Sonke siyimilutha futhi le nkinga ayilashwa ngodokotela. Thina neplanethi yethu sibulala kancane kancane ... ipulasitiki!
Inkinga yokuphinda isetshenziswe kanye nokusetshenziswa okungalawulwa kwepulasitiki ngabantu akudingi isingeniso. Amathani ayizigidi eziyi-13 kadoti asevele entanta olwandle, kanti izisu zezinyoni zasolwandle ezingama-90% zigcwele udoti wepulasitiki. Izinhlanzi, izilwane ezingavamile, izimfudu ziyafa. Bafa ngobuningi, ngephutha lomuntu.
Kuma-albatross angu-500 000 azalwa minyaka yonke, angaphezu kuka-200 000 abulawa ukuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni nendlala. Izinyoni ezindala zenza iphutha ngemfucuza yepulasitiki ukuze zidle futhi zondle amaphuphu azo. Ngenxa yalokho, izisu zezinyoni ziminyene nodoti wepulasitiki. Izindwangu zamabhodlela, lapho abakhiqizi bezimisele khona ukuthululela iziphuzo ezinekhabhoni. Izikhwama esasingenise kuzo utamatisi amabili ekhaya, futhi ngaphandle kokungabaza, saziphonsa kudoti.
Umthwebuli wezithombe uChris Jordan uthathe izithombe "ezikhulumayo" zezinyoni esezifile. Uma sibabuka, kusobala ukuthi ukufa kwalezi zidalwa ezihlukile kungumsebenzi womuntu.
Isithombe: Chris Jordan
Ngokubola nokungena enhlabathini, amakhemikhali asetshenziswa ekwenziweni kweziqukathi ezilahlwayo afaka ubuthi emanzini angaphansi komhlaba, aholele ekudakweni hhayi kwezilwane nezinyoni kuphela, kodwa nabantu.
Silwa nathi, futhi le mpi inganqotshwa kuphela ngokusebenzisa ngokuqonda, ngokulawulwa okuqinile kumthamo wokukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki kanye nokwesekwa kombuso kwamabhizinisi asebenza ekuqhubekisweni kwawo.
Kungani umhlaba ungeke ulahle ipulasitiki?
Into emangalisayo ipulasitiki. Isetshenziselwa ukwenza izinkomishi, amashubhu e-cocktail, izikhwama, ukotini swabs, ifenisha ngisho nezingxenye zemoto. Cishe konke okuwela ezandleni zethu, esihlangana nakho empilweni yansuku zonke, kwenziwa ngepulasitiki. Inkinga enkulu ukuthi u-40% wemfucuza yasendlini uyipulasitiki elahlwayo. Kwenza impilo ibe lula kithina, ikwenze kube lula, kepha kunemiphumela engalungiseki kumhlaba.
Isikhathi sokusebenza kwesikhwama sepulasitiki sinemizuzu eyi-12, futhi kufanele kudlule iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-400 ngaphambi kokuba sibole ngokuphelele njengodoti.
Kuze kube manje, akekho umbuso owodwa ongashiya ngokuphelele ipulasitiki. Ukuze lokhu kwenzeke, kufanele sithole enye into ezintweni zayo engeke isongele imvelo. Yinde futhi iyabiza. Kepha amazwe amaningi aseqalile ukubhekana nokupakisha okulahlwayo. Phakathi kwamazwe ashiye phansi oplastiki kukhona iGeorgia, i-Italy, iJalimane, iFrance, i-Uzbekistan, iKenya namanye amazwe angaphezu kwama-70. ELatvia, izitolo ezinikeza amakhasimende azo izikhwama zesikhathi esisodwa zikhokha intela eyengeziwe.
Ukukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki akukwazi ukumiswa ngosuku olulodwa. Ngokusho kukaMikhail Babenko, umqondisi wohlelo lwe "Green Economy" lweWorld Wildlife Fund (WWF), ngale ndlela, isimo sezulu singahlupheka emhlabeni jikelele, ngoba igesi kaphethiloli ehambisana nayo isetshenziselwa ukukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki. Uma le nqubo imiswa, igesi izomane ishiswe.
Imikhuba eqinile yabathengi, njengokufakwa kwepulasitiki okuphumayo kwemikhiqizo ekonakalayo, nakho akunakwa.
Ngokubona kwakhe, inkinga yokusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki okungalawulwa ingaxazululwa kuphela ngokusondela enkingeni ngendlela ebanzi, ngezinyathelo ezimbalwa.
Yini ongayenza namuhla?
Ukuqeda inkinga yokungcola kweplastiki kweplanethi kusabalele kakhulu emhlabeni kunalokho okungabonakala ekuqaleni. Abezemvelo abagcini ngokuhlaziya lesi simo, kodwa futhi bafuna izindlela zokusixazulula. Amazwe amaningi aseqalile ukucubungula ngenkuthalo ipulasitiki nasezingeni lokulawulwa kwezwe ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwayo nokuhlunga imfucuza.
Kepha senzeni nawe? Uqala kuphi ukufaka isandla ekuzuzeni iplanethi?
Udinga ukushintsha imikhuba yakho yabathengi futhi uthenge ngokuningiliziwe, uyeke kancane kancane ipulasitiki yokusebenzisa eyodwa, esikhundleni sayo usebenzise izinketho ezingaphinde zisebenze noma ezinye.
Ungaqala ngezinyathelo ezilula:
- Phatha isikhwama sokuthenga nezikhwama ze-eco zemikhiqizo eningi. Kuyinto elula, enobungani bemvelo futhi ibiza kahle.
- Ungavumi lapho umphathi wezezimali ekuthembisa ukuthi uthenge iphakethe, uchaze ngesizotha ukuthi kungani kungamukeleki kuwe.
- Khetha izitolo lapho igilosa ilinganiswa khona ekuphumeni ngaphandle kwamalebula anamathelayo.
- Yenqaba izinto zokukhangisa nezikhumbuzo zepulasitiki ezinikezwa mahhala ekuphumeni.
- Zama ukuxhumana nabanye ukuthi kungani kubalulekile ukuqala ukulahla iziqukathi ezilahlwayo manje.
- Ungasebenzisi iziqukathi zepulasitiki noma amashubhu e-cocktail.
- Hlunga udoti. Funda ikhadi lokwamukelwa kwepulasitiki edolobheni lakho.
Ngenkathi kunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwepulasitiki, izinkampani kuzofanele zinciphise izinga lokukhiqizwa nokuthengiswa kwazo.
Ukusetshenziswa okuqaphelekayo kwawo wonke umuntu ohlala emhlabeni okuzokwenza intuthuko ekuxazululeni inhlekelele yemvelo yomhlaba. Ngoba ngemuva kwazo zonke izikhwama zepulasitiki kunomuntu onquma ukuhlala kwiplanethi yethu ngokuqhubekayo noma anele.
Umbhali: Darina Sokolova
