilahlwayo kanye nezinye izingqalasizinda zomphakathi, futhi imiphakathi isengozini nakakhulu.

Okugcizelelwa kabusha ifilimu yilokhu: Kunezinto eziningi ezisongela ukuphila olwandle, namandla olwandle okukhiqiza umoya-mpilo. Imfucumfucu yepulasitiki ingenye yalezo zinsongo. I-Ocean acidification ingenye. Izinto ezingcolisayo ezigeleza zisuka ezweni ziye emifuleni, emifuleni, nasemathekwini zingenye. Ukuze ukuphila olwandle kuchume, kufanele senze konke esingakwenza ukuze sinciphise lezo zinsongo. Lokho kusho izinto eziningi ezahlukene. Okokuqala, kufanele sisekele futhi sisebenzise imithetho ehloselwe ukunciphisa ukulimala, njengoMthetho Wokuvikela Izilwane Ezincelisayo Zasolwandle, owenze lukhulu ukusiza izilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle ukuthi zilulame futhi zingaqhubeka nokwenza okwengeziwe uma izinhlinzeko zawo zivikelwe. 

Imfucumfucu yasolwandle endaweni yokuzalela i-albatross, uSteven Siegel/Marine Photobank

Phakathi naleso sikhathi, njengoba ososayensi, izakhamuzi ezithintekayo, nabanye besebenza ngezindlela zokukhipha ipulasitiki olwandle ngaphandle kokulimaza kakhulu impilo yasolwandle, singenza konke esingakwenza ukuze sigcine ipulasitiki ingangeni olwandle. Abanye abantu abazinikele basebenza ngezindlela zokuqinisekisa ukuthi abakhiqizi bepulasitiki banomthwalo owengeziwe wokulahlwa kwepulasitiki. Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, ngihlangane noMat Prindiville wase-Upstream (upstreampolicy.org), inhlangano egxile kulokho— ngokuqinisekile kunezindlela zokuphatha ukupakishwa nokunye ukusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki okwehlisa umthamo futhi kuthuthukise izinketho zokugaywa kabusha noma ukuphinda zisetshenziswe.

I-Sea Urchin ene-Plastic Fork, i-Kay Wilson/Indigo Dive Academy i-St.Vincent kanye ne-Grenadines

Ngamunye wethu angasebenzela ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwethu kwamapulasitiki asetshenziswa kanye, okuyinto engeyintsha njengesu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngiyazi ukuthi sonke kufanele silondoloze umkhuba wokuletha izikhwama zethu ezingasetshenziswa kabusha esitolo, silethe amabhodlela ethu amanzi angasetshenziswa kabusha yonke indawo (ngisho namamuvi), futhi sikhumbule ukungaceli ama-straw lapho si-oda iziphuzo zethu. Sisebenzela ukubuza izindawo zethu zokudlela eziyintandokazi ukuthi zingashintsha yini ukuze "zicele utshani bakho" kuzinqubomgomo kunokuthi zizenzekele. Bangase bonge imali, futhi. 

Kudingeka singene— sisize ukugcina imfucumfucu yepulasitiki lapho ifanele futhi siyisuse lapho ingekho— emigwaqweni, imisele kanye namapaki. Ukuhlanzwa komphakathi kungamathuba amahle futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ngingenza okwengeziwe nsuku zonke. Ngijoyine.

Funda kabanzi mayelana nepulasitiki yolwandle nokuthi yini ongayenza ukuze uyivimbele.