Impi enamapulasitiki wokupakisha amapulasitiki

 

Ipulasitiki idlala indima ebalulekile emphakathini wanamuhla ngenxa yezakhiwo zayo ezihlukile, kepha ukukhiqizwa, ukusetshenziswa kanye nokulahlwa kwamapulasithi kuholele emiphumeleni emibi emphakathini, imvelo nakwezomnotho. Inkinga yokungcola imfucuza yomhlaba wonke emelelwa amapulasitiki sekusenye yezinkinga ezinkulu ezibhekene nesintu, eceleni kokushintsha kwesimo sezulu emhlabeni kanye nokulahleka kwezinto eziphilayo. Cishe amathani ayizigidi ezingama-400 wokungcola kwepulasitiki akhiqizwa emhlabeni wonke minyaka yonke, futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kube nokukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki okuyisisekelo ukuze kufinyelele kumathani angama-1,1 billion ngo-2050. I-Global Plastic Production idlula ikhono lokulahla futhi isebenze kabusha, okuholela ezindlekweni ezinzima zemvelo nezenhlalo.

Ukuphendula le nkinga, iqembu lilwa nokulwa nepulasitiki, liqokomisa isidingo esisheshayo sokubhekana nodaba. Umthelela wokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki ezilwaneni zasendle kanye nemvelo bekulokhu kungamandla okushayela ngemuva kwenhlangano ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kweplastiki futhi uthole ezinye izindlela ezizinzileyo. Ukuphuthumayo kokulwa nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki kuholele ekuthuthukisweni kwezixazululo ezintsha, kufaka phakathi ukukhushulwa kokufakwa kwamaphakheji wepulasitiki nokusetshenziswa kwamaphepha okufaka amaphepha.

Inkampani eyodwa ephambili yale nhlangano iphepha le-Estee, eliye lamukela umqondo wokwehliswa kwepulasitiki futhi uzibophezele ekuzijwayeze. Le nkampani ithathe indawo yokulwa nokupakishwa ngokweqile futhi iguqukele ekusebenziseni izinto zemvelo ukupakisha izikhwama zomthwali neminye imikhiqizo. Ngokuhambisana nalokhu kuzibophezela, iphepha le-Ester selithuthukise uhla lwezixazululo zamaphepha, kufaka phakathi amaphepha okupakisha, iphepha lasekhishini, nephepha lezicubu, ukuhlinzeka abathengi ngezindlela ezinobungane bendabuko.

I-Shift ibheke emaphandleni amaphakethe ama-rolls nezinye izindlela ezizinzile isinyathelo esibalulekile ekwehliseni umthelela wezemvelo wokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki. Ngokukhetha imikhiqizo yemvelo ukufaka esikhundleni sezinto zepulasitiki, abathengi bangafaka isandla ngenkuthalo ekunciphiseni imfucuza yepulasitiki kanye nokulondolozwa kwemvelo. Ngokwengeziwe, amabhizinisi asekelayo azenzele izibopho noma athathe izinyathelo zokunciphisa amapulasitiki angaqhuba ushintsho oluhle futhi akhuthaze ukwamukelwa kwemikhuba eqhubekayo emikhakheni.

Ukushintshela kwizixazululo zokupakisha ezingenamapulasitiki akugcini ngokubheka kuphela isidingo esisheshayo sokunciphisa ukungcoliswa kweplastiki kepha futhi kuqondaniswa nenhloso ebanzi yokuqhakambisa ukuqina kwemvelo. Ngomthombo nokwenqaba ukusebenzisa imikhiqizo yepulasitiki, abantu namabhizinisi angadlala indima ebalulekile ekunciphiseni umthelela wokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki emhlabeni.

Ekuphetheni, impi yokulwa nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki idinga umzamo wokuhlanganisa ukwamukela ezinye izindlela ezizinzile futhi wehlise ukuthembela emikhiqizweni yepulasitiki. Ukuthuthukiswa kwamaphepha okupakisha amaphepha nezinye izixazululo ze-eco-friendly zimelela isinyathelo esibalulekile ekufezeni le nhloso. Ngokuxhasa izinkampani ezinjengephepha le-Ester ezizibophezele ekunciphiseni ngopulasitiki nokunikela ngezinketho zokufaka ezizinzile, abathengi bangaba negalelo emzameni womhlaba wonke wokulwa nokungcoliswa kwepulasitiki futhi bavikele imvelo izizukulwane ezizayo. Kubalulekile ukuthi siqhubeke nokubeka phambili ukwamukelwa kwezixazululo zokupakisha ezingenamapulasitiki futhi zisebenzele ikusasa elizinzile futhi elingenasisekelo sepulasitiki.